Instructors

ROBERT ANDERSON, Ed.D., is a training professional with 20 years of experience in the field of communication and human resource development. In 1989, he established McDonald Anderson, a management training and consulting firm based in New York City. He has conducted leadership and communication workshops for many Fortune 500 companies, universities, and international non-profit organizations. His work regularly takes him to Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and to cities throughout North America. In addition to his native English, he has conducted workshops in French, Portuguese and Spanish. Before starting his own company, Dr. Anderson was employed as a training manager at Salomon Brothers Inc, the National Puerto Rican Forum, and The Executive Technique, a communications consulting firm. His academic credentials include an Ed.D. in adult education from Teachers College, Columbia University, an M.A. in Spanish from the University of Michigan and a B.A. in Spanish from Oberlin College.

CAMILO AZCARATE, J.D., is a dispute resolution professional, mediator, facilitator and ombudsman currently working as the Ombuds Officer of Princeton University. Camilo holds a Juris Doctor and a Masters in Dispute Resolution and has received several awards, including the Don Paulson award for excellence in dispute resolution. His main interest is to apply the concepts developed by the field to the complex practical problems facing decision makers, consultants and designated neutrals in organizations.

PATRICIA BARNES, J.D., is a dispute resolution consultant and trainer since 1984, providing services in the Hudson Valley and New York City and has also worked in staff positions in Dispute Resolution Centers in the Hudson Valley. She earned her B.A. in Psychology from Southern Oregon University, her Juris Doctor from the University of Oregon and was admitted to the New York Bar in 1985. Since becoming a Certified Mediation Trainer for the New York State Unified Court System, Ms. Barnes has spent nearly twenty years developing and implementing conflict resolution programs. She has had a wide variety of participants in her programs. In addition to her work in Family Mediation, Ms. Barnes mediates and arbitrates in employment, discrimination and housing disputes, as well as Lemon Law and Matrimonial Fee disputes for the New York State Dispute Resolution Association and the 9 th Judicial District. She has been a mediator in the US Postal Service REDRESS Mediation Program since 1998. Ms. Barnes is a past Co-Chair of the Standards and Ethics Committee of the New York State Dispute Resolution Association, and is active in her community, volunteering her time to help volunteers at her local community center improve their communication and conflict resolution skills.

ANDREA BARTOLI, Ph.D., is the founding director of the Center for International Conflict Resolution and has been a member of the faculty at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs since 1994. Between 1992 and 1999 he was also the associate director of the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies at Columbia University. Before coming to Columbia, Bartoli was a lecturer at the University of Rome–Tor Vergata (1987–92) and the director of the Center for the Study of Social Programs (1986–92). He is the coeditor of Somalia, Rwanda and Beyond: The Role of International Media in Wars and International Crisis (Italian Academy for Advanced Studies 1995). Bartoli's primary interests focus on the emergence of peace and its sustainability, through both preventive and systemic approaches. His most recent publication is "Christianity and Peacebuilding" in Religion and Peacebuilding , edited by H. Coward and G. Smith (State University of New York Press 2004).

AUDREY CHARLTON, Ph.D., has over twenty years experience with Fortune 500 companies, partnerships, health service, not-for-profit and local and international civil service organizations. She has taught seminars on diversity, cross-cultural communications and negotiations and mediations at New York University’s Stern School of Business and the New School for Social Research. Prior to establishing her own consulting firm in 1988, she had held the positions of Director of Management and Organizational Development at Corning Clinical Laboratories, and Director of Training, Director of Human Resources at American Express (Card Division). Audrey has an M.A. in Social-Organizational Psychology, an Ed.M in Counseling Psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University and a Ph.D. in Anthropology, Columbia University.

BETH FISHER-YOSHIDA, Ph.D., C.C.S. (see ICCCR Staff)

KRISTER LOWE, M.A., Ph.D. Candidate - is a Social-Organizational Psychologist specializing in Conflict Resolution and Organizational Development. Mr. Lowe is a founding principal of GHL Global Consulting, LLC—a management consulting firm based in New York City . He has over ten years of experience consulting to organizations and has worked throughout North America, Asia, Europe and Africa . Mr. Lowe has designed and led consulting interventions aimed at improving organizational effectiveness at the individual, interpersonal, team, departmental and whole systems levels of analysis. The focus of his interventions include negotiation and mediation training, coaching, strategic planning, leadership development, teambuilding and organizational development. Some of his recent clients have included the United Nations (Secretariat, Department of Peace Keeping Operations and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ), Pfizer Inc., FilmAid International, the New York City Public School System, Washington International School , Bellevue Hospital Center and Columbia University Business School . Mr. Lowe is also currently an adjunct instructor for the International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution at Columbia University where he teaches courses on conflict resolution. Mr. Lowe holds a Master's degree in social-organizational psychology from the Department of Organization & Leadership at Columbia University where he is currently pursuing a doctoral degree focusing on peacebuilding and reconciliation in post-conflict settings. He currently resides in Connecticut.

BRIDGET REGAN, J.D., is the Director of the Brooklyn Law School Mediation Clinic. Each year second and third year law students receive extensive training in mediation and conflict management and are placed in courthouses and community dispute resolution centers around New York City to develop and apply their skills. From 1999 through December 2002, Ms. Regan worked for the Center for Court Innovation, as a Senior Consultant and Associate Director for National Technical Assistance. In her role at the Center, Ms. Regan was responsible for the planning, management and delivery of technical assistance and consulting services to jurisdictions around the nation planning problem-solving courts and community justice initiatives. Prior to her position at the Center, Ms. Regan was the Director of the Staten Island Community Dispute Resolution Center. Ms. Regan has over 14 years experience as a mediator, facilitator and workshop leader. She received her initial training in mediation while in law school and has completed numerous advanced trainings in alternative dispute resolution, divorce mediation, fee arbitration, facilitative leadership, diversity training and coaching. Ms. Regan is a certified mediation trainer for the New York State Unified Court System. She received her J.D. from the New College of California School of Law and a B.A. in Government from St. Lawrence University. Ms. Regan is a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of California and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

MICHELE S. RILEY, J.D., serves as a court-approved mediator and arbitrator for the New York state and federal courts, handling disputes in the areas of commercial transactions, mergers & acquisitions, employment law, corporate governance and general corporate law. Before starting her ADR career, Ms. Riley practiced law for more than 20 years. Most recently, she held the position of General Counsel at Toyota Motor Corporate Services of North America, Inc. in New York City. Prior to her experience at Toyota, she was associated with law firms in New York City and Tokyo, Japan. Ms. Riley is a graduate of Douglass College (B.A. Asian Studies), Yale University (M.A. East Asian Studies) and Georgetown University Law Center (J.D.). Her academic credentials also include a professional certificate in Conflict and Dispute Resolution from the Center for Finance, Law and Taxation at New York University.

STEPHEN SLATE, M.S., has extensive and diversified experience developing result-oriented initiatives in the field of alternative dispute resolution. Heis the President and Executive Director of the Institute for Mediation and Conflict Resolution, Inc. (IMCR) in the Bronx, New York City. Mr. Slate is a New York State CDRCP certified ADR trainer. He offers courses at Teachers College through the ICCCR and internship opportunities to those seeking certification in mediation in New York State at the IMCR. Mr. Slate works internationally, as well, in the field of conflict resolution and peace building, especially in his home country of Nicaragua. He holds a Masters of Science degree in Management Information Systems from Pace University.