Michael Kimsey

Michael is Executive Director, President, and a Trustee of the Kimsey Foundation, a family foundation supporting educational and cultural initiatives to offer opportunities to youth from the Washington, DC area. Mike serves as chairman of the Communities in Schools of the Nation’s Capital DC Task Force. He is a founding member of the Place-Based Funders Group, a board member of KIPP DC/Key Academy, and a trustee of the Federal City Council. He also serves on the advisory board of several other regional organizations including the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship-Greater Washington, Charity Works, and the Center for Corporate Citizenship of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Prior to his philanthropic work, Mike commanded the Main Support Medical Company of the U.S. Army 1st Armored Division in Germany. He also served as the office in charge of Patient Administration and Logistics at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe medical facility in Belgium, and as a personnel advisor to the U.S. Army battalion commander in Bosnia. He earned a B.A. in Philosophy at the College of William and Mary and an M.B.A. at George Mason.