Anne P. Michie, Esquire
Chief Compliance and Program Officer

As the Chief Compliance and Program Officer, Anne manages GRASP's legal compliance and risk management and leads GRASP's various programs. While Anne has been with GRASP, the organization's advising program has expanded to include 11 high schools, with an additional 50 high schools participating in the Early Commitment Program. Anne has also developed an advisor education model that includes both in-person conferences and workshops and electronic communications so that GRASP's distributed advising staff is knowledgeable about the most recent developments in post-secondary access. In 2022, Anne developed a Speakers Bureau, providing schools and community groups with presentations on specific topics, such as financial aid and admissions.

Anne currently serves as a Board Member of the Virginia College Access Network, sitting on VCAN’s Executive Committee as Treasurer. Anne is a member of the Leadership Metro Richmond Class of 2022. She is currently on the Smart Growth Team for Leadership Metro Richmond 2022.

Anne joined GRASP in 2008. She has been an in-school advisor, first at Hanover High School and then at Lee-Davis High School and Maggie L. Walker Governor's School. In August 2012, she was named Director of Advising. She assumed her current position in January 2018.

Anne holds undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Virginia and has worked for both the Department of Education and the Virginia State Bar, where she was an Assistant Ethics Counsel.

Contact Anne at amichie@grasp4va.org or (804) 527-7785.