Mr. Lenard is a Partner, member of the Board of Directors and a senior investment professional of Craton. In 1993 Michael joined WES&S as Counselor, shortly thereafter becoming a Managing Director. Previously, Michael had been a Partner in the international law firm of Latham & Watkins, where he specialized in private investment funds, international and domestic joint ventures, entertainment transactions and other private and closely held transactions and structures.
Michael has served in a variety of senior leadership positions in Olympic and international sport for over twenty years.

He remains actively involved with senior USOC executives on a number of discrete projects and strategy. Michael is one of twenty worldwide members of the Swiss-based international body that oversees and operates the Court that adjudicates Olympic and international sports disputes. Michael was a 1984 Olympian in Team Handball.

Michael attended the New York University and University of Southern California Law Schools, and was graduated from the latter with a Juris Doctor Degree and was a member of the Order of the Coif and Law Review. Michael was graduated with distinction with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration in both Accounting and Finance from the University of Wisconsin, where he was inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi, Beta Gamma Sigma and Beta Alpha Psi national scholastic honor societies and was named a semi-finalist for the Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement Award.