Current as of May 13, 2016 Please send any updates to ADRweb@usdoj.gov
Cabinet-Level Agencies
Independent Agencies
Other Interagency Programs
Administrative Dispute Resolution Act of 1996 (ADRA), See Pub. L. No. 104-320, 5 U.S.C. §§ 570a-581, requires the head of each agency to designate a senior official to be the “ Dispute Resolution Specialist” (or DRS) for that agency. The designated Dispute Resolution Specialist is responsible for implementing ADRA, and the agency policy developed under ADRA.
Cabinet-Level Agencies
Department of Agriculture |
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Cyrus Salazar, Dispute Resolution Specialist |
Policy |
Department of Defense | |
The DGC (LC), through |
Office of Inspector General |
Department of the Air Force | |
Norman Jacobson |
Air Force ADR Program |
Department of the Army | |
Marc VanNuys |
Department of the Navy | |
Robert C. Manley |
Department of Defense Education Activity | |
Ellen Wayne |
Defense Logistics Agency | |
Fred Pribble |
Policy |
National Guard Bureau | |
Maximino Gonzalez, Jr., Dispute Resolution Specialist |
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency | |
Scott M. Deyo |
Department of Education | |
Kathryn A. Ellis, Dispute Resolution Specialist |
ADR Program |
Department of Energy | |
Shahram Ghasemian, Dispute Resolution Specialist Pamela Pontillo |
Department of Health and Human Services | |
Neil Kaufman, Dispute Resolution Specialist |
Department of Homeland Security | |
Cindy Mazur Nicole Milline
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Department of the Interior | |
Matthew Costello, Dispute Resolution Specialist |
Policy |
Department of Justice | |
Joanna M. Jacobs, Dispute Resolution Specialist Lisa Levine |
Department of Labor | |
Samuel Rhames |
Department of State | |
Shireen Dodson |
Department of Transportation | |
Judith S. Kaleta, Dispute Resolution Specialist |
Federal Aviation Administration | |
Anthony Palladino |
Surface Transportation Board | |
Brian O'Boyle |
Department of Veterans Affairs | |
Harvey Johnson, Dispute Resolution Specialist Tracey Therit |
ADR Policy |
Independent Agencies
Administrative Conference of the United States | |
David Pritzker, Dispute Resolution Specialist |
The Committee on Collaborative Governance
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | |
Wendy Kamenshine, Dispute Resolution Specialist M. Stacey Bach, Dispute Resolution Specialist |
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Environmental Protection Agency | |
Jeanne Briskin, Dispute Resolution Specialist |
ADR Policy |
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission | |
Victor Voloshin, Dispute Resolution Specialist |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | |
Henry Griffin, Dispute Resolution Specialist Marianne Robb |
ADR Policy |
Federal Election Commission | |
Lynn Fraser, Dispute Resolution Specialist |
ADR Campaign Financial Enforcement Program |
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission | |
Deborah M. Osborne, Dispute Resolution Specialist |
Alternative Dispute Resolution |
Federal Maritime Commission | |
Rebecca Fenneman Jennifer M. Gartlan |
Policy |
Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service | |
LuAnn Glaser, Dispute Resolution Specialist |
The Office of Alternative Dispute Resolution Services |
National Archives and Records Administration | |
Jean Whyte, Dispute Resolution Specialist Carrie McGuire |
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National Mediation Board | |
Daniel Rainey |
National Labor Relations Board | |
Leslie E. Rossen |
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National Science Foundation | |
Zita Barnett, Dispute Resolution Specialist |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission | |
Marian L. Zobler, Dispute Resolution Specialist Russell Arrighi Rhonda Bethea |
Policy |
Office of Personnel Management | |
Janet Smith |
Peace Corps | |
Shirley A. Everest |
Policy |
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation | |
Philip R. Hertz |
Securities and Exchange Commission | |
Anne Small, Dispute Resolution Specialist Fran Paver |
U.S. Agency for International Development | |
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Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation |
U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution | |
Peter Williams, Dispute Resolution Specialist Stephanie Kavanaugh |
U.S. International Trade Commission | |
Lisa R. Barton |
U.S. Office of Special Counsel | |
Jane Juliano, Dispute Resolution Specialist |
U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation | |
Dr. Keith Kozloff |
U.S. Postal Service | |
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Other Interagency Programs
Coalition of Federal Ombudsman The Coalition of Federal Ombudsman is the principal interagency forum that provides collaboration, advice, and guidance on professional Ombuds standards, skills development, program development, and effectiveness. |
Shared Neutrals Programs Federal agencies often have worked together to share their resources. In some cases, they developed formal programs for "sharing" neutrals in ADR or conflict resolutions. A number of collaborative and cooperative efforts were accomplished through local Federal Executive Boards and through the Department of Health and Human Services (“Sharing Neutrals”). These programs allow participating Federal agencies, through reciprocal agreements, to share trained neutral mediators and other mediation resources. Shared Neutrals program operate in the following locations:
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