Michael Lawrence Royston is a Vice President of Integrated Marketing Services at Flowers Communications Group, where he oversees several of the agency’s business units, as well as multiple client accounts. A 20-year veteran of the advertising industry, Michael has managed such blue-chip brands as McDonald’s, Burger King, Kraft Foods, Comcast, and Major League Baseball, as well as local accounts like Cook County Department of Public Health.

Over the course of his career, Michael has provided mentorship to up-and-coming marketers, as well as participating in various community service organizations and activations, having worked closely with organizations such as My Own Two Hands, 100 Black Men of Chicago, and the National Urban League, the latter of which saw him managing a program that revitalized basketball courts in more than a dozen cities, with Coors Light.

Michael attended Western Illinois University and received a Master of Science degree in Integrated Marketing from Roosevelt University, graduating with highest honors. Michael is married with two daughters, currently calling Evergreen Park home, and is a proud member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated.