{"id":2928,"date":"2015-01-13T03:23:49","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T08:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/?page_id=2928"},"modified":"2022-03-04T02:48:51","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T07:48:51","slug":"meet-louise-our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/meet-louise-our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Louise &#038; Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bioPan\">\n<div class=\"bioRight equal_height\" style=\"height: 1265px;\">\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#cont01\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Louise Phipps Senft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/bio_lpsenft.jpg\" alt=\"bio_lpsenft\" \/>Louise Phipps Senft<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#cont02\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Beverly Hovmand, LCSW-C\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bio_bhovmand.jpg\" alt=\"bio_bhovmand\" \/>Beverly Hovmand<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#cont03\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Bill Senft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Curran_2014-05-09_5511-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Curran_2014-05-09_5511-199x300\" \/>Bill Senft<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#cont04\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Judge Ronald A. Karasic (Ret.)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ron-266x300.jpg\" alt=\"ron-266x300\" \/>Judge Ronald A. Karasic (Ret.)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#cont05\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Dusty Rhoades\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/dusty.jpg\" alt=\"dusty\" \/>Dusty Rhoades<\/a><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#cont06\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Vicki Rhoades\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/vicki.jpg\" alt=\"vicki\" \/>Vicki Rhoades<\/a><\/li>\n<p>        <!--\n\n<li><a href=\"#cont07\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Peter V. Savage\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Peterheadshot2-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"Peterheadshot2-195x300\" \/>Peter V. Savage<\/a><\/li>\n\n--><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"#cont09\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Andrew Fontanella\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Andrew-Fontanella-237x300.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew-Fontanella-237x300\" \/>Andrew Fontanella<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#cont10\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Nancy Good, LCSW, Psychotherapist\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bio_ngood.jpg\" alt=\"bio_ngood\" \/>Nancy Good<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#cont12\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Monica Koski\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bio_monicakosky-262x300.jpg\" alt=\"bio_monicakosky-262x300\" \/>Monica Koski<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#cont13\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Nan Waller Burnett, MA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Nan1.jpg\" alt=\"Nan1\" \/>Nan Waller Burnett<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#cont15\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sharon Sampson Ball\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Professional-Photo-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"Professional-Photo-213x300\" \/>Sharon Sampson Ball<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#cont16\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Chris Rubacky\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/FullSizeRender-2.jpg\" alt=\"Professional-Photo-Chris\" \/>Chris Rubacky<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#cont17\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Nicole Davis\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Nicole-Davis-short.jpg\" alt=\"Nicole-Davis-short\" \/>Nicole Davis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Nicole Davis\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/no-pic.jpg\" alt=\"Professional-Photo-Chris\" \/>Nicole Davis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lori Mostofsky\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/no-pic.jpg\" alt=\"Professional-Photo-Chris\" \/>Lori Mostofsky<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Barry Evans\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/no-pic.jpg\" alt=\"Professional-Photo-Chris\" \/>Barry Evans<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Luanne McKenna\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/no-pic.jpg\" alt=\"Professional-Photo-Chris\" \/>Luanne McKenna<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>    &gt; <\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"bioLeft equal_height\" style=\"height: 1307px;\">\n<div id=\"cont01\" class=\"showCont\">\n<div class=\"dottPan\">\n<h3>Louise Phipps Senft<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"biography\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/lps-bio.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"315\" height=\"315\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/lps-bio.jpg 315w, https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/lps-bio-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/lps-bio-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><strong> Entrepreneur, Trail Blazer, Conflict Resolution Pioneer, Author and Attorney Mediator, Louise Phipps Senft founded the Baltimore Mediation Center in 1993, later renamed Louise Phipps Senft and Associates\/Baltimore Mediation, the first mediation and training firm in the United States with a focus on relational approaches to negotiation and conflict resolution.  The firm is founded on a belief that people experiencing differences with each other have the capacity to engage in quality interactions to break through barriers when given a quality face to face dialogue process with a proactive neutral who believes in their capacity.  For 25 years Senft, who is often referred to as an \u201cextraordinary and gifted mediator\u201d and a \u201cmaster teacher\u201d and her team have been sought after to facilitate difficult and sensitive interactions and to teach others across the US and abroad a transformative approach to conflict.  Ms. Senft, voted \u201cBaltimore\u2019s Best\u201d Mediator by Baltimore Magazine 2002, named one of \u201cMaryland\u2019s Top 100 Women\u201d for the years 2004, 2007 and 2009 by The Daily Record, inducted into Maryland\u2019s \u201cCircle of Excellence\u201d for outstanding leadership in Maryland in 2009, and honored by Smart CEO Magazine with a Brava Award as a top CEO in Maryland in 2012, has mediated over 4000 such dialogues in the last two decades of mediation work and has trained and mentored thousands. Ms. Senft was named to the International Academy of Mediators as a Distinguished Fellow in early 2018. She is the 2018 recipient of the Chief Judge Robert M. Bell Award for Outstanding Contribution to Alternative Dispute Resolution in Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>        In 2014 as well as in 2009, her firm was recognized as a \u201cTop 100 MBE\u201d minority owned enterprise in the Mid-Atlantic region. In 2007, Ms. Senft, also an attorney, was honored with one of the Baltimore Business Journal\u2019s \u201cMost Enterprising Woman\u201d awards, and in May 2010, Ms. Senft was inducted into the Greater Baltimore Area\u2019s YWCA\u2019s Academy of Leaders with a \u201cSpecial Leader of the Year\u201d award for her work in the field of conflict resolution with outcomes to help eradicate racism. Ms. Senft was also a member of the Class of 2009 Leadership Maryland, and in 2012, Ms. Senft was invited into the Women Presidents Organization, Inc. for female founders of multi-million dollar companies. <\/p>\n<p>        On September 1, 2015, Ms. Senft and her husband of over 30 years, William Senft, launched their book Being Relational: The Seven Ways to Quality Interaction and Lasting Change (Health Communications, Inc. Publishers). The book details ways of being in relation to others that capture the heart and soul of all that is self-help which became a best-seller in communication and social skills. It is grounded in method, and is supported by relational conflict theory and brain science findings. The Seven Ways of being promote quality face to face interactions and positive transformation and are rooted in teachings from many sources\u2014conflict transformation, negotiation ethics, neuroscience, multiple faith traditions and numerous popular self-help and business leadership books.  It is a unique collection of teachings that focuses on what happens in human interaction.  It is inspired by the experience of thousands of broken or strained relationships that the Senft\u2019s and Baltimore Mediation have mediated and coached back to strength, ease and connectedness over the last two decades of their mediation work.  <\/p>\n<p>        Ms Senft and her husband have founded the nonprofit, ORANS\u2122: The Campaign for Relational Leadership.  It was created for the purpose of driving a message on why and how to be both self and other orientated in interactions, especially those that are difficult, conflicted or with an enemy. <\/p>\n<p>        Baltimore Mediation offers family and divorce and commercial and workplace mediation and facilitation for every variety of conflict, difficult situation or dispute.  The firm specializes in facilitating collaborative decision-making for closely held businesses, families, family offices, Fortune 100 and 500 executives, medical and health institutions, academic and religious institutions and those in litigation. Baltimore Mediation also offers nationally recognized negotiation and conflict resolution training, all from the transformative relational framework.  Ms. Senft is known nationally and internationally for her elicitive design and delivery of trainings rooted in a relational worldview, relational conflict theory and ways to approach difficult negotiations and conflicted situations which invite and foster, and never manipulate or force, change in the interaction dynamics. Senft and her team assist their clients with conflict breakthroughs, transforming the barriers into effective exchanges of meaningful dialogue and information. The outcomes are clarity and decisions that are practical and agreements that are sustainable. Working with people who desire to work out complicated or difficult situations but are not sure how, as well as consulting for those who know how but the other side is unwilling, Ms. Senft and her team have pioneered the Be Relational \u2122 approach.  <\/p>\n<p>        Baltimore Mediation has designed interventions and trainings for professionals, executives, court systems, bar associations, government agencies, small and large companies, state and federal contractors, real estate and construction management firms, physicians and medical staff, long term care and assisted living facilities management, higher education faculty, religious and clergy as well as mental health and family law practitioners.  A hallmark of her training and teaching is a combination of transformative conflict theory and a focus on each negotiator\u2019s and mediator\u2019s self-awareness and self-observation of their emotional defense mechanisms and related somatic experiences. With a belief, supported by neuroscience, that when one has method to relax the three centers of intelligence, head, heart and body, they will be more open and authentic in response to conflict as it unfolds. <\/p>\n<p>        Ms. Senft has been a national leader for transformative mediation for separation and divorce and for Executive Leadership teams in the US.  She has provided mediation and facilitation services to thousands of individuals in family conflicts, trust and estate conflicts, post divorce disputes, employment and business contract disputes, closely held family businesses, organizations and foundations, and commercial and civil litigation matters. She is one of the originators of \u201cmarital mediation\u201d, including pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements, for couples in conflict wishing to preserve their marriages while making difficult decisions.  