Michael G. Zink

Michael G. Zink is a retired Citigroup Managing Director, who spent his 28-year career overseas in nine countries across Africa and Asia. His early years in Africa and Russia focused on corporate banking, while during the later years in Asia he held executive leadership roles in corporate and investment banking, and in country management. Since retiring in 2016, Michael has focused on volunteer roles in education and community service. He currently serves as chair of the board of directors of America Media Inc., the Jesuit media ministry for Canada and the United States.

Michael earned a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Case Western Reserve University, and spent his junior year abroad at the University of Edinburgh. He also holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Michael and his wife Betsy met in Kenya in the mid-1980s while they were both serving as Peace Corps volunteers. Married 39 years ago, Michael and Betsy have four adult children and five young grandsons. Since 2016 they have called Boulder, Colorado home. Betsy is a qualified doula and a certified nurse assistant who works with homebound and hospice patients.