Michael Dale serves as the director of Executive Education for Samford University's Brock School of Business. In his role, he leads the development and offering of non-degree programs designed to provide knowledge and skills to business professionals. His focus is on facilitating programs that enhance the strategic, leadership and management capabilities of executives and managers in the business community.

He is a 1997 graduate of Samford and has worked in private sector leadership roles for more than two decades. He holds an MBA from New York Institute of Technology and a PhD from Carolina University. In 2022, he returned to Samford as an adjunct professor in Brock School of Business. In addition, he is the founder of a training and consulting firm, and author of a project management leadership book.

He is a native of Jersey City, New Jersey, and moved to Birmingham, Alabama, in 1988. At Samford, he was a 4-year football team letterman, served in the role of liaison to the Student Government Association, vice president of the Black Student Organization and president of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. As a professional, he has continued to serve in volunteer capacities including with the Project Management Institute. 

He and his wife, Trina, live in Hueytown. They are blessed to have three adult children, Maniyah (husband Tyler), Brianna, and Michael II, and two grandchildren, Jesiah and Malia. 

Degrees

• PhD, Carolina University
• MBA, New York Institute of Technology
• BA, Samford University