Our Team
Diann Harper
MBA, has over twenty years of experience managing multi-disciplined teams. A certified professional in managing workplace conflict, she served as program manager of a conflict management program designed to deal with day-to-day issues among diverse personnel beyond the Human Resource function, while at Procter and Gamble. Besides experience in community, housing, and workplace mediation, Diann has been a trainer for the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and Xavier University on Communication and Conflict Management. A skilled mediator and creative facilitator, Diann was featured in City Beat News, 2005 - “Housing mediation resolves conflict without going to court.” diann@housingmediationservice.org
Kirk Holliday
M.A. Conflict Resolution, B.A. Business and certified professional in managing workplace conflict, has been involved in conflict management since 1993. Kirk has been a facilitator for over 12 years and a mediator for 14 years in that time he spent 5 years consulting with prosecutors to determine warrant issuance in criminal cases that he mediated at Private Complaint Mediation Service. He co-facilitated classes at the Dayton Correctional Facility, Alternative to Violence program and facilitated basic, advanced and peer mediation training. Kirk has worked as a facilitator at the Butler County JuvenileCenter where he taught communication classes, facilitated and co-wrote the course materials for Parent-Child conflict and victims offender mediation program. Kirk has conferred and composed numerous agreements in various types of cases and he is always seeking new techniques to combat the ever-increasing task of resolving conflict. kirk@fairhousingmediation.org
Deborah Jordan, M.Ed.
She has worked in the field of conflict transformation and mediation since 1986 and has her M.Ed. While on staff at the Center for Peace Education (CPE) for 14 years, she initiated the peer mediation program, developed curriculum, and organized and facilitated trainings. As a consultant for CPE, she had the opportunity to train teachers and supervisors in Seoul, Korea. With her experience in school, community, adult and juvenile court-based mediation, she has a solid foundation to help parties come to mutual understandings and agreements.
Ilyas Nashid
Born in New Jersey, came to Cincinnati 35 years ago. He is the director of the M.I.N.D. Center, a program that provides training and consultation in the areas of Conflict Resolution, Violence Prevention, Effective Communications, Cultural Literacy and Mediation. Mr. Nashid is also a member of the Metropolitan Area Religious Coalition of Cincinnati (MARCC) which seeks to influence social and political issues in Cincinnati. He has been a trainer with the Center for Peace education for 10 years working in public private, and parochial schools in Cincinnati. He also contracts with Hamilton County Jobs and Family Services providing training for foster and adoptive parents and does mediation for Fair Housing Mediation Service. In 2000 Mr. Nashid traveled to Rome as a part of an Interfaith Delegation to attend an International Religious Conference at Pope John Paul’s summer residence. In 2002 and again in 2003, he went to Seoul, Korea, to train school administrators and teachers in the skill of mediation. He has been recognized by Applause Magazine as one of the 50 most influential African Americans in Cincinnati and he is the recipient of the McCrackin Peace and Justice Award for 2001. In 2003 for his work with youth, he received Applause Magazine’s Image Maker Award for Advocacy. ilyas@fairhousingmediation.org
Betsy Sato
trained as a Japanese historian, she became interested in alternative dispute resolution while serving as the Executive Director of the University of Cincinnati Chapter of the American Association of University Professors, the collective bargaining agent for the faculty. Contract negotiations in 1986 led to a grievance mediation process to deal with faculty complaints. The process is a success and continues as a part of the faculty contract to this day. She has taught Mediation for Classroom Teachers in a cooperation between the College of Education and the Center for Peace Education. More formal training came through a course in mediation at CDR Associates in Boulder, Colorado. After retiring from the university in 2000 she joined FHMS. She continues to teach Asian Civilization part-time at the University of Cincinnati. She also serves on the boards of the Center for Peace Education, Community Shares, and the Japanese American Citizens League.
betsy@fairhousingmediation.org
Deb Redlich
has been involved in the field of conflict management and mediation since 1984, when she began working as a mediator at the Private Complaint Mediation Service. Since then Deb has continued to work in mediation and conflict management. She has been the training coordinator for the Private Complaint Mediation Service, where she designed and presented training in mediation, communication skills, bias awareness, and advanced mediation skills. She has also taught crisis intervention and mediation at Southern Ohio College and (as part of a team) at University of Cincinnati. Through the Center for Peace Education, Deb served as a school-based mediation trainer 1989 through 2000, and as a board member through 2008. In addition, Deb has been a volunteer mediator and arbitrator at the Better Business Bureau for 25 years. deb@fairhousingmediation.org