The Pinkney Innovation Complex for Science and Technology

Mike is the newly appointed Executive Director of the Pinkney Innovation Complex for Science and Technology at Montgomery College where he will oversee development of a 40-acre innovative science and technology hub in collaboration with academic, corporate and government partners.

Mike has more than 30 years of experience in creating and leading high-profile, transformative, mixed-use real estate development projects throughout the Metropolitan Washington DC region.

Most recently, as EVP of Development for Lantian Development Company, Mike re-entitled an obsolete ‘80s vintage, 32-acre office park in Rockville, MD into a 2.5 msf mixed-use community.

As a Development Advisor to former County Executive Ike Leggett, Mike led a group of 12 public and private property owners to create a Metro accessible master plan campus vision for Amazon's HQ2 Project on approximately 50 acres of land adjacent to North Bethesda's White Flint Metro Station and also led a Team that compelled Marriott Corporation to locate their new 730,000 sf International HQ and a co-located 250 key hotel in Bethesda MD.

As an SVP of Development with LCOR Inc., Mike and his colleagues at LCOR were the initial visionaries behind the urban transformation of the White Flint sub-market where he developed 1.1 million square feet of headquarters, retail and apartment uses on a WMATA owned site.

Mike has a Master’s Degree in Real Estate Development from MIT and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration and Undergraduate Degree in Political Science from Northeastern University. He is the former Chair and current Board member of the Maryland/DC Chapter of NAIOP. He is a long-time resident of the Historic District in Ellicott City and continues to be a passionate fan of his native Boston sports teams.