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Professional Qualifications

Education
Mediation Related Experience
Professional Experience
Professional Panels and Affiliations

Qualified Divorce Mediator

A skilled mediator with over 700 hours of mediation training. Mediated more than 250 cases including divorce, employment, family, personal injury, breach of contract, wrongful death and discrimination with a high settlement rate. Utilizes a multi-disciplinary approach based on real-world pragmatism, solid theoretical knowledge and a comprehensive understanding of interpersonal dynamics to facilitate resolution. Draws from a successful business career and advanced degrees in psychology and conflict management, to help parties overcome barriers to resolution through facilitated communication, an examination of priorities and alternatives and a focus on parties’ true interests.

graduation

Education

Master of Arts, Conflict Management and Peacemaking
Fresno Pacific University, May 2004, GPA 4.0

Basic Institute in Conflict Management and Mediation Advanced Mediation
Mediation and the Law Practicum in Mediation
Introduction to Alternative Dispute Resolution Mediation Internship
International Conflict and Peacemaking Conflict Analysis

Master of Arts, Clinical Psychology
with an emphasis in Marriage, Family and Child Counseling
Pepperdine University, December 1995, GPA 3.7

Marriage and Family Therapy I and II Cross-cultural Counseling
Assessment for Marriage and Family Therapists Individual and Family Development
Introduction to Alternative Dispute Resolution Mediation Internship
Interpersonal Communication and Group Therapy Techniques of Counseling & Psychotherapy

Bachelor of Arts, Sociology (emphasis in Economics)
University of California, Santa Barbara, June 1989, GPA 3.4

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Mediation Related Experience

Torrance Family Court (2009 – present)

One of only a handful of non-attorneys selected to this panel based on my extensive training and experience mediating family law matters. Mediated contentious family law cases addressing issues including high conflict custody and support matters.

Azusa Pacific University (2009 – present)

As an Adjunct Professor, was responsible for developing and teaching a new course. The course was highly interactive and provided students with an understanding of conflict dynamics as well as mediation skills.

Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, State of California (2004 – present)

Trained and qualified as a mediator for the Second Appellate District Court of Appeals. Mediated cases, including employment, general business and family, with consistently excellent evaluations from participants.

Disability Mediation Center, Loyola Law School (2004)

Full-time staff mediator responsible for mediating a wide variety of issues with a very diverse population; utilized significant understanding of human dynamics as well as discrimination/employment law to achieve a very high resolution rate in cases including employment, education, disability and attorney-client.

United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (2005 – present)

After completing a 120 hour training curriculum, continued to serve as a pro bono mediator on a variety of employment discrimination cases including disability, retaliation, age, race, religion and gender issues.

Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles (2002 – present)

Served as both a Small Claims and Superior Court Mediator for cases including business disputes, breach of contract and personal injury; successfully resolved over 85% of cases while under significant time constraints.

Applied Conflict Management (2002 – present)

Developed basic conflict management training and presented it to companies and social service organizations; gained understanding in the variety of ways individuals conceptualize and address conflict.

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Professional Experience

MCI Telecommunications Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (1997 – 2001)

Business Development Manager (6/00 to 11/01)

Negotiated and managed multiple corporate relationships with firms such as Fujitsu, Compaq, and JD Edwards including contract negotiations, marketing and setting the strategic direction of the partnership.

Marketing Manager, Global Accounts (4/98 to 6/00)

Supported the branch in significantly exceeding quota two consecutive years by developing relationships with major partners (such as Toyota and Disney), facilitating branch-wide training and running strategy sessions.
Lead teams that won three National Marketing Awards (2Q 1998, 3Q 1999 and 1Q 2000)

Local Services City Sales Manager (6/97 to 4/98)

Lead a team of sales professionals that acted as both an overlay and a direct sales force for MCI’s Local Services; significantly increased Los Angeles team’s performance from 35% in June to 134% in August

HCC Telemanagement, Los Angeles, CA (1997)

Regional Sales Manager

Responsible for all aspects of managing a branch office including ongoing training of salespeople, negotiating incentives with headquarters, recruiting and expense management.

AT&T, Los Angeles, CA (1989 – 1996)

Account Consultant Manager (5/93 to 1/96)

Shaped a multiethnic group of diverse personalities into a cohesive, productive team of sales professionals that maintained and grew a base of $ 10M in annual revenue; produced several of the branch’s top performers
Consistently exceeded objectives on employee satisfaction surveys, particularly in the “Proficiency of Direct Supervisor” and “Coaching Effectiveness of Direct Supervisor” categories
Achieved 127% (1994) and 116% (1995) of sales objectives & 21% revenue growth rate from 1994 to 1995

International Account Manager – AT&T, Los Angeles, CA (4/92 to 5/93)

Responsible for maintaining and growing $ 1.8 M in annual revenue; developed and implemented training and coaching for both new and experienced account executives aimed at improving their sales effectiveness.

Account Executive – AT&T, Los Angeles, CA (9/89 to 3/92)

Salesperson and network consultant to medium-sized businesses, designed and executed extremely successful territory coverage plan.
Generated over $2 million in incremental annual revenue in 1991 – # 1 in Los Angeles & 298% of objective

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Professional Panels and Affiliations

Appellate Court Mediator, State of California

Superior Court Mediator, County of Los Angeles

Association for Conflict Resolution – Practitioner Level

Southern California Mediation Association – Professional Level

Los Angeles County Bar Association – Employment & Family Sections

United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission – Pro Bono Mediator

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References

Available upon request.