Michael Glaser is a partner at Morrison & Foerster LLP, where he serves as West Coast Head of the Emerging Companies & Venture Capital practice and as Seattle Office Managing Partner.

He joined the NCLD board in 2026 after serving for 5 years as a trustee of the Charles Armstrong School, a San Francisco Bay Area primary and middle school specializing in dyslexia and related language-processing disorders.

Learning differences run in his family, which has shaped his interest in early intervention, particularly in helping dyslexic learners understand and build on their strengths.

He has also worked with a range of nonprofit organizations, with missions spanning school nutrition, Paralympic athletics, and the performing arts.

He earned his undergraduate degree from the State University of New York at Albany and his law degree from New York University.

“The NCLD’s mission matters to me because neurodivergence deserves to be understood for the strengths it confers, not merely the accommodations it requires.”