12100 Sunset Hills Road
Suite 130
Reston, VA 20190-3221
Phone: 703.234.4141

Dear Members of the Restorative and Criminal Justice Section:

At the 2010 annual meeting in Chicago, Belinda Reed, David Deal and Lois Edmund began their service as tri-chairs of this section.

Belinda Reed is a Senior Adjunct Professor at Howard Community College where she teaches Introduction to Conflict Resolution and Introduction to Restorative Justice. Ms. Reed is also past-president of the Maryland Chapter of ACR.  She received her Master's Degree in Applied Healing Arts from Tai Sophia Institute in 2005, her law degree in 1992, and is currently pursing a Graduate Certificate with the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University. She has received training in Mediation, Victim-Offender Mediation, Community Conferencing, and Peacemaking Circles; presents workshops on Circle Process and Restorative Dialogue; and is a trainer in

Peacemaking Circles and Restorative Practices and Processes.

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Dr. Lois Edmund received a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 1979. Since that time she has been both a practitioner and a trainer in disciplines of Psychology and Conflict Resolution Studies. She is currently a clinical mediator, specializing in group conflict, and Assistant Professor of Conflict Resolution Studies.
 

David T. Deal is an independent consultant who specializes in conflict resolution and restorative justice. He is currently vice chair of the Northern Virginia Mediation Service (NVMS) Restorative Justice Work Project and co-coordinator for an NVMS-Fairfax County, VA school-based restorative justice demonstration project. This project led to “Lessons Learned” presentations at ACR and IIRP conferences in October 2009.  He is trained in mediation, arbitration, community conferencing, restorative justice, facilitating victim-offender dialogues for serious crimes, and Defense Initiated Victim Outreach (DIVO).

Contact Information
Section Leadership
 
Belinda Reed
Restorative Justice Practitioner/Circle Facilitator & Trainer
1512 Hollins Street
Baltimore, MD  21223
Cell:      240-338-8159
Email:   aboutResolution@yahoo.com
 
Lois Edmund
Assistant Professor of Conflict Resolution
Menno Simons College
210 - 520 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3C 0G2, Canada
Voice Mail:  204-953-3863
Email:        edmund@groupworks.ca
 
David T. Deal
Deal Consulting & Dispute Resolution, LLC
3407 Walnut Hill Court
Falls Church, VA  22042
Office:     703-641-4747
Email:      dtdeal@cox.net
 





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