Michael Bartley
Woodturner, Wood Artist, and Self Employed Educator in Topeka, Kansas
Michael R. Bartley was the Executive Director of the Wesley Foundation at Oklahoma State University from 1996 until 2017. He is an experienced thinker and teacher. Michael has spent significant time traveling throughout United States, Central and South America. He is deeply committed to the philosophical conversations with and between various groups of people and traditions. Michael is a graduate of Southern Nazarene University and Duke University as well as most recently he has received Certification from IUPUI in Non-Profit Development and Management. Michael has significant experience in Board Development, fund-raising, program development, evaluation and leadership. Michael is committed to working for social justice and peace. Michael is the father of three grown daughters. In Michael's free-time he enjoys bike-riding, wood-turning, cave diving, reptiles, hiking, sailing, reading and taking risk that others think are crazy. Michael has a wide variety of friends and influencers in his life. Michael is deeply involved in inter-cultural conversation and believes that at the heart of humanity we must take seriously the realm of the other.