Events Organizer and STEAM Educator

Mike's passion for producing high-quality live events was first explored in his undergraduate studies at Wright State University (WSU). Serving in 2007 as President of WSU's University Activities Board, he oversaw operations of the university’s largest student programming organization, establishing several new traditions to improve the quality of life on campus, including a homecoming dance, multicultural nightclub event, and hosting nationally acclaimed performers for major concerts held in the university’s arena. These efforts were recognized in 2007 when Mike George was elected by the student body as WSU’s Homecoming King, representing the engineering faculty proudly for the first time in decades.

Mike founded Crimson Rouge Studios in Montréal, Québec in March 2018, to organize events that would connect friends and communities from various chapters of his life, who had dispersed around the Great Lakes. spanning the US and Canada. Inspired by QueerTech in Montréal, Mike saw a need for more focus among physical sciences and engineering domains, as a number of Queer affinity groups existed among creative design and informational technologies, but not among physical sciences and engineering faculties.

The coronavirus pandemic of 2020 broke open many of the existing cracks among the nation’s social safety nets, exposing a homelessness crisis along the West Coast and eventually throughout the rest of the country. Crimson House was formed to help combat this troubling trend by providing housing and support to Queer individuals suffering from homelessness, poverty, and abuse. In addition, Fierte Productions was formed to produce events that could facilitate virtual events and interactive moments to help our community cope with social isolation despite the bar lockdowns during that time.