Michelle Erenberg has worked as a policy advocate, community organizer, and coalition coordinator for more than a decade. Her past work experience includes community organizing for Planned Parenthood in New Orleans, coordinating a diverse coalition of environmental, community and faith-based organizations across the Gulf Coast in response to the 2010 BP oil spill, and analyzing and educating the public about policies and public engagement opportunities related to ecological and community recovery and restoration. She previously served as a board member with the National Council of Jewish Women Greater New Orleans Section. In 2016, she co-founded Lift Louisiana, to educate, advocate and litigate to protect reproductive rights. She is a recipient of the 2022 Jane Bagley Lehman Award for her work fighting for reproductive justice. Erenberg has a BA in Psychology from Loyola University New Orleans and an MPA in Nonprofit Management from the University of New Orleans.