Member Spotlights
MBBI calls its members Peace Builders. Our members contribute their time utilizing their skills and experiences to participate in Collaboration Regions and our Programs. We hope that through our Spotlights, our members, individually and collectively, will inspire you as much as they inspire us to continue the important work.
A growing number of international requests reach MBBI for partnerships, services, and projects. Help us build our capacity to say “yes” to these requests; consider joining us as a Peace Builder. For more information on how to become involved and for internship and volunteer opportunities, please contact us at info@mediatorsbeyondborders.org.
Finding the “Missing Piece” in Family Mediation. Member Spotlight: Jacinta Gallant
Jacinta Gallant is a highly experienced collaborative lawyer, mediator and conflict trainer from Prince Edward Island, Canada. Having trained as a family lawyer, Jacinta tells me that, while she enjoyed…
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Helping People Decide What Happens. Member Spotlight: Nancy Milton
Western judiciary systems too often tend to resort to litigation as the first (and sometimes sole) means of resolving controversies occurring within their societies. Results and processes, however, are not…
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Education and Cultural Barriers. Member Spotlight: Bonny Kaman Li
“The power of more is obviously bigger than the power of one, but someone has got to start. Sooner or later others will notice and agree with what we do,…
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Delivering Better, More Inclusive Change. Member Spotlight: Mary Keogh
Mary Keogh is an experienced advocacy director from Dublin, Ireland. After studying Economics at University, Mary then moved on to a Masters in International Development. From there, she says, “that…
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Creating an Environment Where Innovation is Possible. Member Spotlight: Crista Renner
Crista Renner is an experienced mediator, systemic conflict and culture specialist, and workplace restoration practitioner based in Guelph, Ontario. She describes her introduction to MBBI through Rotary as “an eye…
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“Making the Ideal Real.” Member Spotlight: Olga Liapis-Muzzy
Olga Liapis-Muzzy is an experienced mediator and facilitator based in Washington DC. Although she considers herself to be a newer member of MBBI, she has “always loved” member organizations. This…
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Following the “Cookie Crumbs” on the Path to Success. Member Spotlight: Britt Sheinbaum
Born and raised overseas in a diplomatic family, it somehow seems only natural that Britt’s background would be steeped in peacebuilding. Prior to her flourishing career in mediation, Britt worked…
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From Child Protection to Family Mediation. Member Spotlight: Odeta Intė
Odeta is a family mediator based in Vilnius, Lithuania, with more than 20 years experience of working with family issues. For more than 14 years she was a director of…
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A Passion to Resolve Disputes. Member Spotlight: Maina Migwi
What Maina is the proudest of, is the role that he played in developing the mediation in Kenya. Through the number of trainees, the Suluhu Mediation Center was able to…
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Empowering the Next Generation of Mediators with Kids Managing Conflict. Member Spotlight: Anne Sawyer
With such an impressive mediation portfolio, it is surprising to hear that Anne Sawyer’s career in the field began “totally by accident”. Having started out as a paralegal and legal…
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