Note that the Independent Standards Commission was re-constituted in January 2019, and replaced with the new Independent Advisory Committee. Vetting of QAP and other organisational applications is conducted by the related expert Committee. The following information is included for reference purposes.
The Independent Standards Commission established the criteria, standards and related materials for IMI Certification. Its members, who are all thought leaders in the mediation field in their own right, contribute their time and expertise in their personal capacities and their views are not necessarily representative of the organizations with which they are affiliated.
Role of the ISC
The IMI Independent Standards Commission was convened by IMI for governance purposes:
- Providing advanced thought leadership
- Setting high competency standards for mediators
- Reviewing and approving programmes to qualify mediators for IMI Certification
- Ensuring continuing quality control of approved programmes
- Monitoring the IMI Code of Professional Conduct
- Appointing assessors to review Code of Professional Conduct complaints
- Proposing and approving enhancements to IMI’s Vision and Mission.
Members of the IMI Independent Standards Commission bring their expertise together into ISC Committees and Task-forces to work with IMI.
Former members
Links to members’ IMI profiles are included where applicable.
Executive Committee
- Constantin-Adi Gavrilă, Co-Chair (Romania)
- Judith P Meyer, Co-Chair (USA)
- Mark Appel, Malta
- Pascal Comvalius, Netherlands
- Ana Maria Maia Gonçalves, Malaysia
- Margaret Halsmith, Australia
- Prof Ellen Waldman, USA
Taskforce, Committee, and other former ISC Members
- Aditya Shivkumar, India. ODR TF.
- Adolfo Braga Neto, Brazil
- Alan Limbury, Australia
- Alberto Elisavetsky, Argentina. ODR TF.
- Ales Zalar, Slovenia. ODR TF.
- Alexander Oddy, UK. Mediation Advocacy TF.
- Alicia Lloreda, Colombia
- Allan J. Stitt, Canada
- Aloysius Goh, Singapore. Appraisal Committee.
- André von Walter, Belgium. Investor-State TF.
- Andrew Burr, UK
- Andrew Gibson, Ireland. Appraisal Committee.
- Andrew Goodman, UK. Appraisal Committee, Mediation Advocacy TF.
- Angela Herberholz, France. Co-Founder of YMI.
- Anil Xavier, India. Ethics Committee.
- Anna Joubin-Bret, France. Prior Chair of Investor-State TF.
- Annette Magnusson, Sweden. Investor-State TF.
- Antonia Masaglia, Italy. AppraisalCommittee.
- Prof Archie Zariski, Canada
- Barton Legume, France. Investor-State TF.
- Beatriz Martorello, Argentina
- Bill Scouller, UK. ODR TF.
- Carol Powell, New Zealand
- Prof Carrie Menkel-Meadow, USA
- Christian-Radu Chereji, Romania. Appraisal Committee.
- Christopher Honeyman, USA
- Claude Amar, France
- Colin Brown, Belgium. Investor-State TF.
- Conrad Daly, USA. Investor-State TF.
- Daniel Rainey, USA. Co-Chair of ODR TF.
- David McCutcheon, Canada
- David Richbell, UK
- Deniz Kite, Turkey. Appraisal Committee.
- Diana Wallis, UK. Former IMI Board member, ODR TF.
- Dimitra K. Triantafyllou, Greece. Appraisal Committee, Mediation Advocacy TF.
- Prof Dwight Golann, USA
- Edna Sussman, USA. Mixed-Mode TF.
- Eduardo Silva Romero, France. Investor-State TF.
- Eileen Carroll, UK
- Elena Koltsaki, Greece. Appraisal Committee.
- Eloise Obadia, USA. Investor-State TF.
- Esther Aura Vilalta, Spain. ODR TF.
- Ethan Katsh, USA. ODR TF.
- Ewa Gmurzynska, Poland. Mediation Advocacy TF.
- F. Peter Müller, Germany
- Fatma Khalifa, Egypt. Investor-State TF.
- Franco Conforti, Spain. ODR TF.
- Francois Bogacz, Portugal. Appraisal Committee.
- Dr Frank Fowlie, Canada. ODR TF.
- Frauke Nitschke, USA. Investor-State TF.
- Geoff Sharp, New Zealand
- Gigi de Groot, Sweden. Intercultural TF.
- Giuseppe de Palo, Italy
- Graham Ross, UK/USA. ODR TF.
- Hannah F. Tümpel, France. Intercultural TF, Investor-State TF.
- Prof Harold (Hal) Abramson, Canada. Mediation Advocacy TF; Intercultural TF.
- Helena de Backer, Belgium
- Henrique Gomm Neto, Brazil. Appraisal Committee.
- Ian Macduff, Singapore. Appraisal Committee.
- Ijeoma Ononogbu, UK. ODR TF.
- Prof Illhyung Lee, USA
- Jack J. Coe Jr., USA. Investor-State TF.
