Boston Mediator Elected President of the Association for Conflict Resolution

Washington, D.C. –The Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) announced today that Nancy E. Peace, a Boston-based labor mediator and arbitrator became its new president on August 24 during the association's annual conference in San Diego. Ms. Peace succeeds Arnold Shienvold, a psychologist and family mediator from Harrisburg, Pa.

ACR is a professional organization of mediators, arbitrators, educators, lawyers, human resource managers and other practitioners of alternative dispute resolution. With more than 6000 members across the U.S. and around the world, ACR is a leading voice in the growing field of conflict resolution.

"The field of conflict resolution is evolving rapidly and confronting tough new issues," said Ms. Peace. "We are working hard to improve the quality of practice, ensure greater diversity in the field, and expand the creative and effective use of conflict resolution in homes, schools, communities and nations. I am excited by ACR's potential to help create meaningful changes in the world and honored to lead the organization during these challenging times."

Nancy E. Peace is an experienced mediator, labor arbitrator and trainer. She teaches in the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School and is a member of the National Academy of Arbitrators, the American Arbitration Association, the Industrial Relations Research Association and is an associate member of the American Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Boston Bar Association. She has published articles on grievance mediation, interest-based collective bargaining, and dispute resolution in condominium communities. She holds a BA from Ohio Wesleyan University, an MA from the University of Michigan and a DLS from Columbia University. She lives in Newburyport, Mass.

09/06/2002