Education
2007                       Fresno Pacific University              MA ('07) Mediation,
                              Fresno, CA                                 Peacemaking & Conflict Studies
2002                       Leadership Fresno Class XVIII      Graduate
1977                       UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA          BA Rhetoric

Experience
2006                       Superior Court, ADR, Fresno        Judge Mediation Training                              2005 -- Present        Superior Court, Fresno County     MSC Settlement Officer           2005                       EEOC Training, San Francisco     Employment Mediator                                2003 – Present        Fresno Co. Superior Court            Mediation Panel
2003 – Present        Better Business Bureau, Fresno   Mediator
2003 – Present        Victim Offender Reconciliation      Volunteer Mediator
2003 – Present        Community Justice Conference     Volunteer Mediator
2003 – 12/2004        Fresno Co. Superior Court            Intern Premarital Mediator
                              Family Court Services
1999 – 10/2006        LACN Insurance Trust                  Insurance Trustee                                    

Employment
2007                       Superior Court, Fresno County      Advanced Mediation Trainer 2006                       Superior Court, Fresno County      Research Consultant, ENE Assessment            2003 – Present        FPU Mediation Services /             Mediation Case Manager /
                              Fresno Co. Superior Court            Contract Mediator
2003 – Present        DF Mediation Services                 Mediator
2003 – Present        Consortium for Children                Contract Mediator
1997 – Present        Firebaugh Self-Storage                 Co-Owner
1977 – Present        Fischer Lumber Company             Co-Owner

Presentations
November 2006        Fresno Superior Court Judge Mediation Training                                     November 2005        Fresno Superior Court Family Law Section
October    2005        Central California Trial Lawyers Association
June         2005        Victim Offender Reconciliation Training Program

Organizational Membership
Association for Conflict Resolution
Lumber Association of California, Nevada and Hawaii (Director & Trustee 14 years)
Rotary International (23 years, Club President, Regional Representative, District
                              Nominating Committee, International Youth Exchange Admin.)
Fresno County Board of Supervisors, Tourism Committee

Hobbies
Enjoying my daughters’ participation in academics, sports and extracurricular activities
Traveling and sightseeing
Home development and gardening
Skiing & Golfing