Bio:Michael brings years of professional experience and a great balance of knowledge and skill from a variety of disciplines including business, café ownership, education, youth ministry, project development, church planting, and the specialty coffee industry.  Michael’s undergraduate work was focused on ministry and pastoral development; he holds a M.A. in organizational leadership and development from Regent University.  He travels the country experiencing and creating environments that enhance and compliment the vision and mission of churches, businesses, and organizations.  Most recently he engineered the initiative Message In Hand - which are conversational coffee sleeves that bring awareness and support to humanitarian causes.

He blogs at www.thirdplaceconsulting.com and you can follow him on twitter here.