Mike Hoversten

Training Facilitator and Network Builder

Ames, Iowa

Mike joined the SAFE Bar Network team in January 2024 as a training facilitator and network builder. He loves connecting with other bartenders and hospitality professionals and helping them find solutions for the issues preventing their guests from having the best possible experience. As a result, bartenders are better equipped to create safer, more positive environments for themselves and their guests. 

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Helping someone else enjoy their experience brings Mike joy, as does finding surprising connections and great new experiences in the process. Mike is proud that he has continued his commitment to lifelong learning. He endeavors to challenge his assumptions, seek out new perspectives, and assimilate new information whenever it proves more accurate than his previous worldview.

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Mike finds his happy place almost anywhere. Either in the company of other hospitality professionals, dogs, or in nature. His favorite drink for a fun night out is usually a negroni, boulevardier (old pal), or an Americano triad.