Board Members
Board of Directors
Tom Wheeler – Rev. Wheeler is co-founder and currently serves as Executive Director for Hoskins Park Ministries. For the year previous to HPM (2001) Tom served as a Front Desk Supervisor at the Uptown Men’s Shelter in Charlotte, NC. Tom worked as the Associate Director of Discipleship at Forest Hill Church in Charlotte, NC from 1999-2001.
Previous to Mr. Wheeler’s work in the church he co-founded a private company called Multimedia Design Corporation in 1990. From 1984-1990 Tom worked for Apple Computer, Inc. as a sales representative. Tom has a BBA from Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia and a Master’s in Theological Studies-Christian Ministries from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Tom became a born again believer in 1993. He was ordained through the Evangelical Church Alliance on September 11, 2005 where he is currently in good standing.
Dale Christensen – Dale is a business owner of an agency that wholesales insurance products, mostly disability and life insurance. He and his son Mark operate The Christensen Agency in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dale has been in the insurance business for 33 years. Dale has served in various ministries over the years including, running a food pantry, intercessory prayer ministry, discipleship, newly married groups, community groups, pre-marriage seminars, teaching, and serving as an elder.
Dale enjoys reading, fishing, hiking, and time with his wife Mari. He has two children and three grandchildren. It is a privilege to serve on the board of Hoskins Park and Urban Outreach. As Jesus said “whenever you did these things for the least of these my brothers, you did it to me”. We welcome your involvement in what God is doing here.
Board of Advisors
Michael Dickerman – Mr. Dickerman is an advisor to Hoskin Park Ministries on technology, marketing & media related initiatives and volunteers his time to develop and implement creative strategies for the ministry.
Mr. Dickerman is the founder of AYA Interactive a Charlotte, North Carolina based Internet marketing & communications consultancy. Mr. Dickerman has over a decade of experience in internet consulting with a focus on internet branding, web development, social media and creative communications. Mike’s expertise has been developing corporate internet solutions, business applications, rich multimedia and internet marketing programs for a wide variety of clients and industries in the Southeast.
Michael also serves as Executive Director of Affect International, a Charlotte based non-profit organization that conducts community development projects in remote areas of Peru. Operating as “Water For Peru”, Affect International’s projects include the installation of water treatment systems in small at risk communities, emergency medical assistance and other humanitarian aid initiatives.
Jeremy Ball – Ever since I was 10, when my dad bought our first VHS camcorder, I have been fascinated by capturing images. These little slices of time, frozen, always seemed to be supernatural, calling our attention to what we usually miss each moment.Most of my life has been dedicated to some form of visual art from graphic design to photography and video. I work with many non profit organizations as a documentary film maker, photojournalist and designer.
I’ve been lucky enough to travel to New Orleans to document the Katrina recovery effort and places as far away as Haiti to cover the start of new programs for UNEP (United Effort for the Poor). Probably the best part of my job are the people and personalities I meet. The stories they share and the time I spent with them are priceless.
