Mike Gibbons is the Director of Development at Hallie Hill Animal Sanctuary. Mike has spent more than a decade in nonprofit fundraising, having worked in the arts and human services. However, his lifetime love of animals made for the perfect match with Hallie Hill. Prior to his time in nonprofits, Mike spent 15 years in journalism as a newspaper editor, reporter and photographer.

Mike lives in Mount Pleasant with his wife, Jen. They have two grown children – Parker, a naturalist and herpetologist, and Allie, a school psychologist. Originally from Aiken, Mike moved to the Lowcountry in 2014. He and his wife met when they were students at the University of Alabama way back in the 1990s.