(Director 2007) - Michael and his wife Jean have recently moved to the Charlottesville area after living many years in Massachusetts and prior to that in Santa Barbara, California. Michael is Land Planner and landscape architect and has been involved with bioengineering for many years as well as in the field of solid waste recycling. Michael has worked for the Department of Planning and Zoning in Orange County, VA, as a town planner in Cambridge, MA, Salem, MA, Quincy MA, Redwood City, CA and Santa Barbara, CA. Michael has for many years been an active environmental volunteer and managed a nonprofit organization while in California.