As one of President Obama's "ambassadors to America's believers" (Buzzfeed)  Michael directed faith outreach for President Obama’s historic 2012 re-election campaign Michael was also one of the youngest White House staffers in modern American history: he served in the White House faith-based initiative during President Obama’s first term  where he led evangelical outreach and helped manage The White House’s engagement on religious and values issues  including adoption and anti-human trafficking efforts