Shauna Ries, LCSW, MFT, APM

Shauna Ries brings a rich background of corporate and human services work to her role as CEO of IADR Global. She is a principal partner in Ries/Murphy Associates, founded in 1994, to offer educational training in stress management and conflict resolution to corporations, healthcare professionals, and the general public. Ries co-authored a book based on this dynamic training, entitled Quality of Life released by William Morrow and Company in 1999.

Ries assembled the initial executive team, and tapped key outside experts to help create a high quality graduate certificate program in mediation and conflict resolution. In 2003, IADR began offering online and live classroom graduate level courses for students entering the field of mediation and conflict resolution. As of 2007, IADR has successfully trained hundreds of mediators.

Today, Ries manages IADR partnerships with Colorado Technical University and Colorado State University with a central goal of unifying and advancing the mediation profession. Her mission is to keep IADR at the pinnacle of mediation training nationally and internationally. She currently serves on the board of the Colorado Council of Mediators and is on the leadership committee of Colorado NASW. Shauna lives at her ranch, Coyote Ridge, in the mountains outside Boulder, Colorado where she spends her free time riding her beloved horse, Big Sky. She is the proud mother of a wonderful son and talented attorney, Mike Herrick.

Holly Panetta, J.D.

Holly Panetta is an attorney-mediator in Colorado with a practice in Mediation and Child & Family Investigation Services. As a contract mediator through the state Office of Dispute Resolution, Ms. Panetta mediates more than 200 court-ordered cases per year including divorce, child custody and dependency and neglect matters. Ms. Panetta recently joined the Institute for Advanced Dispute Resolution (IADR) as a faculty member teaching mediation courses through Colorado State University and Colorado Tech University.

Ms. Panetta also serves as a court-appointed investigator for high conflict divorce cases. Prior to opening a solo practice, Ms. Panetta's experience includes working as an associate attorney for a Greeley, Colorado law firm and work as a Family Court Facilitator in the Colorado Courts. Ms. Panetta attended law school at the University of Denver and received her Juris Doctor in 2003. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Colorado State University. Ms. Panetta is also currently working toward a Master’s in Human Development and Family Studies at Colorado State University.

Gary Crist

Gary Crist is an accomplished mediator, trainer, facilitator and consultant. He has mediated cases involving divorce/child custody, e-commerce, small claims court, landlord/tenant, employment/EEO, restorative justice, and family disputes. In 2002 Gary founded Crist Consulting, a business dedicated to the ideals of conflict resolution and collaborative problem solving. Gary is a member of The Colorado Council of Mediators (CCMO ) and presents workshops/trainings to educate and promote mediation in the community.

While growing up in Nebraska, Gary began his professional background as a Social Worker where he worked for 17 years with families as an investigator with child protection. Gary has trained at the college level in the areas of dispute resolution, parenting, and child maltreatment dynamics. He has and currently writes a “Lets Talk” parenting column for two local newspapers. Gary lives in Windsor Colorado where he spends his free time riding his motorcycle, playing the Native American Flute and creating log furniture.

Rebecca Daniels

Rebecca Daniels is owner of LARSON CONSULTANTS - a mediation and workplace training agency. She commissions a team of professionals available to conduct alternative dispute resolution events for business and industry in the western states region.

Daniels holds a Master of Arts Degree in Organizational Management, a BS in Public Administration and Natural Resource Management from George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, with studies in Ecology and Environmental Science. She maintains a Mediator Practitioner Certification by attending national mediation conferences.

Currently, Daniels is affiliated with two adult degree programs as adjunct faculty— teaching Mediation and Conflict Management. With a variety of careers over 20 years, she and her husband, US Navy, Ret., share the house with two personable cats. Three adult children are starting their own families.

James (Jim) Siefken

Jim Siefken has been working in the construction industry for over 30 years. His duties have ranged from laborer to Project Manager in the Federal Government, State Government and private sector projects. Jim earned a Bachelors Degree in Construction Management and a Masters of Education in Organizational Performance and Change.

Jim has been mediating since 2001 and enjoys bringing the parties' situations to positive solutions. Jim's experiences are not limited to construction; but also includes workplace issues, homeowner associations, community cases and landlord tenant issues.

To quote Jim, "Conflict is all around us and I believe that if we can't affectively deal with conflict then we cannot progress as a society."

