Michael is a Managing Partner of Woodland Management, his family’s investment and family office which Michael has led since 2015.  As the General Partner of Partners Edge Funds, a private equity and venture-focused investment fund launched in 2022, Michael oversees the Fund’s investment committee and sits on several portfolio companies’ Boards.

Prior to Woodland Management, Michael served as CEO of Polyconcept, a leading global supplier of Promotional Merchandise where he led the growth of Polyconcept from a small, family-owned business in 1992 into a global leader with annual sales close to $1 Billion. Michael is currently the Interim Chair of the reimagined Tree of Life and oversees the effort to rebuild this site of the worst antisemitic hate crime on US soil into a reimagined institution whose vision is Ending Antisemitism – Together with our allies in all communities combatting identity-based violence and discrimination.  Michael holds a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin and a J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh.

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