Life-long Clevelander, Michele Sommerfelt is a community-minded resident, a campaign volunteer for Democratic causes and candidates, an unabashed Cleveland enthusiast and a social justice advocate.

She has worked in the Health Education field, in community organizing, as a literacy building home visitor, at the Children’s department of Lakewood Library, taught preschool, and served as a classroom aide for students with special needs.

Michele graduated from Cleveland State with a Social Work degree with a concentration in community organizing. She currently is working on the Ward 15 efforts to elect Joe Biden and other Democrats up and down the ticket in the November 2020 election. She serves as the Governance Committee chair on the EDEN Inc. Board of Directors. She facilitates the Franklin Block Club Google Group, an informal connection of over 140 neighbors and friends of the area that seeks to build networks and friendships among those living together in this little piece of the planet. She is a regular lead volunteer with the Cleveland Kids Book Bank and stewards 8 Little Free Libraries on the West side of Cleveland.

Past affiliations include the Commission on Catholic Community Action, The Catholic Hunger and Shelter fund, The Campaign for Human Development allocations committee, WVIZ televised auction, the Detroit Shoreway Schools Advisory committee and numerous other agencies working to make this a better place for each and every person to live.

Michele has been married to Rob Sommerfelt for 37 years and has raised 2 successful, community-minded children to adulthood—her proudest achievement.