Michael Solomon

Michael Solomon is a below-the-knee amputee and the Director of Media Relations at Lyric Opera of Chicago, where he also spearheads the company's accessibility initiatives. He held similar roles at the Metropolitan Opera and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He also worked for nearly 20 years at The Chronicle of Higher Education and The Chronicle of Philanthropy. A Texas native, he is a graduate of The American University in Washington, D.C. He is a patient model at the Northwestern University Prosthetics-Orthotics Center, an athlete with Achilles International, and an involved alumnus of the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation.