Michael Connors

Associate Director of Development, Principal Gifts

Michael has worked for investment banking houses as an analyst, bond trader and Asian equity salesperson in a career spanning 32 years.  The last 12 years of his Wall St career was with Morgan Stanley in NY, Singapore and San Francisco selling Asian equities to institutional fund managers.  Michael’s community service efforts included mentoring students from the East Bay College Fund (now Oakland Promise) and tutoring students on financial literacy.  His UVA service included chairing the Zeta Psi Capital Campaign.

A native of Bronxville NY, Michael is a 1985 graduate of the College and he earned an MBA in Finance from the Stern School of Business at NYU.

He and his wife Kendall (Hamman) ’85 ARCH and Houston native, have 3 children – Roy-UVA ’22, Kyle-SMU ‘23 and Margaret.  They are delighted to be back in Charlottesville.