Past Trainers & Their Specialized Subject Matter

We thank these trainers for sharing their vision, expertise, and energy with our community in our ongoing, monthly Conflict Resolution Clinics. Through their generosity, Community Boards can continue to offer affordable and expansive training experiences that cover a wide variety of topics relevant to mediation, restorative justice, conflict resolution, personal and professional skill building, best practices, self care, and more.

• Vanessa Alfaro: Breathing, Grounding & Centering: Practices to Support Yourself and Your Mediation Participants
  
• Natalie Armstrong-Motin: The Thoroughly Modern Mediator
• Patricia Barragán: Wellness at Work & Beyond, Fostering Supportive Networks & Stress Resilience | Supporting Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Survivors in the Workplace
• Laura Benghal: Faith-based Conflict Resolution
• Lauren Berning: No Joke: Virtual Improv Comedy Based Icebreakers
  
• Cabral Bonner: What is Workplace Harassment?
• Brittny Bottorff: Root Causes of Workplace Conflict
  
• S. Brooke Briggance: Mental Health First Aid Certificate Training
• Matthew Cahill: Root Causes of Workplace Conflict
  
• Doris Chau: Chinese Culture & Values: What Mediators Need to Know for Nurturing Cross-Cultural Agreements
  
• Ken Cloke: The Art of Asking Questions | What We Can Learn about Conflict Resolution from the Pandemic | The Magic of Mediation
  
• Lorenzo Colombani: Learning to Negotiate – A Tool for Life
• Ashmi Desai: Cultural Appropriation and Appreciation
• Brooke Deterline: Belonging & Connecting Conversations for Peacebuilding | Building More Courageous Communities
  
• Katharina W. Dress, MA: Creating Connection with Nonviolent Communication (NVC) | Pre-Mediation for Adult Family Conflicts
• Emily Epstein: Managing Strong Emotions
  
• Marc Feder: The Chameleon in the Caucus
  
• Giles Feinberg: Wellness at Work & Beyond, Fostering Supportive Networks & Stress Resilience | Supporting Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Survivors in the Workplace 
• John Ford: The Essence of Marketing, Practical Ideas for Mediators | Exploring Reconciliation & Healing in Mediation | Relational Workplace Mediation: A Structured Approach
• Perri Franskoviak, PhD: Working with Differences | Becoming Unstuck
  
• Elvia Garcia: The Power of Circles: An Introduction to Circle-Keeping
  
• Liz Gerwirz: An Introduction to Restorative Justice Conferencing
• Anna Grace: Fighting Right: Applying the Lessons of Successful Couples to Family Mediation 
• John Kinyon: Exploring Reconciliation & Healing in Mediation
• Christopher P. Kriesen: Chinese Culture & Values: What Mediators Need to Know for Nurturing Cross-Cultural Agreements
  
• Karen H. Lipney: Communication for Conflict
• Marie MacNichol: How Our Judgments Help Us Understand Others
• Yi Zhao Martins, LMFT: Empowering Children to Resolve their Own Conflicts
• Crystal Mason: In a Space for Dreaming: Opening Hearts
  
• Caitlin Meredith: Creating Conversations During Conflict | What is Workplace Harassment?
• Claudia Miller: Bystander Intervention
  
• Rudeen Monte, MS: Conflict Resolution in the Workplace | Causes and the Role of the Supervisor in Conflict Resolution | Coaching Steps for Resolving Workplace Conflicts
• Karina De Leon Montes: Mental Health First Aid Certificate Training
  
• Frederick Moore, PhD: Compassionate Listening
• Silver Morningstar: Offering Restorative Justice: A Guide for Parents, Teachers, and Counselors
• Dan Mortimer: Effective Techniques for Marketing Your Mediation Practice
• Michael Nagler: The Third Harmony, Nonviolence and the New Story of Human Nature
• Melody Noll: The Focused Conversation | The Geometry of Community: The Power of Transformative Circle Practices
• John O’Grady: Working with Differences
• Angela Padilla: Pet-Related Mediation: Social & Emotional Concerns for Pets & Their Owners
  
• Hansa R. Patel: Creating Conversations During Conflict | Deepening Connections Through Self-Reflection
• Antonio Piazza: Less Theory, More Practice: A Trail Guide through the Evaluative Mediation Process
  
• Donald Proby: Belonging & Connecting Conversations for Peacebuilding | Building More Courageous Communities
  
• Lorie Reichel-Howe: Making Difficult Conversations Safe Conversations
• Pauline Romas: The Science of Connection
• Steven Rosenberg: Divorce Mediation: Approaches to Ensure Success
  
• Lisa Rothman: Navigating Family Conflict: A Streamlined Approach | Beyond Power Struggles: Questions For Educators That Connect With Students
• Colin Rule: Mediation Post Covid: The Rise of Online Dispute Resolution
  
• Kevin Simmons: Metaphor, Storytelling & NVC in Conflict Resolution
• Stephen M. Spano: Mediating Disputes for People Living with HIV/AIDS & Other Chronic Illnesses
  
• Charles Spiegel, Esq: Exploring Four Major Divorce Process Options–to Resolve Other Conflicts?
  
• Jane Steinberg, MFT: Working with Differences | Becoming Unstuck
  
• Jessica Donguan Tang: Chinese Culture & Values: What Mediators Need to Know for Nurturing Cross-Cultural Agreements
  
• Mark K. Thomas: An Introduction to Restorative Justice
  
• Sharon Tom: Bystander Intervention
  
• Chioma Uruakpa: Meditation Before Mediation
• Claudia Viera: Implicit Bias, Awareness & Tools for Change
• Ren Volpe: Pet-Related Mediation: Social & Emotional Concerns for Pets & Their Owners
  
• Taquelia Washington, LCSW, PPSC: A Two-Part Virtual Anti-Bias Mini Training
  
• Julia Weber, JD, MSW: Domestic Violence & Mediation: What It Is, Why It Matters & What to Do About It
  
• Cordell Wesselink, MA: How to Disagree Online
  
• Leeland West: Navigating Gender in Conflict
  
• Ken White: Building More Courageous Communities
• Dr. Jennifer J. Wilhoit: Ecotones: A New Conception of Borderlands
• Jason Wyman: In a Space for Dreaming: Opening Hearts
  
• Sasanna Yee: A Joy Experience: Breathing and Yoga for Mediators and Other Caregivers