And she is the originator of  \u201clittle m\u201d interventions for business executives and managers wishing to maintain productivity while working through stressful transitions. <\/p>\n<p>        In 2009, Ms. Senft was invited by the Nakwatsvewat Institute at the Hopi Indian Nation to begin work with Hopi clan elders and tribe leaders to design a mediation program to assist Hopis grappling with issues of family preservation and Hopi culture preservation by providing conflict transformation training \u201cHopi-ized\u201d for and by Hopis. She continues her work with the Hopi making trips each year to their Reservation to continue with training and mediating issues of governance, land and property disputes and family and clan conflicts. Ms. Senft is also an international negotiation and mediation trainer, having trained attorneys, businessmen and women, and judges in Europe, speaking to the Roman Bar Association in Rome, and with the Italian national clerks and the Florence Mayor\u2019s Office in Florence, as well as being invited to speak at the first European Transformative Mediation Congress which drew interest from across Europe in 2011, and training professionals in Germany, Portugal, Italy and Slovenia most recently.<\/p>\n<p>        She wrote a monthly column for The Daily Record, The Negotiating Table: Turning Problems into Opportunities for over ten years. Ms. Senft\u2019s work with divorcing families has been featured in numerous media interviews. Ms. Senft\u2019s work with family businesses is featured in the documentary, Resolutionary People (2002), produced by Emmy award winner Richard Chisolm. Ms. Senft\u2019s work with corporate and public policy multiparty facilitation is featured in the book the Promise of Mediation (Jossey-Bass, 2004). Ms. Senft\u2019s work in elder care mediation was the featured story on ABC World news with Charles Gibson in July 27, 2007. <\/p>\n<p>        She has been interviewed by NPR and has been a guest on NPR radio affiliates and other radio programs. She has provided keynote speeches throughout the US and Canada. Ms. Senft was asked to speak at the United Nations in 2008 to inspire young leaders worldwide to champion an elicitive and relational approach to cultural and economic differences and to use mediators to assist as \u201cCommunication Brokers\u201d, so that they can have a \u201cBeyond Win-win\u201d experience, phrases she coined.  Ms. Senft has pioneered the value of self-awareness training and practices for conflict interveners teaching as adjunct faculty for Harvard Law School\u2019s Program on Negotiation Insight Initiative for attorneys, CEO\u2019s, professionals and executives worldwide, for Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, MBA Bio-technology Program and the Business of Medicine Program and as an adjunct law professor for 19 years at the University of Maryland School of Law.  <\/p>\n<p>        Ms. Senft\u2019s background in the family environment includes domestic mediation, separation and divorce, marital property and tax liability, domestic violence, high conflict, gay and lesbian partnerships, bankruptcy, religious annulment, parental rights, grandparents\u2019 rights, adoption, cognitive- psychological- social child development, parenting plans, religious faith and doctrine on marriage, adultery, adult grief and traumatic incident reduction, loss of child, abortion, guardianship, addiction, alcoholism, estates and trusts, real estate and personal property asset division, estate planning, end of life issues, elder care decision-making, and closely held family business, shareholder disputes and every variety of partnership conflict.  She has been the chosen mediator for over 4000 marital, separation or divorce mediations both in the personal and in the business context and has been interviewed on the subject of divorce and family conflict by various media.   In 2009, the Administrative Office of the Courts of Maryland asked Ms. Senft to design an assessment program for court-rostered domestic mediators modeled on her Practitioner\u2019s Institute, a formative and summative assessment based on actual real-time observed performance of the mediator. She has expanded this program for other mediators nationwide and for state bar associations.<\/p>\n<p>        Ms. Senft\u2019s extensive experience in the business, corporate, commercial, organizational and litigation environment includes relational and interest-based negotiation and bargaining, insurance, insurance coverage disputes, personal injury, wrongful death, Medicare and medical disclosure concerns, medical malpractice, bankruptcy, business partnerships, alliance formations, succession planning, workplace discrimination and ADA issues, organizational visioning, congregational conflicts and business\/workplace mediation including interdepartmental issues, sexual harassment and EEO complaints, condominium and real estate development, construction and commercial real property management and contracting, public dialogue, regulatory disputes, public policy process, environmental policy and regulation, city planning, Board of Directors management, executive leadership teams, c-suite conflicts and disputes and systems approaches.   She also has a background in insurance and complex commercial litigation and professional malpractice matters.  She was selected as one of six mediators by the American Arbitration Association to mediate complex personal injury cases and was selected by the EEOC to mediate litigated employment discrimination cases for the Mid-Atlantic Region for a decade of the 1990\u2019s. In addition to mediating many hundreds of business, workplace, EEO and litigated disputes, she is called upon regularly to facilitate quality conversations over difficult issues and meaningful dialogue when there is complexity involving executives, managers and boards of directors. <\/p>\n<p>        In the international arena, Ms. Senft is one of the founding members of Mediators Beyond Borders\u2122, a non-profit offering conflict resolution aid and training for initiatives such as the Child Soldier Project in Ghana, the Greek Immigration Dialogue initiative in Athens and the Katrina Mediation Project in New Orleans and Biloxi, Mississippi.  She served as Executive Chair of Training for MBB domestically and internationally for four years and speaks internationally on behalf of the MBB mission of dialogue. She is also an elected member of the Board of Trustees of Convergence: Center for Public Policy Resolution, a Washington, DC non-profit focused on bipartisan dialogue on pressing US political issues of the day, including US-Muslim relations, Re-imagining K-12 Education, and Health and Wellness Project on Obesity and Diabetes.<\/p>\n<p>        Ms. Senft has been an adjunct Law Professor at the University of Maryland School of Law since 1996 teaching various courses in Alternative Methods of Dispute Resolution (ADR) for Lawyers, Negotiation and Mediation Theory and Practice. She designed and continues to teach what was the first certificated mediation training course offered by a Maryland law school.  Her first teaching appointment was at Villa Julie College, now Stevenson University, from 1994-1996. From the mid-1990\u2019s to the present, she has also been an invited guest faculty to teach courses at Harvard Law School\u2019s Program on Negotiation Insight Initiative, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins MBA Bio-technology Program, the Johns Hopkins Business of Medicine Program, and Loyola University\u2019s Sellinger School of Business. All of her teaching focuses on conflict transformation theory and the incorporation of personal reactivity and self-awareness practices and methods for real-life application.<\/p>\n<p>        Ms. Senft is a certified Enneagram teacher in the Narrative Tradition and associated with the Trifold School for Enneagram Studies and the International Association of Enneagram Teachers in the Narrative Tradition. The Enneagram is an ancient and modern system for understanding personality and what motivates human beings. She offers Enneagram workshops on mindfulness, greater productivity and personal satisfaction, emotional intelligence and self-awareness for judges, lawyers, businesses executives, managers, parents and families. An area of focus that has brought Ms. Senft great joy over the years is using the Enneagram and the relational transformative approach to conflict to assist families and business co-workers in having healthier and more satisfying interactions. She has pioneered reliance on self-awareness and the Enneagram for the conflict resolution and mediation communities as a means of quality and ethical practice and personal and professional excellence.<\/p>\n<p>        Ms. Senft was the first mediation trainer nationally to be approved as an Accredited Continuing Education Trainer (ACET) by the Association for Conflict Resolution in 2010, providing her the distinction of approval for teaching on any subject in the conflict resolution field as an exceptional life-long teacher. Ms. Senft was one of the first elected Associates of the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation. She is a nationally Certified Transformative Mediator\u2122 and has also been certified by the Maryland Council on Dispute Resolution, the only two performance-based certifications of skill level in the US. She is the architect for Maryland\u2019s Performance Based Assessment for Transformative Mediators\u2014The Practitioner\u2019s Institute\u2014which served as an assessment model for a program for Maryland Family Court Appointed Family Mediators that launched in 2009, part of the statewide Maryland Program for Mediator Excellence, the first in the country. Ms. Senft is also the co-architect of the state of Maryland\u2019s Mediation Ombuds Program, designed to handle consumer mediation complaints throughout Maryland with a restorative approach. Ms. Senft has earned the status of Advanced Practitioner in the Family Section\u2019s Academy of Family Mediators as a member of the international Association of Conflict Resolution\u2019s (ACR), formerly the Academy of Family Mediators. <\/p>\n<p>        Ms. Senft and Baltimore Mediation are best known nationally for their trainings on conflict transformation and their offerings of certificated training courses in General and Advanced Mediation and Conflict Resolution and Domestic and Workplace Mediation with a focus on the transformative approach. Ms. Senft was an early member of the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation. She, Larry Hoover and her firm were chosen by the R. B. Bush and J. Folger team to pilot training for teaching transformative conflict theory and state of the art terms of Empowerment and Recognition with practical application in the early 1990\u2019s. Baltimore Mediation\u2019s training courses, with an added emphasis on mediator self-awareness, ethical practice, fostering quality interaction, empowerment, informed decision-making by the parties, and recognition were the trainings of choice for the Maryland Judiciary for over 15 years when Maryland became a national leader in the US for mediation use.  BMC\u2019s trainings are tailored for three audiences: (1) professionals, including executives, attorneys, doctors, therapists, clergy, businessmen and women, human resources managers and educators; (2) families, youth and parents; and (3) staff working in courts and agencies and non-profits. She also designed and offers twice annually the Practitioner\u2019s Institute for advanced mediators who desire an intense assessment for certification as well as a series of half day and one day workshops on the Enneagram and Conflict Transformation and continuing education short courses for various professional groups.   <\/p>\n<p>        She is co-author of the final chapter of the ADR Handbook for Judges, ed. D. Stienstra &#038; S. Yates, American Bar Association and Federal Judicial Center (2004), has her work facilitating public policy conflicts featured in Chapter 3 \u201cGaining Sight of the Goal of Transformation,\u201d of the revised Promise of Mediation, 2d. ed., B. <\/p>\n<p>        Bush &#038; J. Folger, Jossey-Bass Publishers (2004) and is co-author of the chapter \u201cMarital Mediation: Transforming Marital Conflict through Facilitated Dialogue\u2014Reclaiming Personal Strength and Marital Connectedness\u201d, with N. Good in Transformative Mediation: A Sourcebook, Resources for Conflict Intervention Practitioners and Programs, ed. J. Folger, B. Bush, and D. Della Noce, ISCT and Asso. Conflict Resolution Publishers (2010).  