LAURA PIERSON,
JD/MBA
LAURA
PIERSON, JD/MBA has worked extensively in the field of Conflict Resolution and Alternative
Dispute Resolution since 1992. She conducts trainings, mediations, arbitrations,
facilitations and consults with a wide variety of organizations in the
development and design of conflict management systems & educational
programs.
Currently,
she is training & facilitating various groups at Microsoft in US, Canada
& Asia, including Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution Strategies, Team
Workshops, Interpersonal Awareness, Personality Insights & Egonomics. She has facilitated courses such as Crucial
Conversations/Confrontations, Influencer for several years. She also facilitates Myers Briggs workshops on
various topics: Managing organizational
change, Leadership, Communication, Conflict Resolution, and Team Dynamics.
Pierson
is a frequent speaker and trainer in the field of communication & conflict
management and has worked with clients such as ATT, Boeing, Environmental
Protection Agency, Federal Aviation Administration, Immunex, Microsoft-US/Canada,
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Tulalip Tribes, University
of Alaska, University of Washington Law School, Federal agencies, and others. She
has spoken at several national conferences such as the Society for
Professionals in Dispute Resolution, the National Association of Conflict
Resolution, and the Canadian Alternative Dispute Resolution Conference,
Pierson
has participated in several specialized conflict management programs including
the Federal Mediation Consortium, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the
United States Postal Service and the Washington State Education Mediation
Program. She was nominated for the President’s Award from the Washington State
Mediation Association for outstanding contributions to the field.
As
a graduate of the University of Washington School of Law and the Graduate School
of Business Administration, Pierson has also studied with the American Arbitration
Association, the Justice Center of Atlanta, and the Justice Institute of
British Columbia. She is a former Board member & Qualifications chair of
the Washington Mediation Association, the Washington State Bar Association, the
Dispute Resolution Section of the Bar, the Association for Conflict Resolution
and the National Association for Community Mediation.