Work Experience
Arbitrator and Mediator Golden Gate Dispute Resolution (2012 – Present)
Supervising Conciliator (Chief) California State Mediation & Conciliation Service (2005 – 2012)
Conciliator / Mediator California State Mediation & Conciliation Service (1998 – 2005)
Field Representative / Lead Field Representative SEIU Healthcare Workers Local 250 (1991 – 1997)
President National Association of Letter Carriers Greater East Bay Branch 1111 (1983 – 1991)
Letter Carrier / Shop Steward / Chief Shop Steward National Association of Letter Carriers Greater East Bay Branch 1111 (1978 – 1983)
Postal Clerk / Letter Sorting Machine Operator U.S. Postal Service (1974 – 1976)
Arbitration, Factfinding and Mediation Panels
American Arbitration Association Labor Panel * National Mediation Board Roster of Arbitrators * Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Roster of Arbitrators * California State Mediation and Conciliation Service Arbitrator Panel * Nevada Employee-Management Mediators Roster * Oregon Employment Relations Board Panel of Arbitrators and Factfinders * Washington Public Employment Relations Commission Dispute Resolution Panel * California Public Employment Relations Board MMBA Fact Finder Panel * City of Los Angeles Employment Relations Board Arbitrator Panel * Bay Area Rapid Transit – ATU & SEIU * Brentwood Union School District – Brentwood Teachers’ Association & CSEA * California State University – Teamsters/State Employees Trades Council (Permanent Umpire and Arbitration), California Faculty Association (Mediation) and CSUEU (Permanent Umpire) * Calif. Pacific Med. Ctr. - NUHW * City and County of San Francisco – SEIU * Health Right 360 - SEIU * Santa Clara County – SEIU, County Counsel Attorneys Assoc., County Employees Management Association * Santa Clara County IHSS - SEIU * Stanford University – SEIU * University of California – AFSCME, AFT, Teamsters, UAW, UPTE * UC Davis – IAFF * AT&T NorCal - CWA
Education
Bachelor of Arts with Honors in History Swarthmore College (1974)
Mediator Certificate Institute for the Study of Alternative Dispute Resolution, Humboldt State University (1999)
Publications
“Surviving Your First Labor Arbitration: Tips for the New Advocate,” American Arbitration Association Dispute Resolution Journal, March 2015. (with Catherine Harris)
“Process, Strategy and Tactics in Labor-Management Mediation,” American Arbitration Association Dispute Resolution Journal, November 2003 – January 2004. Reprinted in Labor-Management Relations Annual Editions 05/06 (McGraw-Hill / Dushkin, 2005).
“The Mediators’ Role as Gatekeeper Under EERA and HEERA,” California Public Employee Relations Journal, April 2010. (with Gerald Fecher)
Professional Affiliations
National Academy of Arbitrators
Labor and Employment Relations Association of Northern California