Ms. Senft is working on a book on self-observation methods for the negotiator and mediator to be published by the Enneagram Publishers. Her book Being Relational: The Seven Ways, co-authored with her husband, Bill Senft, published by HCI Publishers in 2015. In 2016, Ms. Senft also published a series of booklets: The Little Book for Couples: How to Transform Conflict Interaction with your Teenager; The Little Book for Managers: How to Transform Conflict Interaction with your Staff and Co-Workers. <\/p>\n<p>        In her field of conflict resolution and conflict transformation, throughout the 1990\u2019s to the present, she has served continuously in various capacities for the Association for Conflict Resolution, on its Ethics Committee, Mediation News staff, Training Approval Committee and Family Section Advisory Council, where she served as Co-Chair. She also served as Co-Chair of the Baltimore City Bar Association\u2019s first ADR Committee in the early 1990\u2019s, and she was elected and served on the Maryland State Bar Association\u2019s ADR Section Council in its early years of formation.  In 1998, she was appointed by Chief Judge Bell to the Maryland Court of Appeals\u2019 ADR Commission and the task force on Professional Responsibility in ADR.  In 2000, Ms. Senft was appointed by the highest court to Chair the first statewide Family ADR Initiative. She was the co-architect of the state\u2019s mediator grievance process, The MPME Ombudsman Program, and was subsequently appointed as Chair in 2003 of the Mediator Ombudsman Program for the Maryland Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office. During that time she also served in 2002 as President of the Maryland Council for Dispute Resolution with a focus on creating a strong internal infrastructure for the future and representing the views of the private practitioner on MACRO initiatives. She is a founding member of Mediators Beyond Borders, whose mission is to build sustainable conflict resolution capacity for a more peaceable world, where she served as Director of Training from 2007-2010 establishing protocols and quality control and the template for the current MBB training program. She also served as an elected board member of the Global Negotiation Insight Initiative, an auxiliary entity created in 2008 as a result of the work at Harvard\u2019s Law School\u2019s Program on Negotiation Insight Initiative. Since 2011 she has served as a Trustee on the Board for Convergence: Center for Policy Resolution in Washington, DC, where she served as co-chair of Development.<\/p>\n<p>        She has served as a Member of the corporate board for Saval Food Service and Deli Brand since 2009.  Ms. Senft also has served non-profit organizations whose mission she champions including acting in the role of Treasurer and on the executive board of Network 2000 whose mission is to place women on corporate boards and to mentor rising female executives; serving as elected board member for the Coalition of Geriatric Services in Maryland, whose mission is to expand compassionate alternative services to seniors at home and in residential living; and as Vice President of the Roland Park Civic League for six years, whose focus is on civic engagement and the preservation of historic green space in Baltimore City, the monitoring of other land<br \/>\n        developments and the creation of a 100 year Master Plan for the preservation and modernization of the historic garden community designed by the Olmsted Brothers. She was also a founding member of the Tuesday Girls whose mission was to provide networking opportunities for women executives and business owners; was a partner in Accelerent, a national platform for mid-sized corporate businesses in the Mid-Atlantic; served as a corporate mentor for the COMMIT Foundation, whose mission is to mentor mid-level female veterans to reach their full potential personally and professionally; and served for nine years on the board of the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland with a focus on their capital campaign to expand services for inner-city girls.  She has also served Board positions in her children\u2019s schools and her church, including six years on the National Catholic Review Board for Washington, DC\/Arlington; many years on various committees for the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, where she was also the first woman President of the Parish Council; Grace Methodist Pre-School Board of Directors; the Cathedral School\u2019s CASPA, the Parent\u2019s Association for her Children\u2019s grade school; the Gilman School Parents\u2019 Association, the Bryn Mawr School Health and Wellness Committee, the McDonogh School Parents\u2019 Association, and the Archdiocese of Baltimore\u2019s Catholic <\/p>\n<p>        Community Foundation, where she is currently chair of Distributions and oversight of a Catholic community fund of Four Million Dollars for donor designated services. She also travels biennially with the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and a medical team to Lourdes, France, a place of spiritual healing, tending to the needs of \u201cmalades\u2019 suffering from stage IV cancer and other debilitating and life-ending diseases.<\/p>\n<p>        Other highlights include that Ms. Senft was selected as part of the first national certified mediation training team for the United States Postal Service REDRESS Program for EEO\/discrimination complaints and other workplace disputes. From 1998 through 2001, she trained mediators across the country as part of the USPS national rollout, which trained over 2500 outside neutrals from 32 states, as well as over 18,000 labor and management representatives.\t<\/p>\n<p>        Ms. Senft was the initiator, Co-Creator, Lead Trainer and Supervisor for the Baltimore City Circuit Court Family Mediation Services program from 1998-2005, which focuses on custody and visitation lawsuits providing transformative mediation services for their resolution, which continues to serve thousands of Baltimore families in the court system annually. <\/p>\n<p>        Ms. Senft was the co-founder of The Safe Haven Network:  a church, police, school, and community safety initiative for children in Baltimore City which has provided safe shelters before and after school for children and conflict intervention training and safety skills to community residents and school officials since from 1993 to 2013.<\/p>\n<p>        Ms. Senft served as Chair of the Governor&#8217;s Task Force on Youth Citizenship and Violence Prevention&#8217;s Out-of-Schools Committee in 1995-96, and provided technical assistance in programming, violence reduction education and evaluation for the Governor&#8217;s office on Crime Control and Prevention&#8217;s state and federal funded initiative for community after school programs for late elementary and middle school youth throughout Maryland, 1996-1999. <\/p>\n<p>        Ms. Senft has served on numerous Bar Association committees, including presidential appointments to the Special Committee which drafted the Guidelines for the Prevention of Sexual Harassment adopted by the Maryland State Bar for law firms throughout the State, and the Chair of the 1994 publication &#8220;Baltimore&#8217;s Children and Their Families.&#8221;   She was asked by television\u2019s Arts and Entertainment to help script the TV pilot, The Mediator.  She is listed in the Worldwide Who\u2019s Who and the International Who\u2019s Who. <\/p>\n<p>        Prior to founding Baltimore Mediation, Ms. Senft was a litigator and trial lawyer engaged in practice at the Baltimore law firm, Whiteford, Taylor and Preston in the areas of insurance, commercial defense and family law. She is a Dame in the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta. She hails from Springfield, Illinois, was inducted into the Sacred Heart-Griffin High School Hall of Fame in 2010, attended the University of Virginia, where she was President of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority and has served since graduation on the Class of 1983 Class Reunion Committee; attended Washington &#038; Lee School of Law, where she was named Most Outstanding Woman Law Student, resurrected the Women Law Students Organization and was the first female Executive Committee representative for the honor system for both the undergraduate and graduate students since the founding in 1749. She is married to Bill Senft and is the mother of five wonderful children.<\/p>\n<p>        LOUISE PHIPPS SENFT, ESQ.<\/p>\n<p>        CURRICULA VITAE<\/p>\n<p>        Education<\/p>\n<p>        \u25cf\tCertified Teacher, Trifold School for Enneagram Studies (2009-present)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tCertified Teacher, Enneagram Professional Teaching Program (2002-2004)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tJuris Doctorate, Washington &#038; Lee School of Law, Lexington, VA (1985-1988)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tBachelors of Arts, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (1979-1983)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tSacred Heart Academy, Springfield, IL (1975-1979)<\/p>\n<p>        Professional Experience<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tFounder and CEO, Baltimore Mediation Center d\/b\/a Louise Phipps Senft &#038; Assoc.\/Baltimore Mediation, Baltimore MD (1994-present)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tAttorney, Whiteford, Taylor and Preston, LLP, Baltimore MD (1988-1994)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tCo-Architect, Maryland State Mediator Ombudsman Program for the Maryland Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office and the Maryland Program for Mediator Excellence (2009-2011)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tCo-Director, Lead Trainer, Supervisor, Baltimore City Circuit Court and Shepherd Pratt Community Outreach Partnership, Family Mediation Services Program (1998-2005)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tConsultant and Technical Assistant, Governor\u2019s Office on Crime Control and Prevention, After Schools     Programs (1996-1999)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tTransformative Mediation National Training Team, United States Postal Service, Washington DC (1996-1999)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tCo-Founder, Baltimore City Public Schools, The Safe Haven Network, Baltimore, MD (1993-2013)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tCo-Founder, Mediators Beyond Borders (national and international non-profit) Washington DC (2006)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tFounding Director, Convergence: Center for Public Policy Resolution, Washington DC (2010-present)<\/p>\n<p>        Academic Teaching Experience<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tAdjunct Law Professor, University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, MD (1996-present)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tVisiting Professor, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (2008)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tVisiting Professor, Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business, Baltimore, MD (2006-2007)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tVisiting Professor, Johns Hopkins University, Blumberg School of Public Policy, Baltimore, MD (2006)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tAdjunct Professor, Loyola University Sellinger School of Business, Timonium, MD (1998-2000)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tAdjunct Professor, Harvard Law School\u2019s Program on Negotiation, Insight Initiative, Boston, MA (Summer Program)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tVisiting Professor, University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, MD (Summer 1999)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tAdjunct Professor, Villa Julie College (now Stevenson University), Stevenson, MD (1994-1996)<\/p>\n<p>        Professional Collaborations\/Projects<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tMaryland Dental Association, Horizon Foundation \u201cHealthy Beverages\u201d Initiative, statewide, MD (2015-2016)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tMaryland\u2019s Performance Based Assessment for Transformative Mediators\u2014\u201cThe Practitioner\u2019s Institute\u201d  (2004-present)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tJohns Hopkins Health System, Removing Barriers for Systemic Operations, Baltimore, MD (2015)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tNakwatsvewat Institute at the Hopi Indian Nation, Marital Mediation Project, Second Mesa, AZ (2009-present)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tMaryland Mediator and Conflict Resolution Office, \u201cMediator Excellence Program\u201d, statewide, MD (2008-2015)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tIllinois Department on Aging, Intra-agency Collaborative, Chicago, IL (2013-2014)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tSafe Haven Network for youth and school safety, Clergy United for the Renewal of East Baltimore, West Baltimore Park Heights Association, Baltimore City Public Schools, Baltimore City Mayor\u2019s