Michael Kovalich – Member of Board of Directors

Michael Kovalich has been Coral Tree’s financial executive for the past five years.
Mike also holds financial and business consulting positions for other organizations besides Coral Tree. He works with Vanguard Music and Performing Arts, a youth music appreciation non-profit that sponsors the nine-time world champion Santa Clara Vanguard Drum & Bugle Corps. Mike is also involved with SPARC International, a computer chip design consortium, serves as Financial Systems consultant for Ropers Majeski (law firm), and Consulting Director for the Bronco Venture Accelerator at Santa Clara University. Mike also sits as an advisory board member for Bay Street Capital Holdings and Santa Clara Ventures.
Mike serves his local community as Chairman of the Citizen Oversight Committee for government spending under Santa Clara County’s Measure K spending initiative, and as a certified mentor for SCORE, a volunteer business mentoring service sponsored by the nation’s Small Business Administration (SBA).
Previously, Mike held a number of financial and business management positions at Frost & Sullivan, a global research firm; served as Business Director for Greenberg Traurig’s Bay Area offices (large international law firm); worked with Weber Shandwick’s Technology Group (public relations); was Controller for Crown Zellerbach (forest products); and served as Administrator for a number of other law firms, corporate legal departments, and small businesses.
Mike holds a Master of Business Administration degree from California State University, Hayward and a Bachelor of Science from Louisiana State University.
Mike is originally from New Jersey, where he grew up until leaving for Louisiana to continue his education after high school. He has been married to Deborha Dennis for 35 years, has raised three children, and is the proud grandfather of two grandchildren with another expected in early 2022.