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Robert A. Michaels is President and Chief Operating Officer for General Growth Properties, Inc. He is also President of General Growth Management, Inc, a member of the General Growth Executive Committee and he serves on the Board of Directors of both General Growth Properties, Inc. and General Growth Management, Inc.
Michaels began his career with General Growth in 1972. He served as General Counsel for five years and as Executive Vice President and Director of Corporate Leasing for fifteen years.
Michaels serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees for the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) as well as on the Board of Directors for the Center for Urban Land Economics Research (CULER) at the School of Business for the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has also served as ICSC Government Affairs Chairman for the States of Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota and has served State Director for Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota. Michaels is a frequent speaker on industry panels and has written numerous articles on the shopping center industry for various trade magazines and journals.
Michaels received both his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and his Juris Doctor from the University of South Dakota where he was Editor of the Law Review. In 1989, he was named alumnus of the year by the University of South Dakota and he currently serves as a Trustee of the University of South Dakota Foundation. Michaels is a member of the South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota State Bar Associations and the American Bar Association. | 