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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

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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Leaving Room for Action and Dialogue. Member Spotlight: Barry Simon

Barry Simon is a mediator, investment consultant professional, and founder/host of conversationsforpeace.com from Portland, Oregon. He also serves as the President of the United Nations Association of the USA for…
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Allowing People to Tell Their Stories. Member Spotlight: Kathryn Sainty

Kathryn Sainty worked as a district registrar for 17 years in Canada, and, 14 years into the job, she started thinking about her next steps. She knew that she did…
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Rebranding and Recreating Yourself as a Mediator: Member Spotlight Avinder Laroya

Avinder Laroya, accredited mediator, licensed solicitor, chartered Arbitrator (MCIarb), FRSA, is a specialist in international dispute settlements. Based out of London, UK, and Geneva, Switzerland, Avinder is a founding partner…
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Keeping the Home Intact Through Mediation and Therapy. Member Spotlight: Sandra Hitchcock

Sandra Hitchcock is from South Africa and is a family mediator and relationship therapist and in this article she sheds light on her experience mediating conflicts for over 20 years. Sandra…
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Having Difficult Conversations. Member Spotlight: Danae Woodward

Danae Woodward has worked as an attorney for 30 years and as a mediator for 15 of those years. She works in the employment sector, representing discriminated against employees and…
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City Planning and Peacebuilding. Member Spotlight: Lloyd Talbot

Lloyd Talbot works as a city planner in Winnipeg, where he uses mediation largely to unite different communities of people, as well as to make peace between the natural environment…
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