Over 350 mediated case involving divorce, visitation, parenting plans, plan modifications, copyright, and landlord/tenant matters

• B.A. Sociology, Dillard University, New Orleans, LA
• M.A. Industrial Relations, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
• Certificate, “Executive Programs in Health Policy and Management” Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
• Mediation and Conflict Resolution Certificate 40 hrs. University of California Berkeley Extension, Berkeley, CA, 2002
• Mediation Certificate, University of California Irvine Extension 25 hrs. Irvine, CA, Certificate, CA Dispute Resolution Program Act of 1986, 25 hrs. 2007
• Certificate in Basic Mediation, Fair Housing Council of Orange County, CA, 2007
• Certificate, “Conflict Management and the Use of Alternative Dispute Resolution” 155 hrs. University of California Irvine Extension, Irvine, CA, 2008
• “Rule 31 Civil Listed Mediator”, Tennessee Supreme Court ADR Commission, 2009
• Diversity in Dialogue Certificate, Scarritt-Bennett Center, Nashville, TN, 2010
• “NCRC Family Mediator Certificate”, 30 hrs. Nashville Conflict Resolution Center, Nashville, TN, 2013
• “Rule 31 Family Listed Mediator”, Tennessee Supreme Court ADR Commission, 2013
• “Specially Trained in Domestic Violence Issues”, Lipscomb University, Institute for Conflict Management, June, 2015
• “BRDGES Intercultural Mediation Certificate”, BRDGES Academy, Fall, 2020
• “Online Dispute Resolution Practitioner Certification Program”, ODR Foundations Training: Holistic Solutions & ICFML Institute of Certification and Training of Portuguese-Speaking Mediators, October, 2020

• Coach and Guest Evaluator for trainees completing Lipscomb University’s Institute for Conflict Management, Tennessee Rule 31 Mediation Training.
• Mediation Instructor for Civil and Family Training, Nashville Conflict Resolution Center
• Instructor, Conflict Resolution Workshop, Habitat for Humanity, Nashville, TN

TN Supreme Court ADR Commission 20th Annual Advanced Mediation Technique Workshop, Presenter, “Revised Training Curricula for Domestic Violence Designation”, 2022

TN Supreme Court ADR Commission 19th Annual Advanced Mediation Technique Workshop, Presenter, “What We Have Learned About Conducting Online Mediations”, 2021

TN Supreme Court ADR Commission 18th Annual Advanced Mediation Technique Workshop, Panelist for “Best Practices in Videoconference Mediation”, 2020

• “TRUST: The Key to Divorced Parenting Communications” https://www.nashville-mediator.com/trust/
• “Your IP May be Worth More than Your Home” https://www.nashville-mediator.com/your-ip-may-be-more-valuable-than-your-home/
• “Whose Hound Dog?” https://www.nashville-mediator.com/who-owns-hound-dog/
• “Ten Reasons Why You Should Consider Mediation” https://www.nashville-mediator.com/ten-reasons-you-should-consider-mediation/
• Why Mediation is so Valuable in Family Conflicts https://www.nashville-mediator.com/why-mediation-is-so-valuable-in-family-conflicts/
• “A Mediator Looks at But vs. And” https://www.nashville-mediator.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/But-vs-And.pdf
• “Bears, Instincts, & State Law” https://www.nashville-mediator.com/bears-instincts-and-state-law/
• “The Promise of Mediation” https://www.nashville-mediator.com/the-promise-of-mediation-2/
• “The Opposite of Judge Judy” https://www.nashville-mediator.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/The-Opposite-of-Judge-Judy.pdf
• “Conflict Preemption” https://www.nashville-mediator.com/conflict-preemption/
• “When We Argue, I Hurt”
• “More Online Mediation needed before we can measure effectiveness” Mediate.com #581, May 15, 2015
• “What Zoom Can’t Do for Mediators”
• “ODR Privacy is More than Confidentiality”

• Commissioner, Tennessee Supreme Court, Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission 
• Tennessee Association of Professional Mediators
• Nashville Conflict Resolution Center, Vice-Chair Board of Directors
• Ombudsman/Mediator appointed by the U.S. Department of Defense to assist service members and employers with disputes involving employment status following deployment with the National Guard or Reserve.