Personal Biography
- West of the Ashley resident
- Married >14 years to Cassandra Miller
- Two children; daughter Michael Kamielle, son Casey Lord-Anthony
- Small business owner of Michael & Co. LLC for more than 17 years, located in West Ashley
- Charleston County School District (CCSD) Trustee, 2012 – 2018
- Charleston County Register of Deeds (ROD), 2018 to present
Political Experience
- Elected in 2018 as Charleston County Register of Deeds
- Elected in 2012 as a member of the CCSD
- Created two new committees; Strategic Education Committee (SEC) and Transportation & Operations Committee (formerly known as the Transportation Committee)
- Former chair of Strategic Education Committee (SEC)
- Past and present chair of and the Transportation & Operations Committee
- Currently serving as CCSD’s liaison for the Head Start /Early Head Start grant since 2012
- Advocate for Students, Tax payers, Teachers and parents
- Constant voice of reason, honesty and transparency
Civic Biography
- West Ashley Revitalization Committee (current member)
- Served on the Edwin G. Peninsula Commission 3 years formed by Former Mayor Joe Riley and Historic Preservation Society
- Executive Board of My Brother’s Keeper (current)
- Founding and current member of SC Labs
Community Service Biography
- Since 2003, Free School Supply Giveaway serving over 50,000 under-served students and 35 Title-1 schools
- 2016 Co-founder of Teach the Need, a high school based initiative designed to prepare students to work in high-in restaurants
- 2017-2018 Volunteer soccer coach at Military Magnet Academy and former volunteer soccer coach at Burke High School 1995
- Elder with Charleston Youth Leadership Council “Beau Affair Program” over 10 years
- 2010 Coordinated and partnered with DHEC, Project Chess, Office of Minority Affairs & MUSC to start a year long health initiative called “Real Men Checkin it Out”. Thru this program over 200 men were screened for prostate cancer for Free.
- 2009 provided lunch to 566 Charleston County High School Title-1 teachers
Awards
- 2018 Charleston County School District Board of Trustee “Appreciation Award” for your commitment to our schools
- 2016 Charleston Trident Urban League “Education Award”
- 2013 Mary Ford Elementary School “Volunteer Appreciation”
- 2012 North Charleston High School “Cougar Pride Award”
- 2011 Emancipation Proclamation Association “Trailblazer Award”
- 2010 Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. “Community Service Award”
- 2009 MOJA Arts Festival
- “Civil / Community Service Award”
- 2006 Charleston Branch NAACP
- “J. Arthur Brown Award for Public Service to the Community”
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