Michael Ainbinder is the founder, Chairman & CEO of The Ainbinder Company. In addition to “growing up” in the shopping center business and working with family-owned firms Ainbinder Associates and Ainbinder Bramalea in leasing and site selection, he spent over five years practicing real estate law in Houston with the firm of Walsh, Squires & Tompkins and was Chairman of SCC Development Corp. for over five years. Mr. Ainbinder served for 4 years as the Texas State Director of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), and is a member of ICSC and the Urban Land Institute. Mr. Ainbinder is a former Advisory Director of Amegy Bank of Texas, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Fay School in Houston, and is a graduate of Vanderbilt University (BA ’79) and University of Houston College of Law (JD ’81). Mr. Ainbinder resides in Houston with his wife, Maria, and their three children Matthew, Alex and Kate.