Office, Baltimore City Police Commissioner, Baltimore City Fire Department, Enoch Pratt Library, Baltimore, MD (1993-2013)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tTransformative Mediation Training Program and Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts, Lexington and Louisville, KY (2010-2013)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tOlmstead Brothers\u2019 Roland Park in Baltimore City Master Plan with Mayor and City Council, Baltimore, MD (2009-2012)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tConflict Transformation and Mediation Training Project with Growing Me Executive Coaching Association, Lisbon, Portugal (2012)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tMediators Beyond Borders, Greek Immigrant Initiative, Athens, Greece (2012)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tConflict Transformation and MBB with Roman Bar Association, Rome, Italy (2012)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tConflict Transformation and MBB with Milan Mayor\u2019s Cabinet, Milan, Italy (2012)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tConflict Transformation and Mediation Training Project with Hamburg Mediation, Hamburg, Germany (2011-present)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tConflict Transformation, Self-Awareness and Neuroscience Insights with Slovenian Conflict Transformation Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia (2011)<\/p>\n<p>        \u25cf\tGilchrist Hospice, Patient Family Collaborative, Towson, MD (2008-2010)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tDomestic Mediator Performance Based Assessment Project \u201cThe Practitioner\u2019s Institute\u201d for the Maryland Family Court Appointed Family Mediators, Administrative Office of the Courts, statewide, MD (2009)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tMediators Beyond Borders, Katrina Mediation Project, New Orleans, LA and Biloxi, MS (2008 -2010)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tMaryland Commission on Human Rights, Mediation Program for Discrimination in Public Accommodations, statewide, MD (2008-09)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tRoland Park Civic League and City of Baltimore Green Space Preservation in Roland Park, Baltimore, MD (2006)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tMaryland Governor\u2019s Office of Children, Youth &#038; Families, Interagency Collaboration for youth, statewide, MD (2005)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tDomestic Mediation Training Program for the Maryland Judiciary, Maryland Administrative Office of the Courts, Annapolis, MD (1999-2005)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tBaltimore City Head Start Collaboration (2004)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tStreuver Bros. Eccles &#038; Rouse and H&#038;S Development Corp. Harbor Point Project, Plan to develop Allied Chemical site and surrounding area\/neighborhood into \u201cgreen\u201d buildings on waterfront,  honoring history preservation, land use preservation, and natural resource preservation, Baltimore Inner Harbor (2003-04)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tMaryland Family ADR Initiative (2000-2004)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tMaryland Environmental Service, State of the Union Collaboration (2000-2003)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tUnited States Postal Service REDRESS Program (Lead trainer, nationwide, trained over 10,000 employees, 1998-2001)<\/p>\n<p>        Awards and Distinctions<br \/>\n        \u25cf\t\u201cChief Judge Robert M. Bell Award,\u201d MSBA, for Outstanding Contribution to Alternative Dispute Resolution in Maryland (2018)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\t\u201cDistinguished Fellow\u201d, International Academy of Mediators (2018)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\t\u201cTop 100 MBE Award\u201d, Minority Owned Business Enterprises for the Mid-Atlantic Region (2014)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\t \u201cBrava Award\u201d, SmartCEO Magazine (Top 15 Maryland Female CEOs, 2012)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\t\u201cMost Spirited Woman Award,\u201d the American Red Cross, MyCity4Her and the Baltimore Business Journal (2011)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\t\u201cSpecial Leader of the Year Award\u201d, YWCA, for work in leadership and the eradication of racism (2010)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\t\u201cACET\u201d, First Mediation Trainer Nationally Approved as an Accredited Continuing Education Trainer (ACET) by the National Association for Conflict Resolution, (2010)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\t\u201cHall of Fame\u201d, Sacred Heart-Griffin High School Hall of Fame, Springfield, IL (2010)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\t \u201cMaryland Circle of Excellence,\u201d The Daily Record (2009)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\t\u201cMost Enterprising Woman Award\u201d, Baltimofere Business Journal  (2009)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\t\u201cTop 100 MBE Award\u201d, Minority Owned Business Enterprises for the Mid-Atlantic Region (2009)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\t \u201cMaryland\u2019s Top 100 Women\u201d, The Daily Record (2004, 2007, 2009)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\t \u201cBaltimore\u2019s Best\u201d Mediator, Baltimore Magazine (2002)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\t\u201cAdvanced Practitioner\u201d, the Association of Conflict Resolution, Family Section (2001-present)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\t\u201cCertified Transformative Mediator\u201d, Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation, only performance-based measure for national certification (1999)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\t \u201cCertified Mediator\u201d, Maryland Council on Dispute Resolution, the only performance-based certification in the State of Maryland (1997)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\t\u201cAdvanced Practitioner\u201d, Academy of Family Mediators (1992-2001)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\t \u201cPro Bono Award\u201d, Whiteford, Taylor and Preston, LLP (1990)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\t \u201cMost Outstanding Woman Law Student\u201d, Washington &#038; Lee School of Law (1988)<\/p>\n<p>        Corporate Director and Board Positions<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tDirector, Saval Foods and Deli Brands, Board of Directors and Advisors, Elkridge, MD (2011 \u2013 2015)<\/p>\n<p>        Civic Volunteer Director and Board Positions<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tMember, Membership Committee, Center Club, Baltimore (2014-present)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tTri-Chair, Association of Conflict Resolution, Family and Elder Mediation National Retreat (2013)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tMediator &#038; Consultant, Athens Dialogue Initiative (2012-2013)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tDirector and Chair of Distributions, Archdiocese of Baltimore\u2019s Catholic Community Foundation (2012- present)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tTrustee, Board of Trustees, Convergence: Center for Public Policy Resolution, Washington, DC (2011- 2015)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tCo-Chair, Family Section Advisory Council, National Association of Conflict Resolution (2011-2014)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tMember, Roland Park Capital Campaign Committee for Green Space and Preservation (2011-present)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tPublication Board, National Association of Conflict Resolution (2010)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tFacilitator, Focus Groups, Cathedral of Mary Our Queen Clergy\/Parishioner Collaboration (2010)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tMember, Stewardship Committee, Cathedral of Mary Our Queen Church (2010-2013)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tSteering Committee, Roland Park Master Plan, Baltimore, MD (2009-2011)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tDirector and Treasurer, Network 2000, Baltimore, MD (2009\u20132010)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tFacilitator, Roland Park Civic League and Baltimore Country Club land dispute (2008-2009)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tCalvert County, St. Mary\u2019s County Community Mediation Program (2008-2014)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tCharles County Community Mediation Program (2008)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tVice President, Roland Park Civic League, Baltimore, MD (2007-2012)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tRepresentative, Maryland\u2019s Task Force on Mediation Definitions (2007-2009)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tExecutive Training Chair, Mediators Beyond Borders (2007-2010)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tCommunity Capacity Building Trainer, Hurricane Katrina Project, Mediators Beyond Borders (2006-2007)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tGroup Creator, Maryland Program for Mediator Excellence (2006)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tElected Plat Representative, Roland Park Civic League, Baltimore, MD (2006-2007)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tElected Representative, Maryland\u2019s Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office, Task Force on Professional Responsibility in ADR (2006-2007)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tPilgrim, Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Annual Pilgrimage, Lourdes France (2005, 2007, 2010, 2012)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tIndependent Schools Liaison, Cathedral School Parents\u2019 Association (2004-2006)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tCouncil Member, Maryland Mediator Excellence Council (2004-2006)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tDirector, National Catholic Review Board for sex offenses, Washington, DC and Arlington, VA (2004-2010)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tRepresentative for Private Mediator Practitioners, Maryland MACRO Future Search Conference, (2003)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tElected Representative, Maryland State Bar Association, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section Council (2000-2001)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tElected Representative for Maryland Council on Dispute Resolution for state\u2019s Mediator Quality Assurance Committee (2001-2003)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tAppointed Chair, MACRO\u2019s Maryland\u2019s Family Mediation Initiative (2001-2008)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tAppointed Member, Chief Judge Bell\u2019s Court of Appeals ADR Advisory Cabinet (2001-2014)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tAppointed Commissioner, Chief Judge Bell\u2019s Maryland Court of Appeals\u2019 Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission (1998-2000)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tCo-Creator, Worcester County Circuit Court Family Mediation Program (1998-2003)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tDirector, Grace Methodist Pre-School Board of Directors, Baltimore (1996-1998)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tCo-Chair, Baltimore City Bar Association, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section (1996-1997)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tDirector, Community Mediation Program Board of Directors, Baltimore, MD (1996-1997)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tCo-Creator, Sheppard Pratt and Baltimore City Circuit Court Family Mediation Program (1995-2001)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tChair, Governor&#8217;s Task Force on Youth Citizenship and Violence Prevention, Out-of-Schools Committee (1995-1997)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tAppointee, Governor\u2019s Task Force on Youth Citizenship and Violence Prevention (1995-1996)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tAppointee, Governor Glendenning\u2019s Transition Team (1995)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tPresident, Special Committee drafting Guidelines for the Prevention of Sexual Harassment adopted by the Maryland State Bar for Maryland law firms (1994-1995)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tPublication Chair, Baltimore City Bar