Dr. Michael Bates is one of the co-founders of Mosaic. As
a senior advisor and consultant, Dr. Bates oversees the successful implementation
projects in line with the vision of Mosaic. Dr. Bates is also an Assistant
Researcher at the University of California, Santa Barbara and serves as
the Evaluation Director for the Children and Families Commission of Santa
Barbara County.
Dr. Bates received his doctorate in counseling, clinical, and school psychology
from University of California, Santa Barbara in 1999. He received the
Researcher of the Year Award in 1996 from the California Association of
School Psychologists and has more than ten years research experience.
Dr. Bates has developed expertise and recognition in outcome-based evaluation
design through his decade long successful hands on experience with large-scale
evaluation projects. Some of the projects to his credit include, his work
at the child clinical psychology at the University of Washington School
of Medicine and four years as an evaluation coordinator for the MISC project
with the County Mental Health Department of Santa Barbara County. In addition,
he has also worked as a school psychologist in elementary, high school,
alternative, community, and Head Start classrooms.
