IAM Welcomes New Fellows

The IAM inducted five new active Fellows at the annual spring conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Friday, April 28, 2006. Each inductee satisfactorily completed the membership application process, and upon the recommendation of Membership Chairman, Jim Readey, the Board approved the candidate applications at it’s meeting on Wednesday, April 26, 2006. Geographically, all five new members bring further diversity to our organization, not to mention their outstanding backgrounds and commitments to the mediation profession. We welcome with great enthusiasm and pride these outstanding Fellows:

Elizabeth Birch – London, England
Sponsored by Tony Willis (London, England)

Helene de Kovachich – Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Sponsored by Richard Weiler (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) and Avi Schneebalg (Brussels, Belgium)

David Hoffman – Boston, Massachusetts
Sponsored by Robert Creo (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

David Plant (New London, New Hampshire)
Sponsored by Tracy L. Allen (Southfield, Michigan)

Angelia Tolbert – Little Rock, Arkansas
Sponsored by Marvin Johnson (Silver Springs, Maryland) and Paul Monicatti (Troy, Michigan)

Professor Frank A. E. Sander graciously accepted status as an Honorary Fellow in the IAM during Jeff Kichaven’s fireside chat with Frank on April 27, 2006 at which time the IAM also presented Professor Sander with the IAM Lifetime Achievement Award. In addition, the IAM Board is also pleased to report that the new Co-Director of the Straus Institute for Conflict Resolution at Pepperdine University, Tom Stipanowich (formerly head of CPR in New York), accepted status as an Honorary Fellow. Tom joins his colleague and Co-Director of the Straus Institute, Peter Robinson, who has been an IAM Honorary Fellow since 2003.