Association, Baltimore&#8217;s Children and Their Families  (1994)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tCo-Founder and Chair, Safe Haven Network, Baltimore, MD (1993-2013)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tFirst Female President, Parish Council, Cathedral of Mary Our Queen Catholic Church (1992-1994)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tFacilitator, Cathedral of Mary Our Queen School sexual education conflict (1992)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tVice President, Parish Council, Cathedral of Mary Our Queen (1991-1992)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tDirector, Girl Scouts of Central Maryland Board of Directors, Baltimore, MD (1990-1998)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tTroop Leader, Boy Scouts of Central Maryland, Ellicott City, MD (1988-1990)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tFirst Female Honor Council, Executive Committee representative, Washington &#038; Lee School of Law (1986-1987)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tLaw School Representative, Committee for Admittance of Females to Washington and Lee University (1985-1987)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tPresident, Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority, University of Virginia (1982-1983)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tSorority Rush Co-Chair, Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority, University of Virginia (1981-1982)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tSorority Rush Recommendations Chair, Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority, University of Virginia (1980-1981)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tPledge Class President, Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority, University of Virginia (1980)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tClass President, Sacred Heart Academy, Springfield, IL (1975-1979)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tPresident, Math Club, Sodality, Pep Club, School Newspaper, Sacred Heart Academy, Springfield, IL (1975-1979)<\/p>\n<p>        Professional Memberships<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tInternational Academy of Mediators, Distinguished Fellow (2018)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tWomen Presidents\u2019 Organization (2018)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tCatholic Business Network (2015-present)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tCEO Space (2015-present)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tXPX, Maryland Exit Planning Exchange (2014-present)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tWomen Presidents Organization (2013-present)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tMaryland Chamber of Commerce (2012-present)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tWomen in Business, Center Club (2012-present)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tAccelerant (2011-2014)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tInternational Enneagram Association (2010-present)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tLeadership Maryland, Class of 2009<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tTeachers of Trifold Studies in Enneagram Narrative Tradition (2008-present)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tFamily Section Advisory Council, Association of Conflict Resolution (2008-2014)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tMaryland Program for Mediator Excellence (2006-present)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tMediators Beyond Borders (2006-present)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tEqual Employment Opportunity Commission, Professional Mediators Group (2005-2009)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tNetwork 2000 (2004-2013)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tAssociation of Enneagram Teachers in the Narrative Tradition (2002-present)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tEthics Committee, Association of Conflict Resolution (2001-2010)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tTraining Committee, Association of Conflict Resolution (2001-2014)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tAssociation of Conflict Resolution (2001-present)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tAmerican Arbitration Association, Mediation Section (1999-2001)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tAssociate and Affiliate, Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation (1997-2008)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tAlternative Dispute Resolution Section, Maryland State Bar Association (1994-2010)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tAlternative Dispute Resolution Section, Bar Association of Baltimore City (1988-1994)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tFamily Law Section, Bar Association of Baltimore City (1988-2004)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tYoung Lawyers Section, Bar Association of Baltimore City (1988-1994)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tWomen\u2019s Law Center (1988-1994)<\/p>\n<p>        Other Memberships<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tCenter Club, Baltimore, MD (2009-present)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tRoland Park Women\u2019s Club, Baltimore, MD (2008-present)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tParishioner, St. Mary\u2019s Star of the Sea, Cape May, NJ (2007-present)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tMt Vernon Women\u2019s Club, Baltimore, MD (2006-present)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tDame, Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (2006-present)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tRoland Park Civic League (1995-present)<br \/>\n        \u25cf\tParishioner, Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Baltimore, MD (1988-present)<\/p>\n<p>        Author, Books, Articles<br \/>\n        Being Relational: The Seven Ways to Quality Interaction &#038; Lasting Change, Senft, Louise Phipps &#038; W. Senft, Health Communication Inc. Books (2015)<br \/>\n        \u201cThe Creative Miracle\u201d, blog, Archer Senft updates (2015-present)<br \/>\n        \u201cTransformative Mediation: Transforming the Adversarial Ethic\u201d, Senft, Louise Phipps, Experience Magazine, American Bar Association (Winter 2015)<br \/>\n        \u201cRelational Approach\u201d, blog (2013-present)<br \/>\n        \u201cQuality Dialogue\u201d, twitter (2013-present)<br \/>\n        \u201cMediation Changes People\u201d, Senft, Louise Phipps, Translated into French (2010)<br \/>\n        \u201cMediation Basics for Biotech: How to Transform Your Negotiation\u201d, Senft, Louise Phipps, John\u2019s Hopkins University, Medical Innovation and Business (Oct. 2010)<br \/>\n        \u201cLegal System Must Change to Help Families\u201d, Senft, Louise Phipps, Unified Family Court Connection, Center for Families, Children and the Courts (2010)<br \/>\n        \u201cLawyers in Mediation: Conflict or Opportunity?\u201d, Senft, Louise Phipps, Roman Bar Association, Concilia, Rome, Italy (2010)<\/p>\n<p>        \u201cMarital Mediation: Transforming Marital Conflict through Facilitated Dialogue\u2014Reclaiming Personal Strength and Marital Connectedness\u201d, Senft, Louise Phipps, Good, Nancy, Transformative Mediation: A sourcebook, Resources for Conflict Intervention Practitioners and Programs, Bush, B. &#038; Folger, J. (eds.), Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation and the Association for Conflict Resolution Publishers (2010)<br \/>\n        \u201cVocational Truthfulness: Having the Courage to Love and Need Our Work\u201d, Senft, Louise Phipps with Aloi, M.J., ACResolution (Spring 2009)<br \/>\n        \u201cMediating End of Life Decisions with Quality Interaction\u201d, Senft, Louise Phipps, Senft, William W., ACResolution (Summer 2009)<br \/>\n        \u201cMediating End of Life Decisions: Meeting Basic Nutrition Needs and the Advanced Health Care Directive\u201d, Senft, Louise Phipps, Senft, William W., MCDR Resolutions (Summer 2008)<br \/>\n        \u201cMediation Changes People\u201d, Senft, Louise Phipps, Community Mediation of St. Mary\u2019s County News (Fall 2008)<br \/>\n        \u201cQuality Deliberation and Quality Decision Making: Mediation from a Transformative Approach\u201d, Senft, Louise Phipps, ACResolution (Winter 2007)<br \/>\n        \u201cConflict Transformation for Separating Couples\u201d, Senft, Louise Phipps, ACResolution (Summer 2005)<br \/>\n        \u201cKatrina: Turning Problems into Opportunities,\u201d Senft, Louise Phipps, ACResolution (Fall 2005)<br \/>\n        \u201cThe Interrelationship of Ethics, Emotional Intelligence and Self-Awareness\u201d, Senft, Louise Phipps, ACResolution (Spring 2004)<br \/>\n        \u201cADR in the Courts: Progress, Problems and Possibilities\u201d, Senft, Louise Phipps &#038; Cynthia A. Savage, ADR Handbook for Judges, Stienstra D. &#038; Yates S. (eds.), American Bar Association and Federal Judicial Center (2004)<br \/>\n        \u201cGaining Sight of the Goal of Transformation\u201d, Senft, Louise Phipps, Promise of Mediation, Bush B., Folger, J. &#038; Della Noce,  D. (eds.), Jossey-Bass (2004)<br \/>\n        \u201cPortrait of a Good Mediator\u201d, Senft, Louise Phipps, Maryland Bar Journal, 8, Vol. 36, No. 4 (2003)<br \/>\n        \u201cADR in the Courts: Progress, Problems and Possibilities\u2019, Senft, Louise Phipps, Cynthia Savage, 101 PENN ST. L. REV.l22 (2003)<br \/>\n        \u201cPreliminary Motion for Mediation: New Tool for Litigators,\u201d Senft, Louise Phipps, Maryland State Bar Association, ADReport, Vol. 1, No. 2, (2002)<br \/>\n        \u201cShould a Mediator Draft Settlement Agreements?\u201d, Senft, Louise Phipps, Academy of Family Mediators, 9, Mediation News, Vol. 19, No.3 (2000)<br \/>\n        \u201cWhen to Mediate Business Disputes\u201d, Senft, Louise Phipps, Maryland Business Law Watch, 25 (Feb. 1998)<br \/>\n        \u201cTen Times to Try Mediating Personal and Family Disputes,\u201d Senft, Louise Phipps, Maryland Family Law Monthly, 5 (Apr.1998)<\/p>\n<p>        Author, Periodicals: The Negotiating Table: Turning Problems into Opportunities Monthly Column, The Daily Record (2004-2013)<\/p>\n<p>        Author, Teaching and Training Manuals:<br \/>\n        Senft, Louise Phipps (2014), Relational Negotiation Training Manual<br \/>\n        Senft, Louise Phipps (2009-2015), Conflict Transformation and Self-Awareness: the Enneagram as Catalyst<br \/>\n        Senft, Louise Phipps (2010), Family, Clan and Tribal Conflicts: A Relational Approach and Skills for the Hopi Indian Nation.<br \/>\n        Senft, Louise Phipps (1997-2015), Conflict Transformation and Mediation Skills with a Focus on Third Party Intervention and Systems Training Manual, with Nancy Good<br \/>\n        Senft, Louise Phipps (1996 -2015), Conflict Transformation and Mediation Skills Manual for Domestic Disputes with a focus on Working with Family Systems, Child Custody, Parenting Plans, Domestic Violence and Child Support Training Manual, early editions with Nancy Good<br \/>\n        Senft, Louise Phipps (1996-2015), Conflict Transformation and Mediation Skills with a focus on Self-Awareness Training Manual<br \/>\n        Senft, Louise Phipps (1997-2015), Conflict Transformation and Mediation Skills with a focus on Legal Standards and Ethics Training Manual, early editions with Larry Hoover<br \/>\n        Senft, Louise Phipps (1997-2013), Conflict Transformation and Mediation Skills for Divorcing Couples with a focus on Quality Decision-making for Marital Property Issues Training Manual<br \/>\n        Senft, Louise Phipps (1997-2015), Conflict Transformation and Knowing Thyself: the Enneagram as Catalyst Training Manual<br \/>\n        Senft, Louise Phipps (1998-2014), Conflict Transformation and Mediation Skills for the Workplace Training Manual<br \/>\n        Senft, Louise Phipps (2008, 2004), Conflict Transformation Skills and Approaches for Families Training Manual<br \/>\n        Senft, Louise Phipps (2005, 2002, 1996), Conflict Transformation and Mediation Skills for Working with Multiple Parties Training Manual<br \/>\n        Senft, Louise Phipps (2005, 2000, 1994), Conflict Resolution Skills for Peer Mediators, Teachers and Peer Mediation   Programs Training Manual<br \/>\n        Senft, Louise Phipps and Larry Hoover (1996, 1995, 1994), Basic Conflict Resolution and Mediation Skills Training Manual<br \/>\n        Senft, Louise Phipps and Nancy Good (1996) Conflict Resolution and Intervention Skills for Organizational Conflict Training Manual<br \/>\n        Senft, Louise Phipps (1994), Conflict