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
He has a 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.
Deb Redlich
She 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