• Juris Doctorate - Wayne State University 1980
• Masters in Psychology - University of Santa Monica 2001
• Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude Western Michigan University 1976

ADR TRAINING:  Intensives (10-40 hours each; 361 total intensive hours)

• Harvard Program On Negotiation: Mediation Workshop – Sander, Lewis & Singer, 40 hours, October 2004 (for mediation of disputes in litigation)
• Community Dispute Resolution – Anne Bachle Fifer and Deborah Zondervaan, 40 hours June 2000 (neighbors, contracts, etc.)
• Family & Divorce Mediation – Zena Zumeta, 40 hours, August 2001 (divorce and child custody)
• Transformative Mediation: Principles and Practice, Sally Ganong Pope, 16 hours, July 2001 (general mediation training at Hamline University Law School)
• Advanced Transformative Mediation Skills for Mediators, Fox & Charbonneau, 24 hours, June 2003 (transformative mediation for US postal service employment discrimination claims)
• Public Policy Mediation – Thomas Taylor, 30 hours, December 2002 (facilitating resolution of public policy issues)
• Permanency Planning Mediation – Kathy Lame and Laura Bassein, 20 hours, April 2002 (mediation of child abuse and neglect cases)
• Adult Guardianship Mediation – Susan Butterwick and Susan Hartman, 16 hours, January 2007 (mediation of disputes involving disabled adults and their families)
• Unity Peaceworker Consultancy Training – Gary Simmons, May 2004, August 2007, 62 hours total, (mediation of church conflicts)
• BePeace/NVC Mediation Training – Rita Marie Johnson, January 19-23, 2009, 40 hours (NVC techniques and their use in mediation)
• Arbitration Fundamentals, American Arbitration Association, May 6-7, 2009, 16 hours
• Non-Violent Communication in Mediation, Center For Non-Violent Communication, Jim & Jori Manske, 18 hours, February 18 – April 1, 2010
• NVC Mediation Skill Building, Jori Manske, 15 hours, April 14 – June 23, 2010

Miscellaneous Advanced Trainings (less than 10 hours each) -- too numerous to list; total is over 1,000 hours

• Professional Resolution Experts of Michigan (PREMi)– invitation only group of Michigan’s top 20 mediators
• MWI (College of Bankruptcy and Financial Mediators)
• American Bar Association - Dispute Resolution Section 
• State Bar of Michigan - Alternative Dispute Resolution Section – past Chair and Secretary 
• Kent County Circuit Court – ADR Plan Oversight Committee – 2003-2009
• Grand Rapids Bar Association –Alternative Dispute Resolution Section – Chair – 2008-2009 & 2016-2018
• Association for Conflict Resolution – since 2001 
• Dispute Resolution Center of Western Michigan – past president 

$450/hour for arbitrations and mediations conducted in person or $420/hour for mediations conducted via Zoom. I have found meeting via Zoom saves time and money for all concerned.