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.
Global Learning and Intercultural Dialogue. Member Spotlight: Jeff Katcherian
Jeff Katcherian holds a doctorate in anthropology, a field which propelled his interest in mediation, as it works to form the basis of intercultural understanding and mutual respect. Though he…
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The Importance of Neutrality. Member Spotlight: Uwala Murphy-Akpieyi
Who is she? What is her background? Uwala Esther Murphy-Akpieyi is a lawyer, an Itsekiri woman from Delta State in Nigeria West Africa, a chartered arbitrator (MNlCARB), and an accredited…
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A New Angle to Mediation. Member Spotlight: Kathleen E. DeWitt
Kathleen found mediation through encountering people from all backgrounds. Her father was a diplomat, therefore; she was raised in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Her educational background was in Chemical…
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Synthesizing Disparate Interests. Member Spotlight: Bradley Roth
Bradley Roth is an attorney, mediator, and adjunct professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York. He co-founded and chairs Mediators Beyond Borders International…
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Kindness at the Center of Mediation. Member Spotlight: Yale I. Jones
Yale is a retired lawyer, mediator, and a member of the Rotary District 5520. He joined the Taos Milagro Rotary Club in 2006. He has served as the Assistant Governor…
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Effective Approaches to Conflict. Member Spotlight: Joanne Dantonio
Joanne Dantonio is a recently retired federal Administrative Law Judge who now volunteers in conflict mediation. She has vast experience with social security disability and criminal law, and uses her…
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Using Art To Transform Perceptions. Member Spotlight: Joan Marie Kelly
Joan Marie Kelly is an Irish American artist who has taught at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore since 2005. She has exhibited globally with solo exhibitions in New York, New…
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Changing Hats is Incredibly Crucial. Member Spotlight: Liliana Pimentel
Liliana Pimentel works as a civil servant and college professor in architecture and urban planning in Brasília, Brazil. Though she does not describe herself as a formal mediator, she uses…
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Watershed-Based Governance and Positive Peace. Member Spotlight: Natalija Vojno
Based in Toronto, in the Humber River watershed on Treaty 13, Natalija Vojno works at the cross-section of watershed-based governance and positive peace. Natalija is the founder of Our Future…
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Striving for Sustainable and Constructive Mediation. Member Spotlight: Alexandria Skinner
Based in Columbia, South Carolina, Alexandria Skinner is the owner of Just Mediation, where she works largely in divorce mediation and mediation involving people who are in ongoing relationships, such…
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