Management School

Joel Greene

*** ******* **. ** *******, WA *****

Phone 360-***-**** Fax 360-***-**** E-mail abqifj@r.postjobfree.com

Joel Greene is a broadly experienced mediator, adjudicator, and

dispute resolution professional who studied at the Harvard Project on

Negotiation. Joel attended the University of Puget Sound School of

Law, where he graduated at the top of his class and served two years

on the law review. Joel went on to receive a Master in Public

Administration degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government

at Harvard University. During his career in Washington State

Government, Joel has been an executive in the Department of Natural

Resources (managing forest protection issues and state-owned aquatic lands), Deputy

Director in the Office of Marine Safety (creating a new state agency and developing policy

for the prevention of oil spills from large vessels in Puget Sound); serving as legal counsel

for the Department of Revenue (as lead attorney on multimillion dollar tax lawsuits

brought by Washington s largest corporations), as a Labor Relations Mediator/Adjudicator

(handling cases that set legal precedent and attract media interest), and he has been

President of the Board of Directors for the Dispute Resolution Center of Thurston County,

WA. As a mediator, he is known for his patience, communication skills, and ability to work

with parties who have reached seemingly intractable impasses. As an adjudicator, he has

conducted numerous hearings and written decisions about unfair labor practices, religious

non-association, and representation in union bargaining units. Joel has the skills to

effectively work with people in conflict because, as one client put it, Joel kept us all on

track and was extremely easy to work with. He was creative, non-judgmental, and

patient. Joel uses these skills to help organizations save time, money, and their

reputations while they co-create a shared future.

Recent Accomplishments

Sehome High School, Bellingham, WA. Consultant for organizational change.

Accomplishment: After interviewing approximately 55 teachers, staff, and

administrators, helped the School understand past organizational dysfunction and

establish a future course to address problems and restore positive, productive, and

civil working relationships.

Shoreline School District, Shoreline, WA. Labor Management contract negotiation.

Accomplishment: Under intense media scrutiny after a union vote authorizing a

strike, helped the parties resolve an intractable labor dispute so teachers could

return to their classrooms.

Port of Seattle, Seattle, WA. Trained 25 members of the Port s Labor Management

Committee in cooperative negotiation techniques and facilitated the first series of

Committee meetings. Accomplishment: Helped the group build a foundation for

successful self-negotiation of labor contract issues.

Gray s Harbor Juvenile Detention Center, Grays Harbor County, WA. Labor

Management Committee training. Accomplishment: Helped the parties address long-

term problems in their working relationship and taught them cooperative problem

solving skills to address future problems.

Benton County Deputy Sheriff s Office, Kennewick, WA. Labor Management contract

negotiation. Accomplishment: Helped the parties, who initially refused to be in the

same room, learn how to work together to resolve 30 open issues in their collective

bargaining agreement.

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Northshore Utility District, Kenmore, WA. Facilitated a discussion between litigating

parties. Accomplishment: Resolution of their dispute without going to a hearing

before an administrative law judge.

City of Tacoma, Tacoma, WA. Mediation of a Labor Management contract dispute.

Accomplishment: Creation of a voluntary, mutually satisfactory resolution between

the parties that avoided the employer implementing new terms on the employees.

Chewelah School District, Chewelah, WA. Mediation of Labor Management

negotiations. Accomplishment: Helped the parties co-create a new contract

between the District and the union.

Peninsula School District, Gig Harbor, WA. Labor Management contract negotiation

Training. Accomplishment: Helped the parties resolve and reverse a long standing

adversarial relationship by teaching them cooperative negotiation skills and

techniques.

The National Judicial College, Reno, NV. Facilitation of the Administrative Law Fair

Hearing course. Accomplishment: Successful delivery of the course as a fill-in

facilitator after being selected by his classmates to replace the principal facilitator

who withdrew due to a family emergency.

Certifications and Affiliations: Senior Mediator for Two-Party, Multi-Party, Family, Elder,

Victim/Offender, and Small Claims Court Subject Areas Dispute Resolution Center of

Thurston County Joel Leff Fellowship in Political Economy to attend the Master in

Public Administration degree program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government,

Harvard University Academic Scholarship University of Puget Sound School of Law

Planning Committee Member Annual Pacific Northwest Dispute Resolution Conference,

University of Washington Law School Basketball Referee Local High Schools around

Olympia, WA.

What Clients Say:

Had the opportunity to work with Joel Greene this morning at a mediation . . .

From my standpoint he s the best I ve ever seen. John Eastin, Human Resource

Consultant, Department of Agriculture.

Mr. Greene did an excellent jot of keeping both sides on task and focused on

achieving a mutually-acceptable agreement. Larry Miner, Assistant Superintendent,

Kent School District.

I am so impressed with your skill and ability to move us through this process. It s

worth every penny! Lisa Hornfeck, Labor Relations Manager, Port of Seattle.

I think I had average expectations going into this . . . my average expectations were

exceeded to excellent. Kirsten Barron, Partner, Barron Smith Daugert, PLLC.

special thanks to Joel Greene who did an outstanding job as mediator. Joel kept us

all on track and was extremely easy to work with. Mike Boyer, Washington Education

Association UniServ Representative, Chewelah School District.

I was so impressed with your patience, listening skills and calm manner . . . I would

hope that if we have the need for mediator skills in the future we would be fortunate

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enough to have you here again. Greta Lent, Department of Social and Health

Services.

You are extremely skilled and I really appreciated the approach you took. . . . it

was excellent and really got the underlying issues on the table. . . . Thank you so

much. Joy St. Germain, Human Resources Director, Washington Department of

Ecology.

Education: Master in Public Administration John F. Kennedy School of Government,

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. J.D. University of Puget Sound School of Law (now

Seattle University), Tacoma, WA. B.A. in Economics University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,

MI.

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