Experience

LINK Strategic Partners

• United States
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President

  • Mar 2012 - Present

  Michael serves as the President of LINK Strategic Partners, a strategic communications, stakeholder engagement, and social impact consulting firm proudly based in Washington, D.C. In 9 years, LINK has expanded from a small local shop to a national firm with hundreds of local, regional, national, and international clients. Our world-class and diverse team of professionals ranges from 17 to 93 years of age and lead our offices in D.C., Phoenix, St. Louis, Maine, New York, and Manchester, England. Over 65% of Team LINK identifies as female, and nearly 70% are people of color, reflecting LINK’s foundational commitment to be “in and of” the communities we serve. LINK’s mission-driven work includes thousands of hours of pro bono work provided to community partners. LINK was featured on Inc. magazine’s 2019 and 2020 Inc. 5000 list as one of the most successful and fastest growing companies in America, named Large PR Firm of the Year by the Public Relations Society of America’s National Capital Chapter, celebrated as a Best Place to Work by the Washington Business Journal, rated a Top Place to Work in PR by PR News, and recognized as Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton’s Small Business of the Year. In 2020, Michael oversaw LINK’s certification as one of Fatherly’s Best Places to Work for New Dads. In 2021, LINK was awarded two prestigious PR News Diversity Awards for Mentoring Program of the Year and Michael was presented with the Ally Award.



Greater Washington Urban League

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chairman Emeritus

  • Jan 2014 - Present

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Reingold, Inc.

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Vice President

  • May 2011 - Mar 2012

  I led a practice area focused on community relations, government relations, corporate social responsibility and stakeholder engagement. I led a practice area focused on community relations, government relations, corporate social responsibility and stakeholder engagement.



The George Washington University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Vice President, Government, International & Community Relations

  • Feb 2010 - May 2011

• Executive Director, Government, International & Community Relations

  • Sep 2008 - Feb 2010

• Director, Office of DC and Foggy Bottom/West End Affairs

  • Sep 2004 - Sep 2008

• Government Relations Assistant

  • May 2003 - Sep 2004

• Government Relations Intern

  • Sep 2001 - May 2003



EMMAUS SERVICES FOR THE AGING INC

• United States

• Community Organizer

  • 2000 - 2001

  I served as a Neighbors Project Corps member at Emma's Services for the Aging, working to provide grassroots direct service and advocacy to help vulnerable seniors stay in their homes in a rapidly gentrifying area of DC. The Neighbors Project was a program of The George Washington University & Howard University, where student Corps members served as both direct team members for local non-profits and as volunteer recruiters charged with increasing the civic engagement of fellow college students.