Michele Wright, PhD, is the Director of Business Development and Outreach for the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE). Throughout her career as an innovator, educator, entrepreneur, creative, senior executive, nonprofit leader, mentor, and advocate, Dr. Wright has earned accolades for her profound commitment to highlighting and driving diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Leveraging advanced degrees in both engineering and public policy, Wright had led an array of initiatives, campaigns, and organizations focused on improving visibility, access, and opportunity for underrepresented communities, with a particular emphasis on health equity. As an award-winning leader within top-ranked corporations and as CEO of the Greater Ozarks-Arkansas Region (GOAR) with the American Red Cross, Wright not only received the Sister Friends United Inc. Women of Excellence Business Award but also the organization’s inaugural Five-Year Service Award for her commitment to inspiring women and uplifting her community. As the founder, creator, and CEO of My Water Buddy® and My Learning Buddy®, award-winning edutainment platforms that provide opportunities for improving well-being and enhancing educational development, she has expanded access to valuable curricula centered on physical and social-emotional health, as well as STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). As the co-founder, board chair, and senior executive director of the National Organization of African Americans with Cystic Fibrosis (NOAACF), Wright has championed a diverse range of health equity initiatives. Through widespread involvement, partnerships, engagement, and outreach, under her leadership, NOAACF has strategically helped to ensure that communities of people who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) are well informed of the existence, prevalence, and impact of CF on underrepresented communities. Wright co-founded and co-chairs the annual Blacks, Indigenous, and Other Minority Ethnicities with Rare and Genetic Diseases (BIOMERGD) Conference, an annual event hosted by NOAACF that coincides with Rare Disease Day and Black History Month, with a mission to help increase awareness of rare diseases in BIPOC communities by focusing on one genetic disease and one rare disease each year. She also created and led the development of The Wright Cystic Fibrosis Screening Tool, in both patient and provider versions, and in English and Spanish translations.