Resolution Skills and Approaches for Families and Children Training Manual<br \/>\n        Senft, Louise Phipps (1993), Conflict Resolution Skills for the Safe Haven Network Children at Risk Training Manual<\/p>\n<p>        Being Relational: The Seven Ways to Quality Interaction &#038; Lasting Change book tour, appearances and signings:<br \/>\n        Baltimore, Maryland:  The Center Club<br \/>\n        Baltimore, Maryland:  Women Presidents Organization Annual Conference<br \/>\n        Baltimore, Maryland:  Enoch Pratt Library, Roland Park Branch<br \/>\n        New York, New York:  The Strand Book Store<br \/>\n        New York, New York:  NYS Council on Divorce Mediation<br \/>\n        Baltimore, Maryland:  National Association of Women Business Owners<br \/>\n        Washington, D.C:  Convergence Center for Policy Resolution<br \/>\n        Golden, Colorado:  ACR Rocky Mountain Retreat<br \/>\n        Chicago, Illinois:  Signode Corporation<br \/>\n        Cape May, New Jersey:  Peach Plum Farm<br \/>\n        Orlando, Florida:  UPS Go For the Greens Women\u2019s Conference<br \/>\n        Baltimore, Maryland:  Executive Women\u2019s Forum<br \/>\n        Baltimore, Maryland:  Defense Lawyers Trucking Association National Conference<br \/>\n        Baltimore, Maryland:  Okun Financial<br \/>\n        Winnetka, Illinois:  Crow Island School, Chicago School District<br \/>\n        Winnetka, Illinois: The Book Stall Book Store<br \/>\n        Towson, Maryland:  Network 2000\/The Executive Alliance<br \/>\n        Baltimore, Maryland:  Maryland Mediators Convention<br \/>\n        Baltimore, Maryland:  Mt. Vernon Club<br \/>\n        Catonsville, Maryland: Exit Planning Exchange, Baltimore<br \/>\n        Richmond, Virginia:  Kappa Alpha Theta Reunion<br \/>\n        Cape May, New Jersey:  Star of the Sea Parish Council<br \/>\n        Owings Mills, Maryland:  Classic Catering &#038; Miss Shirley\u2019s Restaurant<br \/>\n        Baltimore, Maryland:  St. Mary\u2019s Seminary<br \/>\n        Charleston, South Carolina:  Buxton Books &#038; Tours<br \/>\n        Springfield, Illinois:  Sacred Heart Academy\/Blessed Sacrament School Reunion<br \/>\n        Boston, Massachusetts:  Association of Family and Conciliation Courts Conference<br \/>\n        Annapolis, Maryland:  District Court of Maryland<br \/>\n        Annapolis, Maryland:  M&#038;T Bank Sales Managers Annual Conference<br \/>\n        Morgantown, West Virginia:  West Virginia Bar Association Annual Conference<br \/>\n        Towson, Maryland:  Greater Baltimore Medical Center Grand Rounds<br \/>\n        Baltimore, Maryland:  Catholic Business Network<br \/>\n        Kansas City, Kansas:  National Organization of Rheumatology Managers Annual Conference<br \/>\n        Baltimore, Maryland:  University of Baltimore School of Law<br \/>\n        Austin, Texas:  International Association of Mediators Annual Conference<br \/>\n        Owings Mills, Maryland:   McDonough High School RL Leaders<br \/>\n        Baltimore, Maryland:  Calvert Hall High School Leaders<br \/>\n        Baltimore, Maryland:  Jr. League of Baltimore<br \/>\n        Baltimore, Maryland:  Maryland District Court<br \/>\n        Annapolis, Maryland:  Maryland State Bar Association ADR Section<\/p>\n<p>        Updated 9\/2018 <a href=\"http:\/\/womantalklive.com\/podcast\/women-and-leadership-inspiring-women-to-lead\/ \">LISTEN TO LOUISE PHIPPS SENFT TALK ABOUT WOMEN AND LEADERSHIP ON WOMAN TALK LIVE HERE!<\/a> Ms. Senft can be reached at <a href=\"mailto: louise@baltimoremediation.com\">Louise@BaltimoreMediation.com<\/a>. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Louise in a Training\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/lps-try1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"776\" height=\"394\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"cont02\" class=\"showCont\">\n<div class=\"dottPan\">\n<h3>Beverly Hovmand<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"biography\"> <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Beverly Hovmand, LCSW-C\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bio_bhovmand.jpg\" alt=\"bio_bhovmand\" \/>Beverly Hovmand has fourteen years of experience as a mediator with a focus on workplace, family, and eldercare mediation, the last twelve as an associate member of Baltimore Mediation. She also acts as a co-trainer with Louise Phipps Senft for Baltimore Mediation\u2019s annual trainings including: Basic Mediation Skills, Mediation for Custody and Parenting Plans and Mediation for Workplace Issues.For the past twelve years Ms. Hovmand has been a mediator for the Baltimore City Circuit Court. Beverly helped design and is a trainer for SHAPE (Shared Parenting Experience), an educational parenting program provided by the Baltimore City Circuit Court for unmarried parents. Beverly is a volunteer mediator for the Commission on Civil Rights, Baltimore, Maryland.Prior to her training as a mediator, Beverly worked for fifteen years as a facilitator, trainer, and consultant within the Employee Assistance field conducting trainings for managers and supervisors on managing conflict in organizational settings. She had a private psychotherapy practice for ten years working with individuals and families to resolve conflict in their relationships and effectively manage life transitions and family change.<\/p>\n<p>        Beverly completed her undergraduate work at Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts, graduate work at the University of Maryland School of Social Work, Baltimore, Maryland and is a licensed clinical social worker. She is also trained in online dispute resolution (ODR).<\/p>\n<p>        Ms. Hovmand is a responder with the Workplace Trauma Center, a national provider of crisis management for business industry and government, having conducted over one hundred fifty interventions including support services at Dulles Airport following the events of September 11, 2001.Beverly is a member of the Maryland Program for Mediator Excellence and the Association for Conflict Resolution. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"cont03\" class=\"showCont\">\n<div class=\"dottPan\">\n<h3>Bill Senft<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"biography\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Curran_2014-05-09_5511.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Bill Senft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Curran_2014-05-09_5511-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Curran_2014-05-09_5511\" width=\"220\" \/><\/a>Bill Senft, CPA and attorney, specializes in the mediation of business contract, partnership and workplace disputes including those giving rise to EEO complaints. He has served private, governmental and non-profit employers providing a neutral and confidential process for working through the difficult conflicts that arise in workplace relationships. Bill also provides mediation for corporations, partnerships, foundations and family businesses including financial planning, management and corporate control issues, business succession planning and other disputes in the family and business context \u2013 always practicing within the relational approach to mediation.For more than 20 years Bill has served as a finance consultant and legal advisor to entrepreneurs \u2013 with clients in many industries and the non-profit sector. Bill has vast experience in corporate transactions, fundraising, tax and finance planning for families and family business, debt workouts and numerous other legal and financial matters.<\/p>\n<p>        Bill has served as Adjunct Faculty at the Johns Hopkins University Carey School of Business and at Loyola University of Maryland Sellinger School of Business teaching courses in Negotiation and Negotiation Ethics. He is a graduate of the McIntire School of Business at the University of Virginia and began his career as an accountant with Price Waterhouse before attending law school at Washington and Lee University. He practiced bankruptcy and financial workout law at law firms in Baltimore and Washington DC.<\/p>\n<p>        Bill serves the community through involvement in community, educational and religious organizations. You can reach him at <a href=\"mailto:bill@baltimoremediation.com\">bill@baltimoremediation.com<\/a>. <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"cont04\" class=\"showCont\">\n<div class=\"dottPan\">\n<h3>Judge Ronald A. Karasic (Ret.)<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"biography\"> <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Judge Ronald A. Karasic (Ret.)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ron-266x300.jpg\" alt=\"ron-266x300\" \/>Judge Ronald A. Karasic (Ret.) joined Baltimore Mediation in 2013 following his retirement from the District Court of Maryland for Baltimore City. Throughout his law career, Judge Karasic used mediation as a practical forum for resolving conflict. He has extensive experience in workplace conflict including EEO, discrimination and employment claims, personnel matters related to discipline, hiring and promotions, and labor negotiations.Judge Karasic handled civil and criminal matters for nearly twelve years on the bench, where he presided over thousands of contract and tort cases. Such matters included auto repair and towing disputes, insurance claims involving tort and contract matters, debt collection cases, civil and criminal domestic violence cases, neighborhood land disputes, and property disputes between neighbors. During his tenure, he was specially assigned to Drug Treatment Court, Housing Court and Rent Court. While presiding in Rent Court, throughout his 12 year tenure, Judge Karasic developed expertise in landlord-tenant law and matters related to residential and commercial leases including rent escrow, housing code enforcement, lead paint regulations,, subleases and renewals, and condominium law. As a recalled judge, he has presided over the Pre-Trial Settlement docket in Baltimore County.<\/p>\n<p>        Prior to becoming a judge, Judge Karasic was the Deputy Public Defender for the State of Maryland for eleven years. Included in his duties were the mediation of agency employment matters, EEO compliance, defense of discrimination and employment claims, personnel matters related to progressive discipline, hiring and promotions.<\/p>\n<p>        Judge Karasic also served as a Chief City Solicitor in the Baltimore City Law Department. There, he supervised attorneys responsible for a wide variety of cases for the Baltimore City Department of Public Works dealing with land-use issues, employment matters, tort litigation and environmental matters.<\/p>\n<p>        Judge Karasic also represented City agencies in various employment matters involving labor negotiations, employee terminations, and discrimination claims based upon age, gender, religion and race. He was Chief Counsel to the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners and the Superintendent of Schools.<\/p>\n<p>        From 1981-1990, Judge Karasic was in private practice where he concentrated on small business matters, personal injury litigation, employment disputes, and contract disputes. From 1998-2010, Judge Karasic taught courses in Legal Analysis, Research and Writing and Introduction to Advocacy at University of Baltimore School of Law.<\/p>\n<p>        Judge Karasic, a graduate of the University of Delaware and the University of Baltimore School of Law, is a former member of the Attorney Grievance Commission, the State of Maryland Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission, the State of Maryland Critical Areas Commission, the Governor\u2019s Commission on Alcohol and Drugs, and the District Court Commissioners Education Committee. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"cont06\" class=\"showCont\">\n<div class=\"dottPan\">\n<h3>Vicki Rhoades<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"biography\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Vicki Rhoades\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/vicki.jpg\" alt=\"vicki\" \/>Vicki joined Baltimore Mediation in 2009, after years of working together with her husband, Dusty Rhoades, founding and providing mediation and facilitation services for community mediation centers in Calvert and St. Mary\u2019s Counties. Vicki and Dusty have been partners in life for over 40 years and co-mediators in the transformative framework since 2001. Vicki specializes in mediation cases around family and community issues, She is a member of the Maryland Program for Mediator Excellence and the Association for Conflict Resolution. Together with Dusty, she offers professional mediation training and coaching services.