About Mike Dames
Mike Dames of Harrisburg, North Carolina, has been a professional educator for 18 years. Mike is presently the director of HOPE worldwide Charlotte. As director of this faith-based organization, he is using the aha! Process research (Framework and Bridges Out of Poverty) to help this organization achieve its mission of improving the lives of individuals who are living in poverty. He started his career in corporate America and worked in marketing for 13 years. He began his career in education in 1995, serving as a behavior specialist. Mike has served as a special education teacher at the elementary and middle school levels. For several years he served as a high school administrator. Mike also served as a case manager in the area of mental health. He is a living example of an individual who grew up in situational poverty in a single-parent household who successfully transitioned out of poverty. Mike is a national consultant who has worked with various schools and human service providers in his community and across the nation to embed the Bridges and Framework constructs into their organizations. Through aha! Process, Mike provides training and consulting services for Bridges Out of Poverty, Boys in Crisis, and A Framework for Understanding Poverty.
