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Meet our Board of Directors |
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Elected Officers |
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Email:
president@mcdr.org Roslyn
Zinner LCSW-C of Divorce and Family Mediation Services, has offices
in Howard and |
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Vice
President, Barbara
Blake Williams
Barbara
brings a broad professional and educational background to her work in
mediation. Former Program Director of the Mediation and |
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Secretary, Maria Krapf Maria has been involved
in mediation and facilitation for the past three years. She has mediated
almost 100 cases in a variety of civil matters, including business and
contract matters, employment and tort issues, real estate and landlord-tenant
disputes, family matters, divorce and custody issues, specialized education
issues, community conflicts, and various neighborhood disputes. Maria
is a mediator for the Circuit Court of Maryland, serving both on the
Family Law panel and the CINA mediator panel (dealing with children
referred to DSS), and serves as a volunteer panel mediator for the Maryland
District Court Day of Trial mediation program. Maria is also a volunteer
mediator for the |
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Asst. Secretary, Eileen Coen Email:
Secretary2@mcdr.org
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Immediate Past President, Doug Brookman Email:
ipp@mcdr.org Doug
Brookman, is a nationally recognized facilitator, mediator and trainer,
that has conducted collaborative planning and problem-solving processes
full-time for over 15 years. His company, Public Solutions facilitates
effective decision making among divergent interests to serve human,
technical, and political needs in complex, public contexts. Mr. Brookman’s specialty is facilitating large, complex
public processes to graceful solutions.
In this period he has conducted over one thousand public, stakeholder-driven
meetings and collaborative processes. His work is focused at the intersection
of energy, environment and natural resources. |
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Email:
treasurer@mcdr.org |
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Standing Committees |
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Marketing & Outreach |
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Robert McFarland Email: marketoutreach@mcdr.org |
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Programs |
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Ruth McLay Zanoni Email: program1@mcdr.org |
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Certification and Qualifications Chair |
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Vacant
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Nominating/Organizational
Co-Chairs |
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Doug
Brookman Email:
nomination1@mcdr.org Doug
Brookman, is a nationally recognized facilitator, mediator and trainer,
that has conducted collaborative planning and problem-solving processes
full-time for over 15 years. His company, Public Solutions facilitates
effective decision making among divergent interests to serve human,
technical, and political needs in complex, public contexts. Mr. Brookman’s specialty is facilitating large, complex
public processes to graceful solutions.
In this period he has conducted over one thousand public, stakeholder-driven
meetings and collaborative processes. His work is focused at the intersection
of energy, environment and natural resources. |
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John
Spiegel John
Spiegel is an attorney and teacher specially trained in divorce mediation.
He has been a full-time mediator since 1996. A graduate of |
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Member-At-Large |
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NancyHirshman Email:mal1@mcdr.org DISPUTE
RESOLUTION EXPERIENCE |
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Jean Whyte Email: mal2@mcdr.org |
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Steve
Henick
Steve
Henick, is a retired international business executive. Since his retirement,
Steve has become a mediator and teaches business courses at |
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Ellen Kandell Email: mal4@mcdr.org |
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Membership
Chair |
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Sallie Jenkins
Sallie
Jenkins, has been a member of the |
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Kate Cullen Palmisano, MSW Email: membership2@mcdr.org |
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Special Committees |
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Liaison to Bar, Bench, Legislature Co-chairs |
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Claudia
Conroy Email: barliaison@mcdr.org |
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Jonathan
S. Rosenthal, Esquire |
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Web Marketing Chair |
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Mae
Whitehead
Mae has been involved
in mediation and facilitation for the past ten years, gaining exposure
to the field in 1993. She has been a lead mediator for the federal
governments Shared Neutral (SN) program and local government agencies
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Newsletter Editors |
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Lisa
Dinhofer |
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Ramona Buck Email:
newseditor2@mcdr.org
Ramona came to MACRO
as Public Policy Director in 2001. She was the Director of ADR Services
for the Circuit Court for Prince George=s County, in Upper Marlboro,
Maryland for six years, and prior to that, was the Executive Director
of Northern Virginia Mediation Service, in Fairfax, Virginia. She is a past president
of the Maryland Council for Dispute Resolution (MCDR) and serves on
its Mediator Certification Committee. She has a Master of Science in
Conflict Resolution from |
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Diversity Chair |
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Seeking Chair |