The Team

Michelle Knutson

Michelle is the Chief Financial Officer for ABR and ABR’s parent company, Forward Service Corporation, and is responsible for the direction of all financial management operations of both companies.  Michelle’s work has far-reaching impacts on the company as a whole, but her core mission is to support the field in helping individuals realize a larger sense of possibility about the person they can become.

Michelle graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2004 with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, with a double major in Accounting and Management & Human Resources.  She is a Certified Public Accountant in Wisconsin and has worked in a few accounting roles before joining ABR in 2024.  She has thirteen years of public accounting experience as an auditor and more recently, was the Controller for a local nonprofit senior living community.  Michelle is a member of the Wisconsin Institute of Public Accountants and recently completed her term on the Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation Board. 

Fun Fact: “I enjoy spending time with my family and having dance