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James Abbott
Chief Counsel to the Chairman
FLRA
Presentations: Significant Developments - FLRA Case Law 2007 - 2008 (workshop)

Administrative Judges from EEOC
Presentations: Successful Litigation Techniques at the MSPB and EEOC (workshop)

Administrative Judges from MSPB
Presentations: Successful Litigation Techniques at the MSPB and EEOC (workshop)

LeAndrea Alsobrook
ADR Program Manager
USDA/FSA
Presentations: Early Intervention: Innovative Approaches for Conflict Management and Dispute Prevention in the Federal Workplace (workshop), Skills and Tools For the Cutting Edge ADR Practitioner (workshop), Advanced Mediator Practicum (workshop)

Randee Artis
EEO Specialist
Navy
Presentations: Convening Techniques (workshop)

Kimberly Bandy
Senior EEO Specialist
Transportation Security Administration
Presentations: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964-Enforcement and Compliance Responsibilities (workshop), Questions about Religious Accommodations in the Workplace? (workshop)

Bertice Berry
Award-winning entertainer, lecturer and comedian
Presentations: Bertice Berry (plenary session)

Ralph Bittelari
DOJ/ATF
Presentations: Skills Your Law School Didn't Teach (But Are Essential for the Federal Attorney/Non Attorney) (workshop), Skills Your Law School Didn't Teach (But Are Essential for the Federal Attorney) (workshop)

Timothy Bladek
Attorney, OFO
EEOC
Presentations: EEO Potpourri (workshop), Implementing MD-715 Part J: Successful Strategies & Innovative Practices (workshop)

Alan Blakley
Esq., Senior Consultant
Third Coast Consultants
Presentations: Practical Approach to Electronic Discovery (workshop)

Scott J. Bloch
Special Counsel
Office of Special Counsel
Presentations: Agency Update (plenary session), Open Mic: A Q & A with the MSPB Chairman (workshop)

Michael Bogdanow
MSPB
Presentations: MSPB and Federal Circuit Case Law Update (workshop), Yin & Yang: Differing MSPB vs. EEOC Perceptions on the Same Personnel Action (workshop), MSPB and Federal Circuit Case Law Update (workshop)

Donnie Boiles
EEO Counselor
Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice
Presentations: Communicating With Purpose (workshop), What’s in Your Tool Box? Communication Currency as a Team Tool (workshop)

William L. Bransford
Partner
Shaw, Bransford, Veilleux & Roth, PC
Presentations: How to Rehabilitate or Remove the Problem Employee (workshop)

Evelyn Britton
GSA Office of Civil Rights
Presentations: Accessibility Standards Under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (workshop), Conquering the Basics: Disability Discrimination and Accessibility Standards of the Rehabilitation Act (workshop)

Dexter R. Brooks
Federal Training and Outreach Coordinator
EEOC
Presentations: Managing the Inherent Conflicts in the Federal EEO Process (workshop), Emerging Issues in Race Discrimination (workshop), Update on Implementation of the No FEAR Act (workshop), EEO Potpourri (workshop), Managing the Inherent Conflicts in the Federal EEO Process (workshop), No FEAR Act: Implementation of Title II and Title III (workshop)

Paul Brown
Senior Trial Attorney, Torts Branch
DOJ
Presentations: Skills Your Law School Didn't Teach (But Are Essential for the Federal Attorney) (workshop), Personal Liability Litigation Against Federal Employees (workshop)

Roslyn D. Brown
Director, Intelligence Community EEO Outreach
DNI
Presentations: Effective Communication Skills for Today's Workforce (workshop), If You Can't Stand the Heat, Turn Down the Flame: Dispute Prevention Strategies (workshop), What’s in Your Tool Box? Communication Currency as a Team Tool (workshop), OK, Make My Day. Show Me How to Stay Out of EEO Trouble (workshop)

Chad Bungard
General Counsel
MSPB
Presentations: Alternative Discipline (workshop)

