Not only is he a 22-time finisher (and five-time division winner) of the prestigious BAA® Boston Marathon (making him the only person to have completed the marathon on foot and subsequently in a wheelchair), he has also earned more than 100 gold medals in the National Wheelchair Veterans Games (the nation’s largest annual sporting event for athletes with disabilities). A triathlete since 1999, Savicki became the first quadriplegic to finish the 70.3-mile Beach to Battleship Half Ironman Triathlon in his home state of North Carolina in 2009. He also played quad rugby – a Paralympic sport more popularly known as MURDERBALL – for 13 years and spent three years as a high-performance program member competing for a spot on the Athens 2004 Paralympic team. Mike is former deputy director of World T.E.A.M. Sports, a non-profit for people with and without disabilities. Mike is also the founder of Afterburner Communications - A full service communications company focusing on helping clients develop and deliver their image, promote their brand, and communicate their message. And a high school teacher at the Community School of Davidson North Carolina.