Amb. Ozichi Joel Alimole, PhD

Ambassador Ozichi Joel Alimole is a retired career diplomat, author, philanthropist and mediator. He holds a First Class Honours degree of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka; MA (University of Saskatchewan, Canada; PhD (University of Ottawa, Canada); Post-Graduate Diploma in International Development and Cooperation of the Institute of International Development, Canada, and several Diploma Certificates in Global Terrorism, International Peacekeeping, Conflict Resolution, Conflict Analysis and Mediation. A Nationally-Certified Professional in Mediation (NCPM), Ambassador Alimole holds the Mediation Certificate of the American Centre for Conflict Resolution Institute (ACCRI). He has participated in a number of Training programs, workshops, and seminars in Nigeria and overseas in Mediation, Conflict Resolution and International Peacekeeping. He is a member Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR).
Ambassador Alimole joined the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1983 after short period at the Alvan Ikoku College of Education, Owerri. He rose to the rank of Foreign Service Officer (Special Grade) or Director in the Nigerian Federal Civil Service. In the course his long and brilliant career, Ambassador Alimole served in multilateral and bilateral positions in Canada, London and New York. In July 2005, he was appointed Acting High Commissioner en titre of Nigeria to the Republic of Singapore. He was subsequently appointed Ambassador in-situ in 2006.

Ambassador Alimole ‘s research work and publications include: Le theatre de Jean Giraudoux, Doctoral Dissertation University of Ottawa 1981) Speechwriting: a Guide for Diplomats and Public Officers (Heinemann, 2002); Speaking to Win: Introduction to Public Speaking (Heinemann, 2004); Diplomacy: The Written Art (Heinemann, 2008); Escape From Karima (fiction)(Heinemann, 2007) in print; Sandra (fiction)(Heinemann, Nigeria) in print and The Fall of Abame (fiction)(Heinemann) in print.

For the better part of his long career in the Nigerian Foreign Service, Ambassador Alimole was engaged in Economic Diplomacy and Business Promotion. He held the post of Counsellor for Economic Affairs at the Nigerian High Commissions in Canada and London, United Kingdom between 1989 and 1993. From 1998 to 2003, Ambassador Alimole was Honourable Consul for Trade and Investment at the Consulate General of Nigeria, New York. He has given many Public Addresses on Investment Promotion and Opportunities in Nigeria both in the Republic of Singapore and the United States.

Ambassador Alimole is married with children.

Bryan Scott Henry, J.D.

Bryan Scott Henry is a full time mediator , having honed his skills over 31 years practicing as a Trial Attorney in the fields of workers' compensation, personal injury , social security disability and employment discrimination. Bryan earned his law degree with honors from Stetson University College of Law in 1976 and was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1976 and the Colorado Bar in 1991. Mr. Henry was certified by the Florida Supreme Court as a Circuit Civil Mediator in 1999, Family Mediator in 2005, Supreme Court Qualified Arbitrator in 2001and was appointed by the Office of the Attorney General as a member of the Florida New Motor Vehicle Arbitration Board. In addition, Bryan is a Mediator for the Florida Department of Financial Services relating to Florida homeowner's insurance claims.

Mr. Henry practiced in his own firm since 1984, before which he was a member of Atkinson Golden Jenne Diner & Henry, P.A.

Selected by his peers in a statewide survey by Leading Attorney Network, Inc., Mr. Henry was chosen as a Leading American Attorney, an honor fewer than 8% of the State's attorneys can claim. A member of the Florida Academy of Professional Mediators, the Association of Broward County Mediators and on the Board of Directors of the Colorado Council of Mediators and Mediation Organizations, Mr. Henry has been well received as a successful mediator known for his patience, legal acumen and entertaining style. Mr. Henry has recently established a law/mediation practice in Summit County , Colorado and is splitting his time between the Florida beaches and the Colorado mountains.

Stanley J. Scott, MPA

Stan is principal partner in CIVICUS Associates an organization that blends mediation, consulting, training, coaching, facilitation, community involvement, and conflict and change management skills to co-create with clients interventions that improve working relationships while discovering more effective ways of doing business. He has a rich history of working for government including Continuous Improvement Coordinator for the City of Longmont, Assistant to the City Manager for City of Longmont, Citizen Participation Coordinator for the City of Wichita, and Interim Executive Director for the Mid-American All-Indian Center of Wichita Stan began his career in teaching as a social studies teacher in the Wichita school system and is delighted to be back teaching again with IADR.

Stan has received numerous training in conflict resolution including Conflict Resolution (Mediation, Multi-party Dispute Resolution, Victim-Offender Mediation, and Restorative Justice); Group Facilitation (Future Search, ICA Technology of Participation -Guided Dialogue, Action Planning, Strategic Planning, Large Group Intervention and Planning Processes); Coaching (Coaches Training Institute); Citizen Participation; and Train-the-Trainer.

Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner,
and it is for you to find the other three.

~~Confucius