David Cade
Deputy General Counsel
DHHS
Presentations: Unchartered Risk: Liability and Exposure to Managing Contractor Employees (workshop), Liability and Exposure to Managing Contractor Employees (workshop)

Robert Campbell
Facilitator
TSA
Presentations: Peer Panel Review Appeals Process (workshop)

Gerald Cannizzaro
Consultant/Trainer
NITP, Inc.
Presentations: Financial Planning for Those Under FERS & CSRS (workshop), Financial Planning For Those Under FERS and CSRS (workshop)

Jannika Cannon
Attorney
Shaw, Bransford, Veilleux & Roth, PC
Presentations: MSPB and Federal Circuit Case Law Update (workshop), MSPB Mock Hearing (workshop)

B. Kevin Cardwell
Asst. General Counsel
Bureau of Prisions, DOJ
Presentations: Civil Treatment for Managers (workshop)

Mike Causey
Federal News Radio, WFED
Presentations: How to Work with the Media: A Public Affairs Primer for Managers and Executives (workshop)

Kenneth W. Chu
Supervisory Administrative Judge
EEOC
Presentations: EEO Potpourri (workshop), EEOC Analysis and Mock Hearing (workshop), Legal Analysis and EEO Mock Hearing (workshop)

Hank Clemons
HLC Group, Inc.
Presentations: Managing Expectations: The Self-Fulfilling Proficiency of Effective Leadership (workshop), EQ and Preventative Conflict Management (workshop)

Dinah F. B. Cohen
Director, Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program
Department of Defense
Presentations: Using Reasonable Accommodations to Develop a Highly Accessible and Integrated Workplace (workshop), (workshop), Implementing MD-715 Part J: Successful Strategies & Innovative Practices (workshop), Leading the Way with Accommodations (workshop), Trends in Reasonable Accommodation (workshop)

Kathleen Connon
Attorney
TSA
Presentations: Questions about Religious Accommodations in the Workplace? (workshop)

Gloria Creekmore
EEO Specialist
Navy
Presentations: Making ADR More Than a Program (workshop)

John Crum
Acting Director, Office of Policy and Evaluation
MSPB
Presentations: Alternative Discipline (workshop)

Eric Daniels
Senior Attorney
Department of Justice
Presentations: Drafting Charges That Work (workshop), Drafting Charges That Work (workshop)

Debra Dupree
Mediator, Facilitator, Coach & Trainer
Relationships That Matter, LLC
Presentations: Reading Between the Lines: Getting at the Heart of the Story (workshop)

Naomi Earp
Chair
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Presentations: Federal Road: Where We've Been/Where We're Going (plenary session)

Catherine V. Emerson
Asst. Director for Labor and Employment Law
Department of Justice
Presentations: Drafting Charges That Work (workshop), Drafting Charges That Work (workshop)

Stephanie Fell
ADR Attorney
FEMA
Presentations: Early Intervention: Innovative Approaches for Conflict Management and Dispute Prevention in the Federal Workplace (workshop), Creative Techniques to Improve Communication and Manage Conflict (workshop)

Ana Galinda-Marrone
OSC
Presentations: The Hatch Act - Hot Topics for the 2008 Presidential Election Season (workshop)

Robert Goldenkoff
Acting Director, Human Capital Issues
GAO
Presentations: Federal Workforce Challenges in the 21st Century (workshop)

Karen Gorman
Attorney, Disclosure Unit
OSC
Presentations: Federal Whistleblowers – Who Are You Going to Call? (workshop), Whistleblower Reprisal 101 (workshop)

Christine Griffin
Commissioner
EEOC
Presentations: Trends in Reasonable Accommodation (workshop)

Barbara Haga
President
Federal HR Services, Inc.
Presentations: Dealing with Conduct and Performance Deficiencies (workshop), Dealing with Deficient Performance - Making Performance Cases Work (workshop), Absence Due to Illness – Employee Entitlements and Management Options (workshop)

