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Member Spotlights

MBBI calls its members Peace Builders. Our members contribute their time utilizing their skills and experiences to participate in Working and Regional Groups, and Capacity-Building & Advocacy Initiatives. 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.

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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 visit our Join Us page or contact us at info@mediatorsbeyondborders.org.

Our Peace Builders

Education as a Tool for Peacebuilding in Afghanistan. Member Spotlight: Parisa Sekandari

Parisa Sekandari is a recent graduate from Herat University in Afghanistan, receiving a Bachelors of Law and Political Science degree. She is also a country director for the Afghanistan Vis…
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Safeguarding the Earth for the Future. Member Spotlight: Yasmeen Kennedy

Yasmeen Kennedy lives in Colorado, where she works as a mediator in a variety of capacities. She is passionate about police relations, children, and climate change, and she works on…
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Promoting Peace. Member Spotlight: Nancy Boyer

Nancy is an Adjunct/Affiliated Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences and a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University…
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From Law to Mediation. Member Spotlight: Ignacio González Martínez

Ignacio is a lawyer and mediator based in Spain. He also works at a nonprofit organization that provides international volunteer opportunities to youth, mainly in the EU, but also to…
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Responsible Mediation Practices. Member Spotlight: Ted Gavin

Ted Gavin is the Managing Director and Founding Partner of Gavin/Solomonese LLC, a lead firm that specializes in corporate recovery and restructuring. He is a nationally certified professional mediator and…
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Feeling the Shift. Member Spotlight: Monica Kreiner

Based in Alberta, Canada, Monica Kreiner is a part-time mediator who works predominantly on three mediation rosters: Alberta Justice Civil Court, Alberta Justice Family, and Canadian Farm Debt Mediation Service.…
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The Process of Self-Discovery. Member Spotlight: Salomeh Diaz

Working in leadership development, Salomeh Diaz helps facilitate mediation in the corporate,  government, healthcare, education, and non-profit sectors, and helps professionals develop the skills and processes required to foster safe…
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Ending a Vicious Cycle; A Deeper Dive Into the Root Causes of Conflict: Dianne Williams

Dianne Williams is a criminologist by trade and has been in academia for about two decades. However, she “became increasingly disenchanted with the criminal justice system and with academia.” She…
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The Future of Mediation Journalism. Member Spotlight: Cara Sabatini

Based in Toronto, Canada, Cara Sabatini works at the intersection of journalism and mediation. Working for Canada’s National NewsMedia Council, she hears and helps to resolve complaints about journalistic standards…
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Keeping the Balance. Member Spotlight: Kim Kortlepel

“It is really up to you what you do with mediation. It is not really something that you can just be, you really have to work for it, to be…
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