Michael Douglas Williford has more than 20 years of experience marketing for (and sometimes to) many of the largest financial institutions, including Prudential, MetLife, and Fidelity. Hes used that experience to quickly climb the professional ladder at real estate brokerage firm Warburg Realty.

Before Williford started his career at Warburg Realty, however, he was an actor for 10 years, starring in One Life to Live and other television series. In 2011 he gave up acting (though he still occasionally performs) and joined Warburg as an executive assistant. In less than a year he joined the sales team, focusing on both Manhattan and Brooklyn, including a $11.25 million townhouse in Greenwich Village. In late 2014, Williford reached another rung on the ladder. Amid a major management shakeup at Warburg, Williford was named sales director for the firms Madison Avenue office.

Williford has bachelors degrees in business administration and marketing from Mercer University.