Richard L. Huff
Presentations: Skills Your Law School Didn't Teach (But Are Essential for the Federal Attorney/Non Attorney) (workshop), Skills Your Law School Didn't Teach (But Are Essential for the Federal Attorney) (workshop)

Delia L. Johnson
BBG/IBB Office of Civil Rights
Presentations: EEO Potpourri (workshop), EEO Potpourri (workshop)

Anthony J. Kaminski
Attorney/Advisor
EEOC Office of the Chair
Presentations: Reprisal Discrimination (workshop), Conquering the Basics: Disability Discrimination and Accessibility Standards of the Rehabilitation Act (workshop), Getting a Grip on Retaliation (workshop)

Rosslyn S. Kleeman
Distinguished Executive in Residence
GWU Dept. of Public Administration
Presentations: Unchartered Risk: Liability and Exposure to Managing Contractor Employees (workshop), Liability and Exposure to Managing Contractor Employees (workshop)

Dee Knapp
Principal
Accord & Collaboration
Presentations: Overcoming Resistance To and Within Mediation (workshop), Bridging the Generation Gap (workshop), Conversations in the Workplace: Using Crucial Conversations(TM) and Appreciative Inquiry (workshop)

Joel Kravetz
Administrative Judge
EEOC
Presentations: Effective Representation of Federal Employees and Agencies Before EEOC Administrative Judges (workshop), Overview of the Class Complaint Process from the Attorney Perspective (workshop), EEO Potpourri (workshop)

Leslie Lightner
Compliance Manager, Office of Civil Rights
US Department of Agriculture
Presentations: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964-Enforcement and Compliance Responsibilities (workshop), Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Enforcement and Compliance Responsibilities (workshop)

Anthony P. Lofaro
Former Assistant Director, Human Capital Issues
General Accountability Office
Presentations: Federal Workforce Challenges in the 21st Century (workshop)

Joseph G. Lynch
Vice President, Business Development
JHT, Inc.
Presentations: Unchartered Risk: Liability and Exposure to Managing Contractor Employees (workshop), Liability and Exposure to Managing Contractor Employees (workshop)

Stephanie Magill
Public Affairs Specialist
FDA
Presentations: Bridging the Generation Gap (workshop)

Cynthia S. Mazur
ADR Director
FEMA
Presentations: Cultivating Compassion in the Mediation Room (workshop), Creative Techniques to Improve Communication and Manage Conflict (workshop)

Glenn McIntyre
McIntyre & Associates
Presentations: Disability Issues: Myths, Misconceptions and the Real Deal (workshop), Teambuilding: The 7 Most Valuable Assets for Success (workshop), Teambuilding: The 7 Most Valuable Assets for Success (workshop)

Denise P. McKenney
Commissioner
FMCS
Presentations: Post Cards From the Edge: Challenging Situations in Mediation (workshop), Post Cards From the Edge: Challenging Situations in Mediation (workshop)

Catherine McMullen
Chief, Disclosure Unit
OSC
Presentations: Federal Whistleblowers – Who Are You Going to Call? (workshop), Whistleblower Reprisal 101 (workshop)

Dennis McPeters
Manager, Employee Accountability Group, Center for Workforce Relations and Accountability Policy
OPM
Presentations: MSPB and Federal Circuit Case Law Update (workshop)

Neil A. G. McPhie
Chairman
Merit Systems Protection Board
Presentations: Agency Update (plenary session), Agency Updates (plenary session), Open Mic: A Q & A with the MSPB Chairman (workshop)

Steve Muir
Deputy Director
DHHS Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals
Presentations: Probationary and Trial Periods – The Times They Are a Changin’ (workshop), Intro/Refresher to Federal Labor-Management Relations (workshop), Intro/Refresher to Federal Labor-Management Relations (workshop), Probationary and Trial Periods – The Times They Are a Changin’ (workshop)

Thomas Mulhern
Administrative Appeals and Review Officer
TSA
Presentations: Peer Panel Review Appeals Process (workshop)

