Michelle Cummings is a Senior R&D Leader at Dow Performance Silicones. She is recognized as a strong project leader and known for setting strategy and executing on tasks to drive toward successful implementation of innovation. She has experience as a technical leader in silicone elastomers and hybrid technologies. She has developed several commercialized elastomers and adhesive products for use in the electronics, automotive, and construction industry.

She has been part of the Dow National Technical Institute for the Deaf recruiting team for the past five years, after hosting an intern in her R&D lab for a summer. She is on the steering team of the Dow local area Employee Resource Group- Disabilities Employee Network (DEN) and on the People with Disabilities Hiring Task Force, driving one of the global key initiatives: Attract, develop, and retain people with disabilities.

Cummings a Fellow of the American Chemical Society and past chair of its Committee on Chemists with Disabilities with the vision to Make Chemistry Accessible to All. She has worked on projects to mainstream accessible resources such as an accessible PowerPoint template for ACS and a 3D printed tactile periodic table display.