John Ford - John has over 14 years relevant experience in the dispute resolution field - helping organizations prevent destructive conflict from exacting its toll on workplace productivity and morale. His specialty is in training employees to deal with conflict themselves. He also has extensive experience successfully mediating workplace disputes.

John is the Director of the Organizational Conflict Management Certificate Program at JFK University. He is also on the faculty of the College of Extended Learning at San Francisco State University where he teaches Human Resource manager's conflict resolution skills, both at the interpersonal and organizational level.

He has conducted numerous mediations on behalf of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the United States Postal Service, the Contra Costa Superior Court and Conciliation Forums of Oakland.

He is the Managing Editor of Mediate.com, and uses his familiarity with the Internet to explore its role in the healthy management of conflict within organizations.

He serves as a President of the Association for Dispute Resolution of Northern California.

John is an admitted attorney in South Africa and Namibia, a member of the Association for Conflict Resolution.

John’s passion for constructive methods of approaching conflict, together with his years of experience in the dispute resolution field make him an effective mediator and trainer.

A comprehensive Resume is available HERE. You are welcome to email me HERE to start a conversation about conflict management.