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Chartered Mediator (ADR Institute of Canada)
Registered Family Mediator (Alberta Family Mediation Society)
Accredited Employment Assistance Program Mediator (ADR.net)
Over 10 years Experience as a Full-Time Professional Mediator

Work Experience, 1996-2007:

• Employed as a Family Mediator with Alberta Justice Family Services, Contract Mediator and Facilitator for Mediation Plus Inc.
• Trainer and Consultant for Focus on Communication in Separation (One of the Canadian Government’s “Top Ten Parenting Courses”)
• Co-facilitated Conflict Management & Communication Skills for the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Alberta
• Contracted with three levels of government in various projects from facilitating work teams to designing conflict management systems, etc.
• Consulted with Edmonton Police Services Spousal Violence Teams as well as The Mediation and Restorative Justice Center’s Domestic Violence Mediation Project.
• Coordinator of Mediators for Alberta Justice Civil Claims Mediation Pilot Project
• Case developer and Coordinator of Edmonton Community Mediation Society
• Restorative Justice Mediator conducting Victim/Offender Mediations.
• Trained Youth Justice Committees and Community Conferencing facilitators
• Trained soldiers in the Canadian Armed Services, Department of National Defense, in interest-based mediation assisting in their role as global peace-keepers.
• Developed, delivered and facilitated a series of workshops for Immigration and Citizenship Canada to assist the integration of Kosovo refugees into Canadian culture and society.

Educational Background

• Alberta Arbitration and Mediation Society (Conflict Management Certificate Program)
• University of Alberta (Education)
• Grant MacEwan College (Law Enforcement and Corrections)

Continuing Education and Training

• Advanced Dispute Resolution Processes and Mediation Skills
• 2007 Hawaii State Bar Conference / Update of Hawaii Divorce Laws
• Child Development and Dynamics of Family Breakdown
• Substance Abuse/Dynamics of Domestic Violence/Drug Treatment Courts
• Mental Health/Personality Disorders/Interpersonal Dynamics
• Cultural/Immigrant Issues
  

Mediation Experience related to families, workplaces and businesses:

• Over 12 mediations as a MCP senior mediator (Divorce, small claims, family issues)
• Over 1000 mediations with parents, step-parents, siblings, grandparents, blended and extended family members. (Divorce, family breakdown, wills and estates, elder issues, Child Welfare)
• Over 200 mediations related to community, neighbors, condominium, civil and small claims (landlord-tenant, breach of contract, insurance, unpaid fees, etc.)
• Over 50 Restorative Justice Mediations related to Correction system, Youth Justice Committees, Community and Family Conferencing.

Education

• 1979-BA – Business Administration
• 1981-MBA- Management
• 1985-MS- Physical Education

Current Place of Employment

Organizational Technology Inc. -Senior Consultant-2 yrs

Training

Basic Mediation, Honolulu-HI-MCP, 2002, 24+ hours
Advanced Medation, Honolulu-HI-MCP, 2002, 14+ hours
Divorce Mediation Honolulu-HI-MCP 2002 22+ hours

Mediation Experience

Child Custody, Honolulu-HI, 40 hours
Divorce, Honolulu-HI, 12 hours
Family Issues, Honolulu-HI, 12 hours
Neighbor to Neighbor, Honolulu-HI, 15 hours
Tenant to Landlord Honolulu-HI, 3 hours
Co-Workers Honolulu-HI 15 hours
Friend to Friend Honolulu-HI 12 hours
Consumer/Merchant Honolulu-HI 6 hours

**Continuously Mediating Since 2002**

Work Experience

Current Place of Employment: CRL Consulting, Inc., President – 2 yrs.

• 1974-1994 : Office of the Auditor, Deputy Auditor
• 1966-1974 : University of Hawaii Libraries, Head Social Science Collection

Education

1974 – M.U.R.P. Urban and Regional Planning
1966 – M.L.S. Library Studies
1955 – B.S. Psychology

Training

Mediation, NJC, 1988, 20+ hours
Divorce Mediation, NJC, 1988, 20+ hours
Small Claims Court, NJC, 1988, 10+ hours
Civil Rights, NJC, 1988, 10+ hours
Facilitation, NJC, 1992, 10+ hours

Type of Cases Mediated

Divorce Honolulu – NJC, 255 hours
Small Claims Court, Honolulu – NJC, 60.25 hours
Neighbor / Neighbor, Honolulu – NJC, 36.50 hours
Hawaii Civil Rights, Honolulu – NJC, 25.50 hours
Juvenile Restitution, Honolulu – NJC, 17.25 hours
Consumer / Merchant, Honolulu – NJC, 7.25 hours

Mediation Experience

** Continuously Mediating Since 1988 **