Mike Syers Pro

Mike is a Provincetown, MA-based award winning documentary filmmaker & has a long history of national & local non-profit & LGBTQ+ leadership & activism. He is founder of a Provincetown filmmakers collaborative focused on expanding community among filmmakers connected to Americas Oldest Art Colony. 

Before turning his talent to filmmaking Mike was a senior partner at the global firm Ernst & Young. During 35 year career he co-founded EY’s LGBTQ group in early 2000’s, becoming the first publicly open gay partner at EY and worked with other top tier global companies on LGBTQ workplace matters. 

He worked with President Obama’s administration and met directly with then Vice-President Biden to help shape the White House’s equality policy, including championing marriage equality. He has served as an advisor for the Clinton Global Initiative and the United Nations on matters of LGBTQ workplace & human rights. Mike has been heralded in the press as one of the pioneering & influential LGBTQ corporate leaders in the United States.

additional background info published in Provincetown Arts Magazine article