Michelle eubanks

Michelle Rupe Eubanks is a native of Florence, Alabama, having attended the city schools, graduating from Coffee High School in 1992 and from the University of North Alabama in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Professional Writing. Eubanks also has a Master’s of Arts degree in English, with an emphasis in Southern Literature, from Mississippi State University.

Eubanks works as the Director of Communications and Marketing at her alma mater, UNA. Before her role at the University, Eubanks had a career in healthcare marketing as well as journalism, working at the TimesDaily, where she won a number of awards for her writing and investigative pieces.

In 2016, Eubanks sought the office of City Council Representative for District 4 in Florence. She is now serving her second four-year term and is a Certified Municipal Official, working toward her Advanced Certified Municipal Official designation.

As part of her ongoing service to the community that she has called home throughout her life, Michelle and her late husband, Jeff, served as the co-chairs of the Arts Alive committee. She has also served on the Florence Bicentennial Committee, the Coffee High School Scholarship Board, and is the past president of the University of North Alabama Alumni Association. She is a member of the Florence Rotary Club and serves as the Advisor of the Theta Alpha Chapter of Phi Mu.

Michelle lives in Florence with her youngest daughter, Ally, a sophomore at the Florence Freshman Center, and their two rescue pups, Olive and Martini. Older daughter, Maeve, is a sophomore at the University of North Alabama. When she isn’t working, she loved to read, travel, and spend time with friends and family.