Author of Reaching for Higher Ground in Conflict Resolution and Resolving Public Conflict, Dr. Dukes is an experienced facilitator, trainer, and mediator. He brings a strong understanding of local government and community involvement, and has worked with numerous communities on a wide range of issues including water supply, school districting, facility siting, and management of park land. He has facilitated ground-breaking efforts in consensus building between the tobacco farmer and public health communities, and is now involved in facilitating community remediation and redevelopment of contaminated sites in different states. He teaches courses in collaborative planning and other topics at UVA. A copy of his resume is available here. Email: ed7k@virginia.edu

Ms. Denckla Cobb is an experienced mediator, facilitator, and trainer and is certified by the Virginia Supreme Court to mediate at all levels of the court. As the former Executive Director of two nonprofit organizations, she brings strong experience in working with community issues at the grassroots level. She has facilitated a broad range of community and environmental issues such as community heritage, regional visioning, siting new courts facilities, biosolids, and septic system regulatory negotiation. She helped found, design, and now serves as faculty for the Natural Resources Leadership Institute. She also teaches courses in community food systems and other topics at UVA. She is author of Reclaiming Our Food and Gardener’s A to Z Guide to Growing Organic Food. A copy of her resume is available here. Email: td6n@virginia.edu

For more, visit: www.tanyadencklacobb.com

Will Callaway graduated from the University of Virginia in 1986 and later earned a MS degree from the University of Michigan’s School of Natural Resources and Environment.  He served on personal and professional staff in the United States Senate for five years, has been the executive director for three non-profit organizations and includes a nomination for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000 among his accomplishments.  He has worked in the field of environmental management and protection for more than 20 years and looks forward to using these experiences to help VNRLI produce a generation of leaders dedicated to protecting Virginia’s environment.

Steve has over 23 years experience in natural resource management during which he conducted strategic planning and capacity building exercises for environmental groups and managed multi-year field ecology projects. He facilitated the implementation of community watershed projects, including stream and wetland restoration; trash and illegal dumpsite cleanups, water quality monitoring, and GIS based tool and model ordinance development. He has studied leadership characteristics; drawing on insights gained during his work with community associations and authored a chapter in a college textbook on that subject. Email: st.vnrli@gmail.com

Ellen Martin came to IEN after six years in University of Virginia’s Office of Engagement. Prior to that, she had careers in volunteer leadership and management, marketing, sales, and as an entrepreneur. Ellen has a B.S. in business management from Sacred Heart University and is pursuing an M.S. in nonprofit management. She has lived in Charlottesville since 2004 and has two adult children. Email: emh3z@virginia.edu

Tammy Switzer has been working part-time for the Institute for Environmental Negotiation since September 2008. Tammy and her family moved to Charlottesville in 2005. Email: tml7e@virgnia.edu

Dr. Dotson has been part of the Institute since 1981 and is now the Acting Dean of the School of Architecture. He was previously the Chair of the Department of Urban and Environmental Planning. His recent work addresses issues such as wetlands protection controversies, lead based paint, and ground water issues. He has also taught a variety of land use planning courses in the Department. A copy of his resume is available here. Email:abd8p@virginia.edu

Mrs. Jones worked for the University of Virginia for thirty years and served as the secretary for the Institute for Environmental Negotiation beginning in 1981. She has now moved on, but her service was greatly appreciated! Email: bhj@virginia.edu