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Sue Ann Allen has twenty years experience as the Training Director for the Dispute Resolution Center of King County. She oversees the training of the Center mediators and designs courses for the public, both standard workshops offered by the Center in conflict resolution skills and courses tailored for specific clients. Ms. Allen holds academic degrees in secondary education from Central Michigan University and in community development from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Ms. Allen’s extensive background in intercultural conflict resolution has led to a focus in that area. She has lived and worked in Europe, Asia, and Africa, as well as in diverse communities in the U.S. Her workshops are experiential and focus on increasing participants’ tools to handle conflict.
Sandra Barto holds three degrees from Seattle University in Seattle, Washington. She has a B.A. in Community Service (1973), an M.A.Ed. in Counseling and Guidance (1975) and a J.D (2005). She has been a mediator since 1999 and has over 250 hours of training in facilitative mediation, communication, and family mediation. Sandy has been a mentor mediator for the Dispute Resolution Center of King County mediator practicum since 2003. She has also worked on staff at the Dispute Resolution Center of King County, holding a variety of positions. She is currently Family Mediation Coordinator.
Betsy BeMiller is a consultant, facilitator, trainer, coach and mediator in employment and workplace issues. She serves as a trainer and project director for the Dispute Resolution Center of King County. Betsy serves on mediation panels for: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Pierce County Center for Dispute Resolution, and the King County Alternative Dispute Resolution Program (InterLocal Conflict Resolution Group). For the State of Washington, Betsy is an “Organizational Development Business Consultant,” “Business Partner,” Instructor and facilitator. Betsy’s clients include: U.S. Dept. of Energy, U.S. Dept. of Interior, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, U.S. Health Care Finance Administration, U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD), U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), City of Tacoma, County of Pierce (Washington), State of Washington, public utilities (Tacoma, Bonneville Power Administration, Snohomish County), many nonprofit organizations, academic and educational institutions, and corporations, companies and businesses.
Meiko Blosser is a mediator and trainer, with a specialization in intercultural communication. Having lived nineteen years overseas has provided her with many opportunities to witness miscommunication and conflict based in perceptual differences. These experiences have fueled her passion for understanding and facilitating effective communication. Meiko serves as a Supervising Mediator with the Dispute Resolution Center’s Small Claims Court Program in the King County Courts and as a Mentor Mediator training student-mediators. She is a trainer in both conflict resolution skills through the Dispute Resolution Center and in intercultural awareness and communication through her private practice working with corporate clients, such as BMW, Immunex Corporation, Microsoft, and Boeing. Meiko completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Sciences with a certificate in Middle East Studies from Portland State University and received her Professional Mediation Skills Training through the University of Washington Law School. She currently holds certification as a mediator with the Dispute Resolution Center of King County, as an English Language Teacher for Adults (Cambridge/RSA) from St. Giles College in Brighton, England, and Intermediate Level German from the University of Munich. English is her native language, and she is fluent in German and proficient in Japanese.
Cathy Goldman, M.A. has mediated extensively in family, community and educational disputes. She is a principal in Mediation Matters, a full service mediation firm, and coordinates the Parent-Teen Mediation program for the Bellevue Neighborhood Mediation Center. She is a trainer and mentor mediator with the Dispute Resolution Center of King County. Cathy helped design and presently facilitates an 8 hour training on “Dealing with Difficult Situations with Tenants” and “Dealing with Mental Health Issues in Housing.” She holds an MA in Conflict Resolution from the McGregor School of Antioch University.
Sarah Knowles serves as a Small Claims Court Mediator, Mentor Mediator, Coach, and Trainer for the Dispute Resolution Center of King County. She completed her basic mediation training and practicum through the Dispute Resolution Center of Snohomish and Island Counties, trained high school students and teachers with Conflict Equals Opportunity in Everett, and has been an instructor for Pacific Crest Outward Bound School and National Outdoor Leadership School. Sarah holds a JD degree from Seattle University School of Law and a graduate certificate in Organizational Psychology from Antioch University. She is a member of the Washington State Bar and is an Administrative Law Judge with the Office of Administrative Hearings for both the Department of Social and Health Services and the Employment Security Department. Her experience includes arbitrating and trying cases in commercial law, Clean Water Act research for the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, volunteer attorney for Northwest Women’s Law Center, and attorney for Associated Counsel for the Accused representing indigent clients in criminal cases.
