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About Us

ABOUT DREAMSHINE

Mark Minard is the CEO/Owner/Founder of Dreamshine and has a BS in Psychology with 20+ years experience in the field, including special education and residential. He oversees direction and leadership, innovation, and elevation at Dreamshine.

Mark is #1 best selling author of 16 Reasons Why Your Business Sucks: How To Be Freakin' Awesome at Every Level of Your Business, Leadership, Profits, & Build Your Own Dream Team!, & Host of Elevating Beyond Podcast, and applies his 2 word mission statement to all things: Change Lives!

Mark is also proud to be a husband and father of 5.

Mark Minark CEO of Dremshine
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Dreamshine is an innovative year-round Adult Day Support program, offering job and community engagement, along with transportation. Our main campus, Dreamshine Waterfront, is located on a lush 2.5 acres, featuring three beautiful buildings: the Log Cabin, Waterfront Lodge, and Pirate Ship building. We also offer a stocked pond for fishing, a fruit tree orchard, vegetable and herb garden, hot tub, woods, koi pond, and so much more! Now, we're thrilled to introduce our newest location, Dreamshine Gardens! Dreamshine Gardens sits on a luscious 5 acres with incredible hiking trails, multiple accessible gardens, and a greenhouse. The property also features the Serenity Haven farmhouse, complete with a hot tub and beautiful covered porches offering breathtaking views. And there’s so much more to enjoy, including our soon-to-open Garden Front Lodge and the one-of-a-kind airplane building!

 

Dreamshine was Founded in 2007 by Amy and Mark Minard, a brother and sister team. The vision was born out of a passion for creating and maintaining an amazing program and beautiful environment based upon creating incredible options for each individual with developmental disabilities, focusing on incredible options tailored to the person first/centered, for each individual Dreamshine is honored to serve, & most important...to have fun!!!!

 

In September 2014, Amy relocated to Ethiopia to share the Dreamshine vision to impoverished villages. Mark continues on as President and CEO of Dreamshine. 

 

We continue to seek ways to improve our facility, our training and our activities to make Dreamshine a unique day and work program, embracing the community, always innovating and elevating, in a beautiful, resort-like setting.

In all our compliance reviews (2008, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2020 & 2024) the Ohio department of ododd declared Dreamshine as being in 100% compliance under chapter 5123 of the ohio revised code.

All Dreamshine staff are required to have First Aid and CPR Certification. Dreamshine staff must also pass a background check as well as the abuser and Nurse Aid Registry check prior to starting work at Dreamshine. Drivers must also pass a BMV driving record check as well as submit a UA. Dreamshine training and development is also ongoing.

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