About Mike

A lifelong resident of Midland, Michael Westendorf is a businessman and investor with a distinguished career in public service and community leadership.

Westendorf is president of the firm Sterling, Hoffman & Co. He previously served as president and chief executive officer, and later chairman, of Midland Hockey, an organization dedicated to promoting and developing the sport of hockey in Midland.

During his three year tenure at Midland Hockey, Westendorf co-founded Midland Roller Sports, Inc., a 501 (c)(3) non-profit corporation dedicated to the fostering of inline skating sports in Midland County, and served on the board of directors of the Dstreet Entertainment Foundation, a foundation that awards scholarships and financial aid to musicians, where he sat on the nominating, youth, and finance committees.

In 2006, Westendorf worked on the campaign to re-elect Congressman Dave Camp to a ninth consecutive term in the United States House of Representatives. He currently serves on the advisory board to the Center for Public Policy & Service at SVSU and remains a political advisor and consultant to Republican candidates statewide, including Dennis G. Lennox II and Keith Almli.

Westendorf attended Saginaw Valley State University where he majored in French, a language in which he can speak fluently, and later political science and history. Westendorf will be pursuing a Ph.D. in political science and history after graduation with an emphasis on American constitutional law and late 18th century American history.