About

Wingspan Seminars, LLC provides seminars focusing on improving organizational relationships as well as crisis preparation and response. Dames is also a local member of CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) and the National and Florida Crisis Teams, actively involved with victim assistance efforts following the spate of hurricanes that hit Florida in 2005 and the crisis in Haiti, 2010. She is a lead trainer of Kingian Nonviolence, certified by the Nonviolence Institute at the University of Rhode Island.

Ms. Dames earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Sociology and American History, with a Certification in Education, from Ball State University, and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Master of Science Degree in Elementary Education from Nova University. She has obtained a Certification in Conflict Resolution from Nova Southeastern University.

Her current quests and topics of interest include supporting women business owners as the Past Chairperson of the Women’s Business Council, Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce and providing women empowerment workshops. She has most recently founded Professionally Fabulous for women that continue to serve their communities, however, are focused on better self- care and enjoying life’s vitality together.

Her first book, How to Survive When Your Ship is Sinking, was released at an International Women’s Empowerment Conference, Chicago, Illinois. She also hosted a television show, Conflict Corner TV. Its mission was to address problems families and youth face in their daily lives. The mantra, ‘We educate then provide prevention and intervention strategies for problem-solving’. Her latest book is 99 Conflicts to Avoid and 100 Ways to Resolve Them.