Virginia L. Morrison, Secretary
San Anselmo, California, USA

www.collaboration-specialists.com
gmorrisonmbb@gmail.com

Virginia (Ginny) L. Morrison leads Collaboration Specialists a firm offering conflict resolution in health care organizations and prison systems. She has published a book chapter and is the author of multiple professional articles. Ginny uses conflict management principles when serving in Special Masterships overseeing parole revocation and alternatives to incarceration in California’s adult and juvenile systems. She carried out a similar role in a lawsuit governing the development and delivery of mental health services in California’s prison system.

She has led work groups affiliated with the alumni of the Harvard School of Public Health Healthcare Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Leadership Program, as well as the 2005 Patient Advocacy Summit. She is a founding advisor for Consumers Advancing Patient Safety and a member of its board’s conflict-of-interest committee, and has long-standing affiliations with ethics committees and IRBs in academic medical centers and community hospitals.

At MBB, Ginny is the Project Team Leader for The Liberian Initative and the Board Liaison for the Truth & Reconciliation Commission Committee.

Educational Degrees

• University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall, Berkeley, California, USA,
  J.D. 1996
  
• San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, USA
  B.A. in Anthropology 1993

Books:

• Virginia L. Morrison, Nicola B. Truppin, Using the Law to Strengthen the Patient’s Voice, in Patient Advocacy for Healthcare Quality: Strategies for Achieving Patient-Centered Care, Earp, J. & French, E. (Eds.), Jones and Bartlett, 2007

Articles:

• Virginia L. Morrison, Heyoka:  The Shifting Shape of Dispute Resolution in Health Care, 21 GA ST. U. L. REV 931 (2005)
  
• Lance Montauk, Virginia L. Morrison, Crime, Confidentiality, and Clinical Judgment, The Lancet, December 2004, 364: 46-47
  
• Dale C. Hetzler, Virginia L. Morrison, Debra S. Gerardi, Lorraine Sanchez Hayes, Curing Conflict: A Prescription for ADR in Health Care, Dispute Resolution Magazine-Journal of American Bar Asso. Dispute Resolution Section, Fall 2004, 5-7
  
• Virginia L. Morrison, Debra S. Gerardi, When Response to Tragedy Compounds It: Another Aspect of Terry Schiavo’s Story, Ethics Rounds, Fall 2004
  
• Robert Robson, Virginia L. Morrison, The Final ADR Frontier: Conflict Resolution in Health Care, ACResolution-Journal of Asso. For Conflict Resolution, May 2003