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Vision Partner | Built-to-Last
For 25 years, Rogers served as the Director of Facilities for the J. Paul Getty Trust, the world’s largest cultural and philanthropic organization dedicated to the visual arts. Managing a multi-billion-dollar real estate portfolio encompassing over eight hundred acres and 2.5-million square feet, he provided executive leadership for two of the most iconic campuses in the world: Getty Center and Getty Villa.
Rogers recruited, built, and led a team of five hundred staff and contractors, overseeing everything from world-renown properties, projects, engineering, gardens, and support services to high-profile events and annual visitor ship of 2.5 million guests. Under his leadership Getty “shined every day.”
Rogers directed real estate acquisitions, capital building programs and thousands of diverse projects ranging from major renovations, sustainability initiatives, modernization, all-electric central plant complex, art and archive collections, exhibition space, residences and the highly public projects like relocating of the I-405 freeway in West Los Angeles to accommodate mass-transit for Los Angeles.
To ensure the Getty’s mission of built-to-last, Rogers developed a visionary 50-year capital renewal plan and sophisticated billion-dollar financial model to predict property renewal needs decades into the future. He also created and implemented a 20-year space plan assessment and program.
Rogers is a leading expert on “property hardening” against catastrophic events. While at Getty, he created emergency protocols and resilience programs for hundreds of projects to harden Getty facilities from destructive events such as fire, earthquake, floods, and climate change. He oversaw preventive measures that successfully protected Getty Villa during the devastating 2025 Palisades Fire. These same measures protected the Brentwood community and Getty Center during, and in the aftermath of the Getty Fire of 2019, which started off property. Rogers’ preventive measures set operational standards for protecting high-value assets at Getty and beyond. He is recognized worldwide for his efforts and protocols.
Rogers is considered the best-in-class leader and worldwide authority among the cultural community and complex building programs. He is a recognized team builder and gifted leader.
Rogers has identified and fostered critical relationships with local, national, and international government agencies and organizations. Notably he hosted the 2022 Summit of the Americas meeting and dinner for President Biden and visiting Heads of State.
Since the 1980s: Rogers has created beautiful spaces where stories can unfold. With a history spanning high-end residential properties, legacy estates, generational ranches, multi-family complexes, and hospitality projects – diversity is the word. The journey has taken him from the California coastal communities of Santa Barbara, Montecito, Ojai, and Los Angeles, all the way to the breathtaking mountain landscapes of the Intermountain West. Michael pairs decades of understanding of craftsmanship with a warm, friendly approach, treating every environment and client property as truly unique, exactly as they deserve to be.
Education: Master of Architecture and B.A. in Art History.
Licensed Architect: California, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming.
Licensed General Building Contractor: California.
Affiliations: Member of the American Institute of Architects.
Michael resides in Southwest Montana where he advises a select portfolio of private and institutional clients on creating and protecting enduring legacies.