Michael is a licensed Loan Originator and the Business Development Manager for Thrive Mortgage. He previously worked for fifteen years building youth organizations including ten years as the Director of the Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club of Beaumont. He is active with the Rotary Club of Beaumont, the YMBL, Leadership Beaumont Alumni Association, and serves on the Board of Directors for the Greater Beaumont Chamber of Commerce, the United Way of Beaumont & North Jefferson County, Habitat for Humanity, the Southeast Texas Cardiovascular Foundation, and the Better Business Bureau of Southeast Texas. He will serve as the 2019 United Way Allocations Committee Chairman.