George Michael

Prior to joining Pierpont, George founded Michael & Partners Public Relations in 1998. The agency grew to be among the top ten firms in Texas before he sold it to the employees in 2004. The firm now operates under the name HCK2. Before that, George started MBRK Advertising in 1983, also growing that agency to be among the top ten in Texas. MBRK is now part of Publicis, the third largest agency in the world. Earlier, George was the general manager at Temerlin-McClain, which was then Bozell & Jacobs and the largest agency in the southwest.

George has served as adjunct professor at Loyola, Northwestern and Southern Methodist University and review editor of the Journal of Marketing Research. He has been a contributor to the Handbook of Modern Marketing and authored several articles in management and marketing journals. George has served on several boards, including the Health Industry Council, March of Dimes, Texas Institute and University of Texas Dallas School of Business. George holds a doctorate and master’s degree in marketing and a bachelor’s degree in engineering, all from Northwestern University. The American Marketing Association recognized his dissertation as outstanding in their review.