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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

Fostering a Culture of Peace. Member Spotlight: Dr. Stephanie Myers

Dr. Stephanie Myers, a distinguished leader and passionate advocate for change, has dedicated her life to community activism, nonviolence, and providing opportunities for young people. Born and raised in Los…
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Connecting Legal Practice with their Soul. Member Spotlight: Ana Luíza Panyagua Etchalus

Culminating a 40 year legal career, Ana Luíza Panyagua Etchalus is not the same kind of labor and civil litigation lawyer she came up as. Rather, her commitment to her…
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Optimism in Mediation. Member Spotlight: Jennifer Ansell

Jennifer Ansell, an early-resolution-focused mediator specializing in civil and employment litigation cases, discovered Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBBI) roughly a year ago. Although new to membership, having joined only a…
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A Holistic Approach to Community-Led Peacebuilding. Member Spotlight: Kehinde Micheal Osatuyi

Kehinde Micheal Osatuyi describes himself as “a socialist to the core,” enabling him to think about and approach change through a different lens. “People are looking for profit where I…
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Zero-Sum Thinking in Conflict. Member Spotlight: Jameson Lingl

From Ventura County, California, Jameson Lingl is a mediator, consultant, instructor, PhD Researcher, and Graduate Research Fellow with the Harvard Program on Negotiation and The Hague Humanitarian Studies Centre. Jameson…
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Lifting the Voices of Others. Member Spotlight: Afsana Gibson-Chowdhury

Afsana Gibson-Chowdhury is a lawyer and human rights mediator from Sheffield, England. After attending law school and practicing for several years, Afsana and her family moved to Canada in search…
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Seeing Conflict from a Different Angle than Emotion. Member Spotlight: Adrienne Sorensen

Adrienne is a court mediator based in Sacramento, California. Born and raised in the California Bay Area, Adrienne went to college at CSUS in Sacramento and majored in Communications with…
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Improving Communication Systems. Member Spotlight: Geri Murphy

Geri Murphy is an educational/organizational psychologist, business consultant/coach, real estate broker, and mediator. Geri has a PhD, master’s degrees, and various other credentials that have led her to such a…
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Creating Moments of Connection Is A Core Human Skill. Member Spotlight: Jody Leff

Jody Leff is a mediator and long-time nonprofit executive and leader from Washington state. In the latter half of an impactful 25-year career in the nonprofit sector, Jody found her…
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Building Peace Through Inter-Cultural Communication. Member Spotlight: Agnieszka Alboszta

Agnieszka Alboszta is an educator, mediator, and a program coordinator, who spent her formative years in Warsaw, Poland. However, Agnieszka relates more to the experience of a “third-culture individual”, as…
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