Throughout the last decade, Michael has facilitated productive interagency partnerships, and used passionate publice speaking and writing to call other to specific actions on behalf of the oppressed - particularly exploited children.  He has shown a commitment to reflective practice and evidence-backed action.  Michael has invested time in over 40 countries throughout Africa, Asia, North America, Europe, and Latin America.

Michael serves as the Senior Partner of Chidlren and Youth at Breakthrough Partners.  Prior ro coming to Breakthrough Partners, Michael was the Associate Director of visionSynergy's international younger leader initiative, Founder and Director of the World Evangelical Alliance Peacebuilding and Reconciliation Initiative, and Founder and Director of Just Children, an initiative waging peace in majority world nations impacted by armed conflict by mobilizing child peacebuilding.  As well, he is the Founder and Owner of The Stewardship Corporation, a real estate investment business conducting purchases, sales, renovations, rental management, and new construction.  He has worked as a mental health therapist in agroup, family, andindividual settings treating sexually exploited, neglected, and/or abused children.  He also founded and directed the Asha Forum, a movement working to link and enhance the Christian response to child sexual exploitation worldwide.

Michael is a PhD Candidate in Intercultural Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary.  He has a Master of Arts degree in Counseling ( and 1/2 MA of Davinity) from Western Seminary Seattle (Seattle School of Theology and Psychology) and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications with minors in Philosophy and Sociology from Western Washington University.  He has lectured at Fuller Theological Seminary, Puget Sound Christian College, The Graduate School at Wheaton, Western Seminary, Morthwest University, and Seattle Pacific University and has published in major publications.  Michael is married to Kate who is a Liscensed Mental Health Therapist with a private practice in Seattle where they live with their daughter who was born in July 2011.