Mike has served as the CEO of Brown Advisory from June 1998—when the firm became private and independent—until January 2025, when Logie Fitzwilliams joined him as Co-Chief Executive Officer. Mike has spent his professional career assisting a wide range of individuals and institutions on their investment and financial matters.
Mike is passionate about the responsibility of business leaders to be visible and constructive in their communities. Mike gave a TEDx talk in 2017 titled “Speak Up. Where It Counts. Loudly.” In it, he shares his journey to finding his voice as a business leader and his hope that others will join him in catalyzing positive change by speaking up. His community commitment extends to his roles as Chairman of the Baltimore Healthy Harbor Project, former Trustee and Vice-Chair of Johns Hopkins Medicine, and former Trustee of Johns Hopkins University. He also served as Chair of the Board of Managers of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab from 2015 – 2021 and continues as a member of the Principal Professional Staff.
Mike is also a member of the board of directors for the Greater Baltimore Committee, Business Executives for National Security, Nature Sacred, Blackbird Labs (steering board), and National Park Foundation as well as Trustee of The Brookings Institution and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Mike also serves on the board of directors of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (SWK) and on the boards of directors of four private companies, Tate Engineering Services, Inc., The Wills Group, Inc., Baltimore Orioles (advisory board), and 1251 Capital Group, Inc.
Mike received a B.A. and M.A. from Emory University in 1979, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He received a J.D. from The University of Virginia School of Law in 1982.
