Michelle Champlin Bergner

Michelle Champlin Bergner is the Program Director of the Institute for Research in Marketing and a Lecturer in the Department of Marketing at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management. She joined the IRM in June 2020 to bridge academic and industry marketing research initiatives.

• Education:
  • MBA, Carlson School of Management
  • BS, Electrical Engineering and Mathematics, College of Science and Engineering

Her expertise spans global branding, pricing strategies, and B2B marketing, informed by roles as an international marketing manager at Northwest Airlines and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. She founded Kamili Consulting in 2015 to support small businesses. Bergner also served as President of the Carlson School Alumni Board and currently contributes to Alliance Française’s global cultural initiatives.