Mike had previously been CFO at PHP from 1999 through 2003. Prior to his return to PHP, Mike was the first CEO of the AWS Foundation after serving the previous decade at Tower Bank & Trust Company (NASDAQ: TOFC ) where he served as President & CEO of this organization during his last 8 years after starting as their CFO.
He is Vice Chairman of the Board at Centier Bank, a $3.9 billion, family owned Indiana based bank headquartered in Merrillville, Indiana, as well as, Lead Director at Benchmark Human Services, the $150 million in annual revenues ‘for profit’ arm of the AWS Foundation that has 3,400 employees operating in 15 states, and a Director of Wayne Pipe and Supply, headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana.From a community standpoint, Mike is a board member of the AWS Foundation and its NFP operating subsidiary, Anthony Wayne Rehabilitation Center.
Additionally, he is Vice President of The board for Junior Achievement of Northern Indiana, as well as on the board of Community Harvest Food Bank and the Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne. Finally, he is the healthcare and ambassador division chair for the United Way of Allen County’s 2017 Capital Campaign. In addition to these outside activities, Mike serves on the advisory board of Young Leaders of Northeast Indiana (YLNI), the Miller School of Business, Finance Department at Ball State University, and Indiana and Purdue University Fort Wayne’s (IPFW) Center of Excellence in Business Analytics.
Mike has lived in Fort Wayne since 1985 and is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelor’s degree in accounting. Mike became a CPA while working for Ernst & Young in Toledo, Ohio after college and before coming to Fort Wayne. He has been married for 34 years to Mary, an extremely tolerant and beautiful woman and has four children - Sean (33), Kevin (30), Tara (25), and Collin (17) plus two adorable granddaughters with a third on the way.