Michael Christopher

Biography: Michael Currently serves as the Director of Business Development for the Greater Boston Region at Shawmut Design and Construction. Shawmut Design and Construction is a $1.6 billion national construction management firm with a reputation for completing extremely complex and logistically challenging projects for the most high-profile, innovative clients. As a 100% employee-owned company, Shawmut has a culture of ownership, proactive solution-making, and forward-thinking that drives teams to deliver the best for their clients, partners, and communities. Shawmut is dedicated to providing a better building experience, and does so through best-in-class construction management practices, a world-class safety program, and commitment to creating a workplace of belonging through diversity of people and thought. Prior to joining Shawmut, Michael spent more than 9 years at the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) were he served as a member of the agency's Senior Leadership team as the Director of Development Review. There he led the review of all real estate and development projects, as well as institutional growth, within the City of Boston. He also provided direction for review of development proposals from commercial and non-profit entities seeking to renovate and/or construct commercial, industrial, institutional, residential and mixed-use projects in Boston. He also generates and implements the formulation of economic development and planning policies. Michael has been with the Agency since 2014 and had served in several roles, including Intergovernmental Affairs Liaison, where he focused on the BPDA’s priorities on issues under consideration by the City Council, State Legislature, Governor's office, and Executive agencies. He is a graduate of Catholic Memorial High School, the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Michael lives in Dorchester, where he was born and raised.