Michael is a BOI who left the Island and came back as an IBC. Michael currently works as an Environmental Specialist for Texas Department of Transportation ensuring environmental compliance, with prior work on coastal habitat restoration projects in and around the Galveston Bay Area and has a true passion for the Island and the environment. 

Michael and his lovely wife Sara raised both, their now grown, children in Galveston. He loves his community, has a heart for civic duty and is often out and about at local music festivals, Art Walks, farmers market, nature events, or any of the countless gatherings that the Island has to offer.