- James Walker, UK. ODR TF.
- Jason Fry, France. Investor-State TF.
- Hon. Judge Jean A. Mirimanoff, Switzerland
- Jeffrey M. Aresty, USA
- Jeremy Sharpe, USA. Investor-State TF.
- Jessica Carter, New Zealand. ODR TF.
- Jim Melamed, USA. ODR TF.
- Jo Holland, UK. ODR TF.
- Joanna Kalowski, Australia
- Prof Joel Lee Tye Beng, Singapore. Intercultural TF.
- John Brand, South Africa. Ethics Committee.
- John Sturrock QC, Scotland
- John Upchurch, USA
- Karen Erwin, Ireland
- Karen Mills, Indonesia. Investor-State TF.
- Karinya Verghese, USA. Mixed-Mode TF.
- Katarina Kresal, Slovenia. ODR TF.
- Kathleen Paisley, Belgium. Mixed-Mode TF.
- Kenneth Cloke, USA. Ethics Committee.
- Kevin Brown, Spain. ODR TF.
- Khory McCormick, Australia. Mediation Advocacy TF.
- Kitty Duell, Netherlands. ODR TF.
- Leah Wing, USA. ODR TF.
- Leonardo d’Urso, Italy. Ethics Committee.
- Linda Reijerkerk, Netherlands. Appraisal Committee.
- Dr Lola Akin Ojelabi, Australia. Ethics Committee.
- Machteld Pel, Netherlands
- Manon Schonewille, Netherlands. Appraisal Committee.
- Margrete Stevens, USA. Investor-State TF.
- Martin Gramatikov, Bulgaria/Netherlands. ODR TF.
- Mary Walker, Australia. Appraisal Committee.
- May-Britt Kollonhof-Bruning, Netherlands. ODR TF.
- Meg Kinnear, USA
- Prof Michael A. Wheeler, USA
- Michael (Micky) Lichtenstein, Israel. Appraisal Committee.
- Michael Lind, UK. ODR TF.
- Michael McIlwrath, Italy. Investor-State TF, IMI Board member.
- Michael Ostrove, France. Investor-State TF.
- Michal Alberstein, Israel. Ethics Committee.
- Mirèze Philippe, France. ODR TF.
- Miryana Nešić In memory of Miryana Nešić
- Mohamed Abdel Raouf, Egypt. Investor-State TF.
- Mohamed S. Abdel Wahab, Egypt. ODR TF.
- Prof Moti Mironi (Mordehai) Mironi, Israel. Mixed Mode TF.
- Prof Nadja Alexander, Germany
- Nana Papadogeorgaki, Greece. Appraisal Committee.
- Prof Nancy A. Welsh, USA
- Nazareth Serpa, Brazil. Appraisal Committee.
- Nina Khouri, New Zealand. Appraisal Committee.
- Olfa Hamdi, USA. Investor-State TF.
- Orna Rabinovich-Einy, Israel. ODR TF.
- Pablo Cortés, UK. ODR TF.
- Pascal Comvalius, Netherlands. Co-Chair of Appraisal Committee.
- Patric Illigen, Germany. ODR TF.
- Paul E. Mason, USA. Appraisal Committee.
- Dr Peter S. Adler, USA
- Philip Ray, Germany
- R. Bruce Whitney, USA
- Rafael Guillermo Bernal Gutierrez, Colombia
- Rafael Lobo Niembro, Mexico
- Rafal Morek, Poland. ODR TF.
- Ramona Buck, USA
- Prof Dr Renate Dendorfer, Germany
- Robert M. Nelson, Canada
- Roberto Echandi, USA. Investor-State TF.
- Ross Paull, Australia. ODR TF.
- Ruud van Herpen L.L.M., Netherlands
- Scott Cooper, USA. ODR TF.
- Silvia Constain, USA. Investor-State TF.
- Sim Khadijah Mohammed, Singapore. Mediation Advocacy TF.
- Sophie Henry, France
- Susan D. Franck, USA. Investor-State TF.
- Suzana M. Blades, USA
- Prof Tania Sourdin, Australia
- Thierry Garby, France
- Thomas Stipanowich, USA. Mixed-Mode TF.
- Tina Monberg, Denmark
- Toe Su Aung, New York
- Dr Tsisana Shamlikashvili, Russia
- Ulrike Gamm, Austria
- Veronique Fraser, Canada. Mixed-Mode TF.
- Vikki Rogers, USA. ODR TF.
- Vilawan Mangklatanakul, Thailand. Investor-State TF.
- Vincent Tilman, Belgium. ODR TF.
- Virginie Martins de Nobrega, France. Appraisal Committee.
- William Marsh, UK
- Yasmin Sebah, Bahrain. Appraisal Committee.
- Zbynek Loebl, Czechia/Slovakia. ODR TF.