Michael D. Mitchell, Esq.

Michael D. Mitchell has a longtime commitment to civil rights, and economic justice, having worked in the field of civil rights law enforcement for over 25 years. He currently serves as a consultant on fair housing, fair lending, and community development matters with International Development and Planning, LLC. A minority-owned consulting firm that specializes in assisting: government agencies, nonprofits, and private clients with plans, studies, analyses, and strategies to develop and preserve community and economic development investments.

He has previously worked for the Chickasaw Nation Industries where he served as an Instructor for the Patricia Roberts Harris National Fair Housing Training Academy. Mr. Mitchell has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Howard University School of Law since 2007, and is a frequent speaker at national and regional conferences.

For over a decade he was the Director of National Neighbors, a program of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) where he was also the Vice President of Fair Lending. Mr. Mitchell spearheaded the Coalition’s systemic fair lending initiatives, lead efforts to combat predatory lending and redlining, lead the national mystery shopping/testing program of lenders, conducted training on fair housing planning, fair lending enforcement, and provided technical assistance and fair housing capacity building training to state and municipal agencies and community organizations. Additionally, he managed the coalitions enforcement efforts and provided compliance and best practice partnership services to lenders and housing providers.