Mike has a diverse background and experience in working with people from all walks of life.

Mike first taught science in junior high school in Brooklyn NY. After receiving his MA in Special Education, he taught as an early childhood reading specialist. Later he helped prepare special education students, aged 18-22, to enter the work world.

For the next 12 years Mike ran his own construction and renovation company. Mike is a master electrician. As an independent contractor, he successfully worked with a great many customers and suppliers. During this period he employed several people but always continued his role as the company electrician.

For the past 15 years Mike and Kathy's home has been a bed and breakfast on Ann Arbor's Old West Side. Their First Street Garden Inn has been featured on the Small Elegant Hotels website.

Mike helps many people through his extensive volunteer activities. He works with the Ann Arbor Kiwanis Club helping with Saturday sales. He has served on the Kiwanis board of directors. He helped organize their Meals on Wheels program for the home bound and does Meals on Wheels deliveries. He has also served on the board of directors of the Huron Valley

Mike uses his teaching experience to tutor children in reading for the Family Learning Institute. He is a volunteer member of the Executive Committee of the local chapter of the Sierra Club.

Together with his wife Kathy, he has made our city more attractive. Mike and Kathy added all the beautiful plants around their home. Their home was on the 2005 annual Garden Walk Tour. The Ann Arbor Parks and Recreation Department gave them a Golden Trowel Award in 2000.

ENDORSERS

Sierra Club -
 Huron Valley Group
Sierra Club -
 Michigan Chapter

Lynn Rivers
Jean Ledwith King
James D´Amour
Ann Schriber
Beverly Strassmann
Bob Johnson
Linda Pedrick
Marcia Polenberg -   Ramsay
Ted Ramsay
Mary Hathaway
Kelly Grocoff
Matt Grocoff
Paul Bancel
Peter Zetlin
Stewart Nelson
Tom Whitaker
Susan Whitaker
Anna Schnitzer
Al Gallup
Karen Gallup
Al Connor
Polly Connor
John Haines
Helen O'Connor
Cendra Lynn
Sonia Schmerl
Libby Hunter
Peter Woodman
Shirley Zempel
Karen Larson
Kevin Larson
Kathy Boris
Vivienne Armentrout
Shannon Brines
Karen Sidney
Glenn Thompson
Mark Koroi
Grace Shackman
Stan Schackman
Kitty B. Kahn
Steven H. Kahn
Mary Underwood
Gordon Beeman
Anna Beeman
Barabra Clark
Connie Greene
Frances Farmer
Belita Cowan
Rip Kinney
Dave Cahill
Fred Remley
Fred Sanchez
Linda Berauer
Ann Remley
John Nystuen
Gwen Nystuen
Frank Raymond
Myung Raymond
Scott Berry
Doug White
Charles Lewis
Rita Mitchell
Ed Steinman
Jennie Needleman
Phyllis Ponvert
Pat Schrock
Jeanette Okuley
Linda Lutzeier
Christine Lux
Marge Pacer
Carol Fleischer
Ethel Potts
Thomas Wall
Marie Wall
Jim Wall
Kathy Griswold
Terry Kihara
Michael Bruner
Alan Haber
Odile Hugonot Haber
Laura Lee Hayes
Vince Caruso
Rita Loch Caruso
Nancy Kaplan
Harvey Kaplan
Jeff Irwin
Yousef Rabbi
Valerie Jenner
Gavin Eadie
Christine Hildebrand
Joe O'Neal
Lou Glorie
Nick Collins
John Floyd
Peter Eckstien


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