A graduate of UCLA and UC Hastings College of the Law, Ann Levine has devoted her professional life to addressing issues of housing and homelessness, particularly for people with mental health disabilities. Ann has ten years of experience as a housing and disability rights attorney in California. As a former staff attorney and co-director of Mental Health Advocacy Project, Ann has represented over 1,000 individuals with mental health disabilities in fair housing, landlord-tenant and patients’ rights cases in California. She also has coordinated community building activities for one of the largest Housing Authorities in the Pacific Northwest. As a devoted and dynamic educator, she has taught in clinical programs at Stanford University and Golden Gate University Schools of Law. Additionally, Ann has given over 100 trainings to tenants, advocates, housing providers and service providers. Currently, as a nonprofit consultant, Ms. Levine provides guidance to government agencies and nonprofit providers on community convening, community building, program and policy development, outcome measurement, public policy advocacy, collaborative dispute resolution, and fair housing.
Colleen McAuliffe joined the Dispute Resolution Center of King County as a phone conciliator in 2003, where she went on to complete basic mediation training, family mediation training and the mediation practicum. She now serves as a Trainer, Mediator, Mentor Mediator, Coach, Small Claims Court Mediator and Lead Mediator. In addition to her work with the DRC, Colleen is also a volunteer with Executive Services Corporation of Washington, a non profit organization which provides coaching and consulting for other non profits. In addition to her consulting work, she recently served as program manager for the coaching program. Prior to this, Colleen spent 20 years in management with a major national bank. Her experience includes managing the start up and growth activities of new locations, developing and delivering numerous training curricula, directing the activities of numerous geographically diverse processing centers, developing and implementing a nationwide interactive communications forum, and developing consensus for and facilitating strategies to increase business. Colleen received her BS in Education from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. and began her career as an elementary school teacher. She has completed coursework in Applied Behavioral Science at the Leadership Institute of Seattle, The International Association of Certified Facilitators in Everett, WA, and the Academy for Coach Training in Bellevue, WA.
Motter Snell is a mediator, trainer, and labor relations specialist. Her interest in alternative dispute resolution started in 1990 as a volunteer conciliator and then staff mediator at the Dispute Resolution Center of King County. She is trainer, coach and mediator for the King County District Court, the Office of Superintendent of Public School, the InterLocal Conflict Resolution Group, Snohomish Dispute Resolution Center, and the Dispute Resolution Center of King County. She is partner of Counterpoint Associates, a family mediation training company in Seattle. She is a trainer and coach for the Law School at the University of Washington mediation trainings. Motter mediates family issues for the West Hawaii Mediation Center. She is a labor relations specialist with over twelve years of experience negotiating collective bargaining agreements and mediating labor and management disputes. Motter lives and works in Seattle, Washington and Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.
Darcia Tudor brings a dual background in law and clinical psychology to her practice of mediation, training, therapy, and parent evaluation. She is a marriage and family therapist with 20 years experience as a divorce attorney. Her presentations on family mediation are based on a recognition that families need more than a good lawyer in times of challenge and crises. She focuses on helping families cope with conflict and change. Darcia’s approach gives families a place to address their feelings and to adapt to transitions while supporting the emotional and developmental needs of the children, as well as of the emotional needs of the separating couple.
Shelley White has worked in the mental health field for over twenty years. She has been an outpatient therapist and school counselor. For the past seven years she has been an instructor for Western Washington University's Human Services department where she has taught Conflict Resolution, Mental Health, Community Collaboration, and Child Development. She also teaches at Highline Community College, Human Services department. Shelley has been a certified mediator since 2001. She has used her mediation skills extensively in her work as a school counselor, as well as volunteering for the Dispute Resolution Centers of Kitsap County and of King County. She conducts violence prevention workshops, and is an instructor for Snohomish County's mandatory parenting classes.