Stephen Erickson

 

 

Term Ends 2011

 

Role in the Family Section	Chair-Elect, Section Advisory Council
Email Address	steve@ericksonmediation.com
State of Residence	Minnesota
Experience in ACR
Personal/Professional Experience in Conflict Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

Role in the Family Section	Chair, Budget Committee
Email Address	cewycan@actaccess.net
State of Residence	Wyoming
Experience in ACR	Member since 1998.
Personal/Professional Experience in Conflict Management	CEO, since inception, for a not-for-profit providing mediation services for families in conflict.

 

  

Mary Ann Lawson

 

Term Ends 2011

 

 

Role in the Family Section	Immediate Past Chair, Section Advisory Council Chair, Nominations Committee Secretary
Email Address	malawsc@juno.com
State of Residence
Experience in ACR
Personal/Professional Experience in Conflict Management

  

 

Role in the Family Section	Chair, Ethics Committee
Email Address	Mediator2@cox.net
State of Residence	Arizona
Experience in ACR	Member since inception. Member, Board of Directors (Sections Director).
Personal/Professional Experience in Conflict Management	Director of Conciliation Court, 1977 to Present. Mediator since 1980. Mediation trainer since 1982.

 

 

 

Role in the Family Section	Co-Chair, Membership Committee
Email Address	kmccormi@courts.az.gov
State of Residence	Arizona
Experience in ACR	I have been a member of ACR since its inception and was instrumental in starting the Arizona Chapter. In addition, I was the Arizona Chapter's founding President. Recently, I was one of the Chairs for the 2007 Conference.
Personal/Professional Experience in Conflict Management	I have been a mediator since 1993 mediating state agency cases for the Attorney General's Office. I have trained mediators from junior high through adult.

 

 

 

   

 

Role in the Family Section	Chair, Diversity Committee Co-Chair, Training Committee
Email Address	choicesforconflictresolution@comcast.net
State of Residence
Experience in ACR
Personal/Professional Experience in Conflict Management	I have worked on the legislative committee for the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee of the Colorado Bar and Denver Bar Associations. In addition, I have both chaired and worked on the legislative committee for the Colorado Council of Mediators for the past six years. I was a founding member/administrator/mediator for the Court Annexed Mediation Program through the Colorado and Denver Bar Associations. I have presented in various arenas, authored articles, and provided training offered through the Colorado Bar Association.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Role in the Family Section	Co-Chair, Conference Committee
Email Address	dornfeldesq@earthlink.net
State of Residence	New York
Experience in ACR	Co-chair of 2006 and 2008 Bi-Annual Conferences. Participated in Ethics Symposiums to develop Model Standards. Advanced Practitioner Member of ACR/FS.
Personal/Professional Experience in Conflict Management	Mediator in consumer matters, New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, Newark NJ, June 1992 - June 1993.   Community mediator; mediator and coordinator of divorce mediation program, Community Mediation Services, Jamaica, NY, August 1993 - May 1995.   Mediator in family & divorce matters, Center for Family & Divorce Mediation, New York, NY, May 1995 - present.   Attorney concentrating in legal work connected with family/divorce mediations, New York, NY, May 1995 - present.   Trainer of general mediators and family/divorce mediators, October 1998 - present.   President, Family & Divorce Mediation Council of Greater New York, December 1994 - August 1999.   President, New York State Council on Divorce Mediation, May 2003 - May 2005.   Founder/convener, Coalition of New York State Conflict Resolution Organizations, September 2002 - May 2006.   In addition, I have served on a great number and wide variety of committees and projects in the filed of mediation, especially family & divorce mediation.

 

  

Richard Shields

 

 

Term Ends 2011

 

Role in the Family Section	Co-Chair, Membership Committee
Email Address	richardshields@bellnet.ca
State of Residence
Experience in ACR
Personal/Professional Experience in Conflict Management	Rick is a lawyer, mediator, arbitrator, and trainer. Admitted to the practice of law in Ontario, Canada in 1976, he now restricts his professional practice to collaborative family law, family mediation, and family arbitration. Rick has an M.A. in Conflict Resolution, an LL.M. in ADR, and a Ph.D in Adult Education. He is certified as a specialist in family law by the Law Society of Upper Canada and as a comprehensive family mediator by Family Mediation Canada. Rick is also designated by the ADR Institute of Canada as a Chartered Mediator and a Chartered Arbitrator. He is an adjunct professor in negotiation and mediation in the dispute resolution programs of York University and McMaster University and a family mediation, family arbitration, and collaborative family law and practice trainer. Rick is co-author with Judith Ryan and Victoria Smith of Collaborative Family Law: Another Way to Resolve Family Disputes, published by Thomson Carswell in 2003.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evan Ash

  

 

 

Term Ends 2011

 

 

Role in the Family Section	Chair, Programming Committee
Email Address	evan.ash@jocogov.org
State of Residence	Kansas
Experience in ACR	Advanced Practitioner Member, 2003 to present, Practitioner Member, 2001-2002
Personal/Professional Experience in Conflict Management	Evan has been a domestic mediator in Kansas=s Tenth Judicial District since 1995, and serves as the supervisor for its clinical mediation programs. His mediating experience began informally as a chaplain, and later with the Wichita Neighborhood Justice Center. He has taught mediation courses at Johnson County Community College and Missouri Western State University, made numerous presentations and written articles on mediation, grief, anger, and other related topics. He is a past President of the Heartland Mediators Association and a member of the Standards/Ethics Sub-Committee of the Kansas Office of Judicial Administration=s Dispute Resolution Advisory Council. He holds masters degrees from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary and the University of Nebraska. As an Episcopal Priest, he has served parishes and institutions in Nebraska, Oregon, and Kansas.