I became interested in mediation in the early 1990’s and completed my 40 hour basic in 1994. In 1998, I became the 162nd Certified Professional Mediator with the Idaho Mediation Association. My banking background has made property and assets based settlements a success for my mediation clients.

1997 to 2005
I contracted with a judge who allowed mediation to be a very prevalent process of the court. Honorable Judge Williamson and I petitioned the County Commissioners for a mediation budget. In 1998 I began contracting with Valley County mediating on a volume of 10 to 50 small claim cases per year. I have continued providing this service for over seven years; mediating over 150 small claims cases since the program began in 1998. In excess of 150 case hours for small claims.

I began a small business for Private Sector Mediation in 2005, and I am still serving clients through 2017, specializing in complex property/portfolio settlements, impasse cases that have received a judgement without a property settlement or business/partnership disputes and long running litigation cases requiring a final settlement. My Private Sector and Court Ordered case hours to date exceed 450 hours of mediation.

• 1993 Idaho Mediation Association – Basic 40 Mediation
• 1995 through present - Boise State University, Pepperdine University
• 1995 through present - University of Idaho
• 1999 at Washington Law School
• 1995 through present – Idaho Mediation Association
• 1998 Certified Professional Mediator

• Standard and Practices Chair for Idaho Mediation Association 2005-2008
• Crete Brown Award for outstanding achievement, service and support to move IMA forward – in 2008
• Cognitive Self Change Facilitator Trainer 56 hours
• Chemical Awareness Training Institute 27 hours
• Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training Designer Drugs 8 hours
• Loan Coordinator for Construction Loans – 13 years Orientation of the Borrower, Application Packet, Builder Orientation, Mentoring and follow-up for Borrowers during Construction period, Draws, Conversion to permanent loan
• Personal Banker 2yrs.