Michael G. Mikurak

Michael G. Mikurak serves as the Interim Chief Executive Officer for the Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County (JWB), a mission-driven organization with an 80-year history of strengthening the lives of children and families in Pinellas County. A passionate champion for our county’s youngest citizens, Mikurak believes all children deserve the opportunity to fulfill their potential and achieve meaningful and purposeful lives. He also believes that, as a society, improving children’s lives today and into the future is simply a smart investment.

In his role as JWB’s Interim CEO, Mikurak oversees an annual impact budget of $132.2 million, a workforce of 79, and a strategic plan focused across six result areas: Early Childhood Development, School Readiness, School Success, Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, Strengthening Community, and Organizational Capacity. He serves as the nexus between the JWB Governing Board and day-to-day operations, administers accountability systems and measurements to safeguard the community’s investments, advocates for children’s issues on a local, state, and national front, creates lifesaving and life-changing strategic partnerships and campaigns, and oversees the funding of high-quality programs that benefit nearly 80,000 Pinellas County children and families annually.

Mikurak has more than 30 years of experience in business strategy and supply chain management and is well known in the international business community. He was an international consulting partner at Accenture, PLC, where he focused on consulting with Fortune 100 companies. He retired from Accenture in 2003 with Founder Partner status, as one of the original company partners who helped take the company public. Since retiring, he has continued to utilize his knowledge and experience, including intellectual property from the nine global patents he holds in Business Collaboration; one in e-learning; one pending patent in e-learning with Raytheon Corporation; and 10 International Patents pertaining to Path03gen Solution’s Foot Sanitizing and Handheld Pathogen Eliminating Devices. In addition, Mikurak has authored articles for and been quoted in numerous business periodicals and management books.

Mikurak was appointed to the JWB Board in 2013 where he held the positions of Board Chair, Vice Chair, and Finance Committee Chair, and represented JWB on several child-serving boards until his term expired in April 2025. During his tenure on the Board, Mikurak held JWB to the highest standards of accountability while promoting innovation, strategic thinking, and process optimization. He currently serves on the St. Anthony’s Hospital Foundation Board, and has served on the boards of BayCare Health Systems, St. Anthony’s Hospital (St. Petersburg), Pinellas County License Board, and Early Learning Coalition of Pinellas County.