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Affordable
Less stressful
Financial and parenting solutions
Professional Experience
  • 2016-  President, Mediator, Conflict Coach, Certified Divorce Financial Analyst—Louis Mediation Services-Chicago, LLC  Family and divorce mediation
    --161 N. Clark  St., Suite 1600, Chicago, IL 60601 
  • 2018-  Mediator—Mediate North Shore, P.C.  Divorce mediation
    --900 Skokie Blvd, Suite 121, Northbrook, IL 60062   
  • 2010-  President, Mediator, Certified Divorce Financial Analyst—Conflict Resolution Group, Inc.  (Upstate Divorce Mediation)  Family and divorce mediation—provided via videoconferencing and phone
  • 2006-  Volunteer Family and Community Mediator
    Illinois—Center for Conflict Resolution (2018-) and New York—Mediation Matters (2006-2016) 
  • 1979-2010  Director of Finance, New York State Assembly, Albany, NY  (2001-2010); Budget Director (1989-2001); Other financial positions (1979-1989)
  • 2002-2009  Town Supervisor—New Baltimore, NY  Five-times elected Chief Financial and Administrative Officer with $1.5 million annual budget
 
Higher Education
  • 1979 Master of Public Administration, State University of New York at Albany 
  • 1977 BS in Accounting (magna cum laude), State University of New York at Albany
 
Dispute Resolution Training
Extensive training/conferences in mediation, divorce mediation, large group facilitation, conflict coaching, collaborative practice, elder mediation, family and parental planning, workplace mediation — 2006 to present in Illinois and New York 
 
Achievements
  • 2013 Certified Divorce Financial Analyst, Institute of Divorce Financial Analysts
  • 2012 Advanced Practitioner Mediator, Association for Conflict Resolution, Family Section
  • 2012 Accredited Divorce Mediator, New York State Council on Divorce Mediation
 
Directorships
  • New York State Dispute Resolution Association, 2010-2014 
  • New York State Council on Divorce Mediation, 2011-2016
  • Collaborative Divorce Association of the Capital District, 2011-2016
 
Memberships
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