I live in Washington, DC with my husband and our 13-year-old Welsh terrier. Our children are 21 and 24.

I am the Founder and Executive Director of Negotiation Works. We offer negotiation skills training courses for people experiencing homelessness, living in domestic violence shelters, and returning to the community from prison. I also serve as a mediator in court-connected cases through the DC Superior Court’s Multi-Door Dispute Resolution Division, and I previously taught negotiation and mediation as an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law. I received my JD at Harvard Law School.

I am interested in empowering individuals in marginalized communities with negotiation and problem-solving tools they can use to resolve everyday conflicts and become more effective self-advocates. I am particularly interested in reentry work and the work of Violence Interrupters.

I enjoy spending time with my family, taking long walks, and baking anything with chocolate.

Currently based in Washington, DC

I am happy to travel depending on the opportunity, and I have experience teaching international audiences of professionals. Regrettably, I speak only English.

My focus is on helping people learn how to ask for what they want and get what they need with more success and less stress. I am an adjunct professor, I am a volunteer instructor with Negotiation Works (see Melissa Reinberg below), and I provide training in negotiation skills to organizations that want to improve their bottom lines and increase employee engagement.

Interested in improving my own communication and teaching skills because I love seeing the light go on in someone's eyes when they learn a new concept or technique and immediately see how they can use it to achieve their goals in a negotiation.

I enjoy a mix of social and individual activities. For example, I like engaging with friends in small social gatherings over food, games, or shared experiences (like going to the theater). I enjoy solitary pursuits such as knitting and reading. I love to travel and connect with people where I am visiting; I hope to connect with some of you in person that way.

I am happy to travel depending on the opportunity, and I have experience teaching international audiences of professionals.