Mike Rubin

Mike Rubin orchestrated a joint land protection effort that included the State of Maryland, the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Montgomery County, the Trust for Public Land and himself.  At 800 acres, the resulting Hoyles Mill Conservation Park represents the largest single land preservation acquisition in the County.   He has worked with public and private land/farm preservation programs and institutions to preserve over 4,000 acres of land in Montgomery County, Maryland.  He also works with local historic preservation boards to repair and maintain historic structures on properties he controls both in Montgomery County and in Aiken, South Carolina.  Mike won an award for one of his equestrian/preservation projects in Aiken. He is founding chairman of the Montgomery Countryside Alliance, an organization focused on sound economic, land-use and transportation policies and programs that preserve the natural environment, open spaces, and rural lands in Montgomery County’s Agricultural Reserve.  Mike is also President of Equestrian Partners in Conservation (EPIC).  For his work in land preservation, Mike was named as one of the “40 Environmentalists Who Made a Difference in 40 Years” by the Montgomery County Council in 2010.  Mike is also founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Capitol Investment Associates Corporation, a company with assets exceeding $500 million and a portfolio of properties across the United States and in France.  For more than a decade preceding his establishment of Capitol Investment Associates, Mike engaged in numerous development and construction activities.  He was a principal in the acquisition and redevelopment of many high profile Washington, D.C. area residential and commercial projects and directed the renovation and sale of more than 1,000 condominium and rental apartments.  He served in the U.S. Army as a Special Forces Officer and is a disabled vet.  He is fluent in Russian and German and holds a degree in Business Administration with concentrations in finance and economics from the University of Maryland.