
Donald E.
Fischer
647 West
Shaw Ave.
Fresno, CA 93704
Phone:
(559) 905.4315
Fax: (559) 227.9810
Association for Conflict
Resolution Member #83605
Fresno County
Superior
Court
Panel of Mediators
Member
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Resume
I am currently established in the
practice of mediation with an office in Fresno, California. I am a
member of the Association for Conflict Resolution and serve on the
Fresno County Superior Court’s Mediator Panel. My back ground for
this practice is through the master’s program in Conflict Resolution
and Peacemaking at Fresno Pacific University. I earned a BA in
Rhetoric with a minor in Public Policy from the University of
California, Berkeley (’77). I have in excess of 200 hours of
certified mediation training. My training includes an additional 110
hours from the California Bar Association and 25 hours from the
American Bar Association. I have been trained in construction
dispute arbitration certified by the New Mexico Bar and as an
employment mediator by the EEOC. I have twenty-eight years of experience in retail business ownership and real
estate management. I am a Research Consultant and advanced mediation
trainer for the Fresno County
Superior Court. I consider myself to be a conflict specialist.
Most recently I am serving as the Case Manager and Mediator for
Fresno Pacific University Mediation Associates’ contract with Fresno
County Superior Court. I have been in this position for three and one
half years. I educate and persuade complainants and respondents to
accept the opportunity to voluntarily mediate their conflict. I help
the parties set a mutually agreeable date and location to mediate.
Each party is assisted in developing their voice to efficiently
participate in mediation. A mediation intern is assign by me or I
personally mediate the conflict. This work has provided me with over
300 case experiences.
I am a graduate of Leadership Fresno Class XVIII and Fresno County
Farm Bureau’s Future Advocates for Agriculture Concerned about
Tomorrow (FACT) program. These two programs exposed me to current
issues facing the Central Valley. The public policy issues visited
included population growth, land use, water use, environment, public
health, transportation, labor, import / export, poverty, nutrition,
air quality, new cross-cultural refugee populations and other
interests related to the development of Rural America. The
educational forum these programs offered was through panel
presentation by proponents with opposing views followed by site
visits that demonstrated the subject matter. The task of the class
was to become a substantial leader with the ability to facilitate
systemic change affecting the greatest public benefit.
I have had entrepreneurial management experience throughout my
entire life as a third generation businessman in the lumber and
hardware industry. My family’s retail lumber and hardware business
in California, provided me with total quality management
systems experience in labor, inventory, facilities, insurance,
vendors, customers and contracts. My work in project management has
brought all facilitating parties to a common vision that completes
the goals valued by each partner. This is one of my strong
attributes.
I became involved with the National and California Lumber
Associations. This gave me experience in the legislative process of
networking and lobbying for industry interests at state and federal
levels. I developed a working structure to identify, approach and
integrate appropriate stakeholders in a constructive problem solving
environment.
My contact with the agricultural industry has been life long as I
was born during the era initiating the Great Westside water projects
to the current era of the Westland’s land retirement program. I have
participated in water delivery system construction, water monitoring
and desalination projects, construction of field packing machinery
and conversion of cantaloupe packing sheds into alternative use
facilities. I stay in close contact with water issues as a
shareholder in Columbia Canal Company which has Exchange Water
Contractor’s rights. I further this contact through volunteer
support of the San Joaquin River Parkway Trust. I have participated
in forums during the past fifteen years exploring the potential
models that will evolve the Great Westside of the San Joaquin
Valley. Additionally, my involvement as a member of the Fresno
County Tourism Committee, the Firebaugh – Las Deltas School District
Vocational Advisory Committee and Committee for an Entrepreneurship
Development System for Rural America has put me in the forefront of
facilitating local change in a cooperative manner.
I am well rounded to administer and facilitate
processes of conflict management and conflict resolution. My
training and experience enable me to provide a safe environment that
allows clients, employers, counsel and support services to know they
have been heard during their effort to constructively seek options
that peacefully manage change and resolution.
Thank you for the opportunity to introduce myself. My focus and
heart are clearly set to excel as a mediator for your needs.
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