Mike is originally from the Washington, D.C. area and lived in Finland for five years of his childhood, as well. He graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1974, where he majored in economics and mathematics. Mike married his wife Sharon in 1990, moved to Pittsburgh in 1992, and received his accounting degree from Point Park University in 1994. Mike is a CPA and voluntarily uses his talents for the church, as its treasurer and pastoral care chaplain.