Don Musacchio
Consultant
Presentations: Preparing for and Conducting Contract Negotiations (workshop), Union Protected Activity: When Does Behavior Cross the Line? (workshop), Preparing for and Conducting Contract Negotiations (workshop)

Donald J. Names
Counsel, Office of Civilian Human Resources
Navy
Presentations: EEOC Case Law Update (workshop), Yin & Yang: Differing MSPB vs. EEOC Perceptions on the Same Personnel Action (workshop), EEO Potpourri (workshop), EEOC Analysis and Mock Hearing (workshop), Federal Sector Disability Law: A Practical Guide (workshop), Legal Analysis and EEO Mock Hearing (workshop), EEO Potpourri (workshop)

Doug Nathan
Managing Partner
Conflict Matters
Presentations: Conversations in the Workplace: Using Crucial Conversations(TM) and Appreciative Inquiry (workshop)

Cinnie Noble
Conflict Coach
CINERGY Coaching
Presentations: Conflict Coaching: Evolution and Application as a DR Technique (workshop)

David S. Orr
Consultant-Trainer
Orr Consulting
Presentations: Probationary and Trial Periods – The Times They Are a Changin’ (workshop), Intro/Refresher to Federal Labor-Management Relations (workshop), Intro/Refresher to Federal Labor-Management Relations (workshop), Probationary and Trial Periods – The Times They Are a Changin’ (workshop)

Jennifer Ortiz
Commissioner
FMCS
Presentations: Post Cards From the Edge: Challenging Situations in Mediation (workshop), Early Intervention: Innovative Approaches for Conflict Management and Dispute Prevention in the Federal Workplace (workshop), Post Cards From the Edge: Challenging Situations in Mediation (workshop)

Arlene Patel
Manager, Regional Support Operations Office of Civil Rights and Liberties
TSA
Presentations: Questions about Religious Accommodations in the Workplace? (workshop)

E. Lee Patton
Deputy Asst. Chief Counsel, General Services Legal Div.
IRS
Presentations: OK, Make My Day. Show Me How to Stay Out of EEO Trouble (workshop)

F. Tracey Pilkerton Cairnie
President
CoreVision, LLC
Presentations: How To 'Mentor' New Mediators: Issues in Program Design, and Tips/Techniques for Good Mentoring (workshop), Reading Between the Lines: Getting at the Heart of the Story (workshop)

Andi Pizzi
Mediator
Presentations: Advanced Mediator Practicum (workshop)

Maria Price-Detherage
Director
DHHS Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals
Presentations: Preparing for and Conducting Contract Negotiations (workshop), Preparing for and Conducting Contract Negotiations (workshop)

Mina Raskin
EEO Officer/Counsel for Dispute Resolution
Bureau of Prisons, DOJ
Presentations: Civil Treatment for Managers (workshop)

Representatives from MSPB
Presentations: MSPB Mock Hearing (workshop)

Representatives from OPM
Presentations: MSPB Mock Hearing (workshop)

Russell Reuthe
Employee Services Manager
Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice
Presentations: What’s in Your Tool Box? Communication Currency as a Team Tool (workshop)

Angelia C. Richardson
Director, Civil Rights
NEA
Presentations: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964-Enforcement and Compliance Responsibilities (workshop), Accessibility Standards Under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (workshop), Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Enforcement and Compliance Responsibilities (workshop), Conquering the Basics: Disability Discrimination and Accessibility Standards of the Rehabilitation Act (workshop)

Amy Risley
Director
Resolution Services, LLC
Presentations: Managing the Inherent Conflicts in the Federal EEO Process (workshop), Managing the Inherent Conflicts in the Federal EEO Process (workshop)

Debra L. Roth
Partner
Shaw, Bransford, Veilleux & Roth, P.C.
Presentations: 2007 Update: EEO and MSPB Settlement Practices (workshop), How to Rehabilitate or Remove the Problem Employee (workshop), Personal Liability Litigation Against Federal Employees (workshop)

