Mick Koster is a Vice President & Philanthropic Advisor – Western Region Comerica Charitable Services Group with Comerica Charitable Services Group. Through the Comerica Charitable Services Group, Mick serves wealthy individuals in strategically giving their accumulated wealth to charity.

He also consults with various not-for-profit organizations throughout the western United States in establishing and growing their endowments through planned giving, and assists financial advisors in their clients' estate and gift design.

With more than a dozen year’s of experience in the resource development field, he has served in capacities such as Development Director, Director of Major and Planned Giving, and C.O.O. He has led agencies through dramatic restructuring of funding sources, created and marketed new programs to attract clientele to the services, and coordinated major donor events. These experiences grant Mick an overall perspective into managing and directing the complex areas of finance, human resources, and program activities in conjunction with development. 

Mick is a proven major gift and planned giving professional, individually managing large portfolios of high net wealth donors while seeking to match their goals with the charitable mission and goals of the organization. He has also created and led donor seminars on estate planning and gift design. This broad experience with not-for-profit organizations, and keen insight into the unique needs of donors, has offered Mick the opportunity to share his knowledge and expertise before professional and charitable groups throughout the United States.

Mick has been quoted in The New York Times, is a member of the National Committee on Planned Giving and the Planned Giving Roundtable of Southeast Michigan. He is a past president of the Troy, Michigan Rotary Club, an adjunct professor with a local Christian college and a past member of the Western Michigan Planned Giving Group.

He holds a B.A. Degree from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and a Master’s in Public Administration from Michigan State University with a concentration in Nonprofit Management. He and his wife, Rebecca, have 3 daughters, and reside in Oxford, Michigan.

Get in touch with Mick:

PHONE: (248) 939-0577

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