Dr. Jennifer E. Beer, PhD, has mediated conflicts and facilitated meetings for communities and organizations for 30 years. Author of the original Mediator's Handbook and of Peacemaking in Your Neighborhood, she combines mediation experience with her cultural anthropology background to teach university courses in negotiation and conflict resolution, and to lead workshops in mediation, training design, and cross-cultural communication.
Caroline C Packard, JD, is a change and conflict response specialist with 30 years experience in the field. She led the Friends Conflict Resolution Programs for 15 years, and has trained hundreds of mediators. A cum laude graduate of Yale College and NYU School of Law, and a former corporate litigator with extensive formal training in psychology, Caroline mediates organizational conflict at all levels, and has a special interest in the evolutionary psychology of group conflict and cooperation.
Eileen Stief developed the mediation process and Read More chevron_right

Dr. Jennifer E. Beer, PhD, has mediated conflicts and facilitated meetings for communities and organizations for 30 years. Author of the original Mediator's Handbook and of Peacemaking in Your Neighborhood, she combines mediation experience with her cultural anthropology background to teach university courses in negotiation and conflict resolution, and to lead workshops in mediation, training design, and cross-cultural communication.
Caroline C Packard, JD, is a change and conflict response specialist with 30 years experience in the field. She led the Friends Conflict Resolution Programs for 15 years, and has trained hundreds of mediators. A cum laude graduate of Yale College and NYU School of Law, and a former corporate litigator with extensive formal training in psychology, Caroline mediates organizational conflict at all levels, and has a special interest in the evolutionary psychology of group conflict and cooperation.
Eileen Stief developed the mediation process and principles documented in the The Mediator's Handbook, and trained a generation of mediators to work with community, multi-party, and environmental disputes. She was the leader of the Friends Conflict Resolution Program's experiment in community dispute settlement and later specialized in environmental mediation.
Elizabeth Elwood Gates provided the delightful cartoon illustrations in honor of her aunt, Ann Richan, who was a passionate champion of community mediation. chevron_left Read Less