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"cont05\" class=\"showCont\">\n<div class=\"dottPan\">\n<h3>Dusty Rhoades<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"biography\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Dusty Rhoades\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/dusty.jpg\" alt=\"dusty\" \/>Dusty joined Baltimore Mediation in 2009, after many years in which Baltimore Mediation provided training for 32 community centers which he helped found, namely the Community Mediation Centers of Calvert and St. Mary\u2019s County, Maryland. He is past president of the Board of Directors of the Community Mediation Center of St. Mary\u2019s County. He has mediation experience with hundreds of cases involving family, community, District and Circuit Court, discrimination and foster care cases. He is a member of the Maryland Program for Mediator Excellence and the Association for Conflict Resolution. Dusty has trained with leaders in the field of transformative mediation, including Baruch Bush, Joe Folger, Louise Phipps Senft, Nancy Good, Tom Wahlrab and Irv Foster. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School and the Defense Systems Management College, Program Manager\u2019s Course. He is an Associate Fellow of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"cont08\" class=\"showCont\">\n<div class=\"dottPan\">\n<h3>Ann Crowley<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"biography\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ann Crowley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Untitled-ann-261x300.jpg\" alt=\"ann-261x300\" \/>Barbara joined Sharp Corporation in August 2010 as the Vice President of Quality Assurance with general responsibility to providing corporate direction for quality activities at all Sharp locations, providing regulatory and GMP assessment for new and ongoing projects, and direction for GMPs, validation and clinical activities. Prior to joining Sharp she was the Vice President of Quality Assurance for Bilcare Inc, a contract packager of Clinical Supplies located outside of Philadelphia. Ms. Ost had responsibility for compliance of the Global Clinical Supplies site in North America, and worked closely with affiliates in India and Wales. Barbara also worked for Merck &amp; Co as the Associate Director of Worldwide GMP Compliance overseeing the areas of Quality systems and Clinical packaging including packaging release functions, labeling, distribution and contract packaging. In addition, Barbara worked for Johnson &amp; Johnson for three operating companies (McNeil Consumer Healthcare, J&amp;J*Merck and Advanced Care Products). Barbara is a graduate of Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA and holds a BS in biology. In 2010 she served on the Board of the Mid-West Clinical Supply Group. From 1991-1994 she served on the Board of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Division for the American Society of Quality and was the Board Chair in 1994.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"cont07\" class=\"showCont\">\n<div class=\"dottPan\">\n<h3>Harvey Okun<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"biography\"> <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Harvey Okun\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Harvey-Okun-big.jpg\" alt=\"Harvey Okun\" \/>A University of Maryland alumnus, Harvey L. Okun has been in private general practice for more than 20 years. Harvey L. Okun was admitted to practice by the Supreme Court of the United States and the Court of Appeals of Maryland, as well as Baltimore City and all counties in every jurisdiction in the State of Maryland.  His areas of focus are domestic and family law,  and he is a divorce lawyer, child custody lawyer, small business lawyer, collections and personal injury lawyer and certified mediator.<\/p>\n<p>        \u00b7 President of John Marshall Law Society of Univ of MD<\/p>\n<p>        \u00b7 Former counsel to the US Army Corps of Engineers<\/p>\n<p>        \u00b7 Former counsel for the School Board of Baltimore City and the Community College of Baltimore.<\/p>\n<p>        \u00b7 Current or former board member for Save a Heart, Beth Tfiloh School Board, and Casey Cares Foundation, a non-profit that assists children and their families in dealing with life threatening medical conditions. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"cont09\" class=\"showCont\">\n<div class=\"dottPan\">\n<h3>Andrew Fontanella<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"biography\"> <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Andrew Fontanella\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Andrew-Fontanella-237x300.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew-Fontanella-237x300\" \/>Andrew Fontanella is a mediator and attorney who practices in the Greater Baltimore and Washington DC Metropolitan area. His practice focuses on family law and consumer bankruptcy. Since 2009, Andrew has enhanced his practice by offering a range of alternative dispute resolution options to clients to deal with their conflict. In addition to mediation, Andrew is trained in conflict-coaching, and collaborative practice. In conflict-coaching a party can come to a robust understanding of the nature of a conflict when the other party does not engage or cooperate. Collaborative practice is a team approach to conflict, where parties prefer to avoid litigation and instead, create a durable agreement that focuses on their common goals and interest.In addition to Baltimore Mediation, Andrew is a contract mediator with the Circuit Court for Baltimore City in their Family Law Division, a roster mediator with Baltimore County<\/p>\n<p>        Civil Division, a roster mediator for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland, the District Court of Maryland, and the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights.<\/p>\n<p>        Andrew is dedicated to and has a gift for intercultural communication. He is highly proficient in both Spanish and American Sign Language. He is a continuing student in the interpreter training program for American Sign Language at Baltimore County Community College. Many of his clients speak Spanish and sign American Sign Language (ASL).<\/p>\n<p>        Since 2009, Andrew has trained with Baltimore Mediation to become a skilled and intuitive mediator from the transformative framework. He is committed to fostering dialogue over everyday legal issues that arise in his practice and brings that experience to his mediation practice.<\/p>\n<p>        Andrew lives with his partner of 15 years near the cultural arts section of Baltimore City. In addition to taking care of his family, which includes 2 beautiful dogs, Andrew is part of a community group that maintains Fitzgerald Park, in the historic Bolton Hill neighborhood. He continues to participate in making Baltimore city a great place to live. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"cont10\" class=\"showCont\">\n<div class=\"dottPan\">\n<h3>Nancy Good<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"biography\"> <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Nancy Good, LCSW, Psychotherapist\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bio_ngood.jpg\" alt=\"bio_ngood\" \/>Mediation Consultant in Organizational and Church Conflict TransformationAssistant Professor, Conflict Transformation Masters Degree Program, Eastern Mennonite University<\/p>\n<p>        Senior Mediator &amp; Trainer, Community Mediation Center, Harrisonburg, Virginia<\/p>\n<p>        Partner, Newman Avenue Associates family therapists<\/p>\n<p>        Former Director, National Coalition Building Institute for prejudice reduction, Virginia Chapter <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"cont11\" class=\"showCont\">\n<div class=\"dottPan\">\n<h3>Larry Hoover<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"biography\"> <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Larry Hoover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/lawrence-hoover.jpg\" alt=\"lawrence-hoover\" \/>Larry serves of counsel in the law firm of Hoover Penrod PLC in Harrisonburg, Virginia and has been working with Baltimore Mediation since its creation in 1993. An Order of the Coif graduate of University of Virginia Law School, Larry is a Fellow of the American Bar Association and Virginia Bar Association. In 2005 he received the Tradition of Excellence award from the General Practice Section of the Virginia State Bar.One of the founders of the first community mediation center in Virginia, he began mediating cases in l982. He is still connected to the Harrisonburg Center as senior mediator and mentor, and is a founding member of the McCammon Group, a Richmond, Virginia-based dispute resolution service. Larry has been teaching negotiation and mediation at Washington and Lee Law School in Lexington, Virginia since 1985.<\/p>\n<p>        Larry served three years as chair of the Joint Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution of the Virginia State Bar and the Virginia Bar Association. He has served on various committees of the State Bar and the Supreme Court\u2019s Department of Dispute Resolution, and received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Department\u2019s ten-year anniversary celebration in May 2001.<\/p>\n<p>        Larry has been a mediation trainer for twenty years and serves as adjunct trainer for the Community Mediation Center in Harrisonburg and the Baltimore Mediation Center. He has several published articles and has made numerous presentations on mediation and collaborative lawyering.<\/p>\n<p>        Larry is a member of the Dispute Resolution Section of the ABA, the Virginia State Bar\/Bar Association Joint Committee on ADR, the Virginia Mediation Network, the Association of Enneagram Teachers in the Narrative Tradition, and the International Association of Collaborative Practice. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"cont12\" class=\"showCont\">\n<div class=\"dottPan\">\n<h3>Monica Koski<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"biography\"> <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Monica Koski\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bio_monicakosky-262x300.jpg\" alt=\"bio_monicakosky-262x300\" \/>Monica Koski is a dispute resolution professional with over 20 years experience with public and private litigation as a court reporter. She is a seasoned mediator having mediated hundreds of court referred and private matters over the last seven years. Monica has joined Baltimore Mediation with a commitment to educating people in the workplace on the relational approach to conflict transformation and the mediation process, and to providing third party neutral services, conflict resolution skills training, and consulting.Prior to her mediation career, Monica was entrenched in the litigation arena for 13 years in the State of Maryland, in DC, and Virginia, has seen thousands of people in conflict and has witnessed first-hand the effects of parties involved in a rigid, fact-finding process that alienated the concept and importance of relating and relationship with one human being to another.Ms. Koski was trained as a mediator through Baltimore Mediation, The Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation and Community Mediation Maryland. She has experience handling complex situations ranging from 2-10 parties.She has mediated cases involving issues on elder care, parent-teen, neighbors, local churches, the State\u2019s Attorneys Office, multiple school districts, HOAs and local private companies.<\/p>\n<p>        Monica has committed herself to the field of conflict transformation with a dedication to relieve crises in human interaction and an intention to empower people to live authentically while working through their differences.<\/p>\n<p>        Ms. Koski is a member of the Maryland Program for Mediator Excellence, Association for Conflict Resolution Workplace Division and is also trained through the International Ombuds Association. She is also an elected member of the Board of Community Mediation Maryland, and chairs their Development Committee. Her depth of commitment to her mediation practice is shown in her ability to follow parties through their difficult dialogue and conflict interactions, and to facilitate meaningful conversations that result in overall party satisfaction.