Mike was appointed Executive Director of Center for New York City Neighborhoods (CNYCN) in April of 2008, and has worked to both build the organization and deliver critical services to New York City homeowners in need. Established in 2008, CNYCN is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide free housing counseling and legal services to New York City residents at risk of losing their homes to foreclosure. CNYCN’s work consists of crafting education, outreach, financial literacy and legal services interventions, and informing policy both locally and nationally alongside similar efforts around the United States. To date, CNYCN has provided housing counseling and legal services to more than 5,700 homeowners through its 30 community-based Network Partners. CNYCN commits over 90% of its $7.5 million dollar yearly budget for strengthening the outreach programs and homeowner services of its Network Partners.

Prior to his position with CNYCN, Mike was Vice President of the Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation and Community Development Finance Group. As a senior foundation program officer, Mike oversaw the $4.5 million annual community development budget, providing direct support for the development of affordable housing and housing for the formerly homeless, employment growth and training initiatives, and special projects utilizing the arts as a tool for local economic development. He also managed the deployment of $2 million in relief and recovery funds in the city of New Orleans as part of the bank's commitment to the Gulf Coast region. As a credit officer for the bank, he directed the placement of all program related investments, managing the $15 million New Initiatives Fund of the Foundation. He also originated and maintained commercial community development assets in the bank's $350 million loan and investment portfolio.

Mike was a founding board member of Sustainable South Bronx, and has served as an advisory board member for the Corporation for Supportive Housing, the Low Income Investment Fund’s Child Care Seed Fund, the Neighborhood Opportunities Fund, the New York City Workforce Development Funders Group and Brooklyn Legal Services, Corporation A. He currently serves on the boards of Neighborhood Restore and Downtown Art, as well as the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Community Advisory Committee. Mike received his Masters of Science in Social Work from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.