Mike lives in Laurel with his wife, Jackie, and daughter, Erin. Erin is the youngest of their three children, all of whom graduated from Prince George's County Public Schools. Through his family's advocacy - and especially Erin's - Erin received her special education services in the general education classroom of her neighborhood school for all but her last year of school eligibility.
Mike was a member of, and later Chair of the Disability Issues Advisory Board, and an advisor to the Prince George's County Board of Education. He served on the Steering Committee for the Independent IEP Facilitator Pilot program in PGCPS and 11 other state school systems. He was Co-Chair or Chair of the Special Education Citizens' Advisory Committee of Prince George's County, working closely with the PGCPS Department of Special Education. Mike was a member of the Education Committees of both The Arc of Maryland and The Arc of Prince George's County and was on the Board of Directors of both of those organizations.