<\/p>\n<p>        Ms. Koski\u2019s training includes employee engagement work, teambuilding, dealing with difficult people, and handling high emotions. She is also a grant writer collaborating with Baltimore Mediation clients including various federal agencies such as USDA and FSIS.Ms. Koski can be reached at <a href=\"mailto:mediatormonica@comcast.net\">monica@baltimoremediation.com<\/a>. <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"cont13\" class=\"showCont\">\n<div class=\"dottPan\">\n<h3>Nan Waller Burnett<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"biography\"> <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Nan Waller Burnett, MA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Nan1.jpg\" alt=\"Nan1\" \/>Nan has been working with Baltimore Mediation and Louise Phipps Senft, Esq. for over 15 years, as an international co-trainer, co-presenter, coach, and mediator.Nan is a dynamic facilitator, author, transformative high conflict mediator, psychotherapist, conflict systems design consultant, executive conflict coach, educator and a founding partner in Dispute Resolution Professionals, LLC, established in 1997 in the Denver metropolitan area.An expert in high conflict family systems and multiparty complex workplace disputes; she was trained as a mediator at Harvard Law School\u2019s Program on Negotiation in 1995, as well as USPS Redress training in 1998. She received specialized Divorce and Child Custody training at CDR in Boulder, CO. She has mediated over 2800 cases and was a grievance mediator for United Airlines for 25 years.<\/p>\n<p>        Nan holds the Advanced Practitioner status in the Workplace, Training and Family Sections of the Association for Conflict Resolution.Nan is considered a national expert in high conflict family systems and mediates protracted familial disputes in 19 states. Over 40 percent of her caseload is in federal mediation, and specializes in the areas of employment, EEOC, ADA, and workplace violence, hostile work environment, public dialoging, crisis management, post-traumatic stress disorder, and critical incident debriefing.<\/p>\n<p>        In response to the international geo-political crisis, she became part of the founding team to develop the non-profit organization, Mediators Beyond Borders International and has served on the Board of Directors for 6 years. Over the last three years she helped to develop the Training &amp; Research, and Events Divisions. She was also a member of the Hurricane Katrina Project for MBB in New Orleans and Biloxi.<\/p>\n<p>        In 2009, Nan developed the International Ambassadors Program, the worked on the Internship Program and was instrumental in launching the first Professional Country Chapter outside the US, MBB Italy. She is now working on the MBB Greek Dialogues to be held in Athens in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>        In 2004, she designed and remains the lead facilitator for the Rocky Mountain Retreat, teaching holistic and reflective practice to Judges, lawyers, mediators, conflict practitioners and peace-builders from over 21 countries and 45 states. The retreat was gifted to ACR for 2010 and beyond. She also served on the Board of Directors for the Global Negotiation Insight Institute; formerly the Harvard Negotiation Insight Initiative. In 1997, Nan was part of a 14 member professional delegation to Russia and Poland as a Citizens\u2019 Ambassador for Mediation and she presented at the Moscow State University College of Law. In 2009 she was the 6th Kaplan Lecturer at the Pittsburgh Bar Association Spring Legal Forum, presenting on Spiritual Intelligence in Intractable Conflict, and facilitated the MBB Congress.<\/p>\n<p>        Nan has presented nationally at the ABA\/DR, AFCC, and ACR conferences and has been a guest lecturer at Hamline Law School in St. Paul, MN. She led a Mediators Beyond Borders Ambassador\u2019s Mission to China, Mongolia, and Korea in April of 2009, and presented on behalf of MBB in Germany and Italy in September 2009. In 2010, she led a delegation of 20 Mediators to Europe to present in Florence, Italy to the Mayor\u2019s Council and University of Rome for MBB.<\/p>\n<p>        She presented in Slovenia and Germany in 2011 and Italy and Portugal on her Master Practitioner Series. She will present in Athens, Greece and Budapest, Hungary in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>        Nan has been adjunct faculty at Regis University since 1999 where she teaches Conflict Theory, Theories of Collaborative Negotiation, Advanced Mediation, and Persuasion in the graduate and undergraduate programs. Nan founded the Regis University Mediation Project, active from 1995-1998.<\/p>\n<p>        She serves as one of the faculty advisors to the Regis University\/Colorado Professional Chapter of Mediators Beyond Borders. She has done post graduate work at Harvard University Law School Program on Negotiation in Advanced Mediation, and at Duke University and UCLA in Neuroscience and Conflict.<\/p>\n<p>        Nan co-authored and has taught the co-parenting education seminar \u201cIn the Best Interest of the Children\u201d for 14 years. She authored and developed the level two high conflict classes \u201cGrowing through Conflict\u201d in 2001, and has served thousands of bi-nuclear families statewide and in the Denver metro area. Nan is recognized as an expert in divorced family systems and specializes in high conflict marital mediation, and divorce mediation.<\/p>\n<p>        Nan is also an award winning author of a daily spiritual practice book entitled <strong><em>Calm in the Face of the Storm: Spiritual Daily Practice for the Peacemaker<\/em><\/strong>, the winner of the 2008 Gold Medal for Spirituality\/Inspiration at the National Independent Book Publishers Awards, [IPPY], presented in Los Angeles. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calminthefaceofthestorm.com\/\">www.calminthefaceofthestorm.com<\/a>; or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/\">www.amazon.com<\/a> You can contact Nan at <a href=\"mailto:Nan@disputepro.com\">Nan@disputepro.com<\/a>. <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"cont14\" class=\"showCont\">\n<div class=\"dottPan\">\n<h3>Richard Alper<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"biography\"> <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Richard Alper\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/ra.jpg\" alt=\"ra\" \/>Richard Alper joined Baltimore Mediation in 2012 as a trainer, conflict transformation coach and part of the consulting team. He is co-founder and past chair of the Conflict Resolution Center of Montgomery County and served as co-chair of the Community and Public Affairs Section of the Maryland State Dispute Resolution Commission.Mr. Alper was appointed by the Montgomery County Council to serve on the Task Force on Religious Institutions and Neighborhood Associations. Currently, he also serves as a trustee of Embrace Northern Colorado and as an elected Trustee to the Board of Kenyon College. Together with Louise Phipps Senft, Esq., he serves as a Trustee on the Board of Convergence, Center for Policy Resolution \u2013 a bi-partisan non-profit organization based in Washington DC, dedicated to bi-partisan dialogue and policy reform in pressing issues of the day, such as K-12 education reform, healthcare and nutrition, and US-Pakistan relations.<\/p>\n<p>        He is a past member of the Leadership Council of the Environment and Public Policy Section of the Association for Conflict Resolution, the ADR Section Council for the Maryland State Bar Association, and the American Bar Association Committee on Use of Collaborative Processes by Federal Agencies to Improve Citizen Participation.<\/p>\n<p>        Mr. Alper served as an adjunct faculty member at the Carey School of Business of the Johns Hopkins University and as a member of Academy for Excellence in Local Governance at the University of Maryland. He has previously taught at the University of Maryland Law School, the University of Baltimore Graduate School in Legal, Ethical and Historical Studies and the College of Southern Maryland\u2019s Center for Environmental Training. He has guest lectured at Colorado State University, the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University, the Catholic University of America Law School and the George Washington University Law School.Mr. Alper earned his law degree with a concentration in real estate and local government from the Georgetown University Law Center. He did post-graduate work in environmental law at the George Washington University Law School.<\/p>\n<p>        He has mediated, facilitated, and arbitrated over 175 cases and has designed and taught more than 500 hours of conflict resolution, arbitration, negotiation, commercial real estate, land use and environmental law courses. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"cont15\" class=\"showCont\">\n<div class=\"dottPan\">\n<h3>Sharon Sampson Ball<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"biography\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Professional-Photo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sharon Sampson Ball\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Professional-Photo-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"Professional-Photo-213x300\" \/><\/a>Sharon focuses on providing mediation services relevant to the challenges of human resource management and was employed by the State of Maryland in the area of human resources for over 36 years \u2014 in both the Executive and Judicial branches.She says, \u201cAs a senior executive human resources professional, I (along with my team) was frequently the first responder to workplace conflicts. It has been my professional philosophy that because interrelationships between individuals and work units within the workplace often remain after a conflict has been addressed, it is critical to the good health of the larger organization that damages to these relationships be minimized and, ideally, enhanced. Given this perspective, I would attempt to facilitate discussions between individuals and\/or work units as well as coach the respective administrator, director, manager, supervisor, etc. in order to resolve a conflict at the lowest possible level.<\/p>\n<p>        In the human resources sub-discipline of employer-employee relations, matters involving disputes are generally handled through a formal grievance or disciplinary appeal process that results in a decision imposed on the parties by an arbiter. By contrast and in hindsight, I now realize that my approach to conflict resolution mirrored the transformative mediation model. It is a highly valuable and effective alternative to the formal fact-finding method because of its reliance on getting to the underlying nature of a conflict and it provides several sustainable benefits, including the empowerment of the respective parties, enhanced understanding of the other side, clarity by all parties about the underlying causes of the disagreement and the opportunity for disputants to solve their conflict.\u201d <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"cont17\" class=\"showCont\">\n<div class=\"dottPan\">\n<h3>Nicole Davis<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"biography\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Nicole-Davis-original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sharon Sampson Ball\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoremediation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Nicole-Davis-Large.jpg\" alt=\"Professional-Photo-213x300\" \/><\/a>Nicole Davis, Ph.D., is a certified mediator, facilitator, conflict coach, harassment prevention expert, and conflict skills trainer with over 20 years of experience in the field of alternative dispute resolution. As an associate with the Baltimore Mediation team, she emphasizes utilizing a transformative approach as people seek to resolve their conflicts, eradicate communication barriers, or enrich their interactions and relationships with others. Her focus areas are family, church, workplace, and organizational leadership. <\/p>\n<p>      Nicole\u2019s doctorate from Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, is in the field of Conflict Analysis and Resolution. She holds a master\u2019s degree in International Management from the University of Maryland, and a bachelor\u2019s degree in Social Work from Morgan State University. Nicole\u2019s background includes work with state and federal agencies, non-profit organizations, church congregations, circuit courts of Baltimore City, Baltimore and Howard Counties, Prince George\u2019s County Executive\u2019s Office and law enforcement, and educational systems at the secondary and collegiate levels.<\/p>\n<p>      Nicole, a native of Akron, OH, is an author of various books on marriage, parenting, and personal leadership, and co-founder of Empower to Engage, a mediation and coaching firm. She is also an ordained pastor, a United States Navy veteran, a wife, and mother of two adult sons.\n      <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Louise Phipps Senft<br \/>\nBeverly Hovmand<br \/>\nBill Senft<br \/>\nJudge Ronald A. 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