Dr. Ronald P. Sanders
Assoc. Dir. of National Intelligence for Human Capital Intelligence Community Chief Human Capital Officer
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Presentations: Leadership in an Evolving Human Capital Climate (plenary session)

Joseph Schimansky
Executive Director
FSIP
Presentations: FSIP Year in Review (workshop)

John Settle
SETTLEment Associates, LLC
Presentations: How To 'Mentor' New Mediators: Issues in Program Design, and Tips/Techniques for Good Mentoring (workshop), Behind the Closed Door: Better Caucusing in Mediation (workshop), Coaching & Mediation: How to Integrate Coaching with Mediation (workshop), How Managers Build Trust to Reduce Conflict and Enhance Productivity (workshop)

Derek Shields
Program Manager
DoD Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program
Presentations: Using Reasonable Accommodations to Develop a Highly Accessible and Integrated Workplace (workshop), Leading the Way with Accommodations (workshop)

Stephen T. Shih
Center for Equal Employment Opportunity
OPM
Presentations: EEOC Analysis and Mock Hearing (workshop), Legal Analysis and EEO Mock Hearing (workshop), Workplace Harassment: Understanding the Law and Implementing an Effective Anti-Harassment Policy (workshop), No FEAR Act: Implementation of Title II and Title III (workshop)

Carolyna Smiley-Marquez
Dr. (Ph.D.)
Smiley & Co, Ltd.
Presentations: Workplace IQ! Diversity and Cross-Cultural Must-Knows for Mediators (workshop)

Andy Strojny
Civilrightshelp.com
Presentations: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964-Enforcement and Compliance Responsibilities (workshop), Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Enforcement and Compliance Responsibilities (workshop)

John Szabo
Senior Attorney
NRC
Presentations: Skills Your Law School Didn't Teach (But Are Essential for the Federal Attorney/Non Attorney) (workshop), Ethics Case Studies for Federal Practitioners (workshop)

Linda Toyo Obasyshi
Attorney/Mediator
Presentations: Behind the Closed Door: Better Caucusing in Mediation (workshop)

Pam Truchon
Deputy Director, Security
DNI
Presentations: What’s in Your Tool Box? Communication Currency as a Team Tool (workshop)

Allison B. Uehling
Legal Editor
LRP Publications cyberFeds
Presentations: Reprisal Discrimination (workshop), Conquering the Basics: Disability Discrimination and Accessibility Standards of the Rehabilitation Act (workshop), Getting a Grip on Retaliation (workshop)

Kirk Underwood
Arbitrator
FLRA
Presentations: Intro/Refresher to Federal Labor-Management Relations (workshop), Intro/Refresher to Federal Labor-Management Relations (workshop)

Diana J. Veilleux
Partner
Shaw, Bransford, Veilleux & Roth, P.C.
Presentations: EEOC Analysis and Mock Hearing (workshop), Legal Analysis and EEO Mock Hearing (workshop), Successful Litigation Techniques at the MSPB and EEOC (workshop)

Veronica Villalobos
Attorney
EEOC
Presentations: Disability Issues: Myths, Misconceptions and the Real Deal (workshop), EEOC Case Law Update (workshop)

Michael West
Associate
CoreVision, LLC
Presentations: Reading Between the Lines: Getting at the Heart of the Story (workshop)

Joan Williams
EEO Training Director
Navy
Presentations: Convening Techniques (workshop), Making ADR More Than a Program (workshop)

Robert Woods
Deputy Assistant General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel
Navy
Presentations: Federal Sector Disability Law: A Practical Guide (workshop), Legal Analysis and EEO Mock Hearing (workshop)

David Wortham
Mediator
DOE
Presentations: Creative Techniques to Improve Communication and Manage Conflict (workshop)

Adria Zeldin
Associate Legal Advisor
DHS/ICE
Presentations: Managing the Inherent Conflicts in the Federal EEO Process (workshop), Government Attorney/Client Privilege: Fact or Fiction? (workshop), Managing the Inherent Conflicts in the Federal EEO Process (workshop)

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