Chris Sheesley, MA
1327 SE Tacoma St. #132 |
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Chris specializes in resolving employment and organizational disputes, as well as performing general conflict resolution. He serves as a full time professional mediator, facilitor, and trainer. Through his firm, In-Accord, Chris delivers results-oriented services to clients throughout the Pacific Northwest. He has been mediating professionally for eighteen years and stopped counting cases at about 800 sessions. Chris works in a wide variety of organizational and community settings. SAMPLE MEDIATION LIST (case type): Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Providence Health Systems EAP (Employment) Magellan Behavioral Health EAP (Employment) Superintendent Public Instruction (Special Ed.) United States Postal Service employment/EEO) Independent Police Review (Police-Citizen) United State Forest Service(Employment)OR. Medical Professional Review Org. (Doctor-Patient) United States Department of Agriculture (Regulatory) City of Portland (Employment) Clark County (Employment) Quiktrak, Inc. (Employment) Oregon Employment Department (Employment) |
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| As a long standing professional mediator, Chris has a flexible style that can be tailored to your needs and context. He works well with individual parties in highly emotional cases or when attorneys represent their clients. Chris' strength is in helping parties better understand each other and negotiate effectively. Chris does not mediate cases that require a directive, "settlement conference" approach. | |
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| MEDIATION: Chris works with a roster of more than fourteen organizations and accepts ad hoc work, using his experience to facilitate successful resolutions. He is an EEOC contract mediator, and was chosen to facilitate the governor’s task force on medical malpractice insurance. Chris was one of two Oregon mediators selected to help the Postal Service resolve higher-level discrimination complaints and he routinely mediates employment cases for the private sector. He facilitates for teams, helping groups get work done-while getting along. TRAINING: Chris has educated thousands in conflict management, using an experiential-learning approach to engage participants through interactive activities. He has the prominent role of instructing community volunteers for Portland’s mediation program. Chris is an adjunct faculty member with Marylhurst University. He has delivered training to small non-profits and large federal agencies. | |
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ADVANCED DEGREES: Marylhurst University, Oregon MA, Organizational Communications (2002) American University, Washington, DC BA, Peace and Conflict Resolution (1989) (First AU student with this degree) TRAINING RECEIVED: Basic mediation, Snohomish County DRC (1991) Sp. education mediation, Justice Center of Atlanta (1994) Large group facilitation, Confluence Northwest (1993) Family mediation, Snohomish County DRC (1993) Public policy facilitation, Dannemiller-Tyson Assoc. (1992) Transformative mediation, US Postal Service (1998) School conflict resolution, N.A.M.E. (1994 Conflict partnership, Dr. Dudley Weeks (1988) AFFILIATIONS: Resolutions Washington (Chair, 1998) Federal Shared Neutrals (Committee, 1996 - 1999) Oregon Mediation Association (Board, 2000) Washington Mediation Association (Board, 1992-1993) Association for Conflict Resolution (Since 1993) |
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| On request. | |
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