Michelle Reed (she/her) is an advocate for the legal, political, cultural, and technological change necessary to open access to scholarship and education. As Director of Programs for Library Futures, she oversees the organization’s education and community programs, project activities, and research portfolio in support of digital rights and equitable access to knowledge.

Prior to joining Library Futures, Michelle worked in academic libraries at the intersections of technology, education, and intellectual property, including at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the University of Texas at Arlington, and the University of Kansas. In 2021, her work building policies and workflows for development of open educational resources received the Library Publishing Coalition’s Publishing Practice Award in accessibility.