Michael Reuter, Director - Center for Leadership Development at Seton Hall's Stillman School of Business, is a native New Yorker having been born and raised in Brooklyn. He attended Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception and the Jesuit Seminary in Poughkeepsie, New York, and graduated with a Bachelor's Degree from Saint Peter's College. Michael then served in the U. S. military in Strategic Intelligence and as an Embassy Liaison Officer in the Republic of Viet Nam and was awarded the Joint Services Commendation Medal. Upon returning, he joined AT&T and held numerous positions in various organizations as the company was evolving from a regulated monopoly into competitive enterprise. During this time, Michael returned to school and attained a Masters of Business Administration from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Over the past 17 years he has been an executive coach and mentor, and has lead and implemented many successful organizational change management initiatives. He has co-authored several papers on the career learnings and experiences of various senior executives including a paper, "A Passion for Excellence," with former AT&T CEO, Robert Allen. He has been asked to speak on the subject of leadership at various forums (e.g. Bloomsberg University Business Society, Women in Lucent Leadership Board of Directors). He also published and presented a paper, "Project Leadership Management in the Next Millennium -The New Requirements for High Performance," at Lucent Technologies. He has taught at Centenary College, New Jersey, as an adjunct professor teaching Human Resources. He writes a weekly newsletter, Three Minute Leadership, for a broad spectrum of business leaders, students and people he coaches and mentors addressing various topics on the subject of leadership.