Mike Rankins
An experienced professional driving the movement’s operational excellence.
Mike A. Rankins is a seasoned Executive with 20+ years’ experience leading and managing within business, social and governmental sectors. This makes him one of few triple-threat leaders who boast experience with business, government and ministry yielding financial, civic, social and environmental returns. A savvy strategist and operations expert whose dossier includes national Head of Personal Lines Claim, Life Insurance and Annuity, Managing Director of Small Business and Underwriting, Ministerial Chief of Staff, General Manager Hospitality and Expositions, Chief Operations Officer. He is known for building high-performance, collaborative and diverse teams that “execute”. His organizational designs focus on the client and entity imperatives, use of voice of the client data and analytics, efficient processes to differentiate services and the delivery of superior outcomes.
Since August 2012, Mike has served as Chief of Staff (2020) and is currently Chief Operations Officer Park Ministries and Park Expo and Conference Center (General Manager). Spanning 550,000 square feet, The Park Expo and Conference Center is the second-largest building in Charlotte, experiencing 200 percent annual growth. The Park Ministries is a “mega Church” with thousands of congregants in Charlotte and virtual global membership. Its Eco-System includes Park Ministry, Park Community Development Corporation, Park Expo and Conference Center, MT 25:40 which provides support to houseless individuals with supplies and amenities, and R400 which seeks opportunities for trade, investment and development on the Continent of Africa in partnership with Africans and Diaspora on specific initiatives.
Mike is defined by his values and by his faith, which he relies on and brings forth in everything he does. His success is based on a “family first” mantra; relationships carefully nurtured with thousands of colleagues, employees, constituents, businesses and the community over the decades. A true Servant Leader, Mike is a positive Leader who learns, listens, inspires, coaches’ and sacrifices for others. He held positions with the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce Board of Advisors and East Charlotte Chamber Board. He formerly served as a Chair of the Board of Directors of Bethune Mays Christian Classical Academy.
Mike has an MBA from the University of Connecticut, where he was named Distinguished Business Fellow, and a Six Sigma Certificate from The Hartford where he received multiple honors: He achieved FINRA Series 6, 26 designations.
He enjoys listening to jazz, playing golf, and playing basketball with a community league. A devoted husband, he enjoys traveling with his wife Cheryl. Mike is a native North Carolinian and lives outside of Charlotte.