Bio:

of Olney, MD, is a senior at Salisbury State University, Salisbury, MD, majoring in political science. In high school, he organized a Teen-Age Republican (TAR) club, started a political newsletter, The Congress Control, and helped found TAR and conservative student groups at other high schools in his home county. He participated in debates televised by C-SPAN and was named Outstanding National TAR for 1996 by the National TAR Federation. As a freshman at Salisbury State, he founded The Liberty, an alternative student paper, and raised more than $4,000 through direct mail and personal solicitation to finance it. Michael has been extensively involved in political campaigns and grassroots activism throughout Maryland and this summer worked on the national staff of the College Republicans. Strongly goal-oriented, he is working to organize a cadre of 1,000 young conservative advocates in Maryland who will help change the political landscape in the state. A top political leader in Maryland has said that "what impresses me most about (him) is the boundless energy and enthusiasm with which he approaches everything he does."

School: SALISBURY STATE UNIVERSITY