Savenia has over 20 years of dedicated service to addressing and preventing violence in both urban and rural communities. Her expertise is in working for organizations to provide healthy work environments that support high standard services to communities. In 2007, she was honored with the FBI Director’s Community Award.

Michelle is working for CMS as a Volunteer in Service to America (VISTA) through AmeriCorp.  Her year commitment of service focuses on capacity building through volunteer management, outreach and partnership building.  Michelle is a certified mediator.

Jenna is a land use planner for Clark county. She was initially introduced to mediation through work in the education and juvenile justice sectors and was immediately a fan of mediation’s collaborative and practical approach to resolving disputes. Jenna has also worked as a mediator in the policy and planning fields.

Steven owns and operates a small business consulting company that serves Clark County.  He has been a volunteer mediator for over 10 years with Community Mediation Services.

Enrico is a mediator and a general practice attorney. He works with immigration cases, wills, trusts, probate and small business concerns. Enrico is a certified mediator and mentor with CMS.

Leslie is currently the Human Resource Manager at Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency.  Has a Bachelor’s degree in Social Science with a Certificate in Human Resource Management from Washington State University. Alumni of Leadership Clark County 2017.  I am excited to be part of the Board for Community Mediation Services!

Vicky Ridge-Cooney, Ph.D. facilitates collaborative decision making in public policy development, natural resources management, environmental protection, foreclosure, and neighborhood, work place, and family relationships. She has taught at graduate, undergraduate, secondary, and informal education organizations and trained agency and non-profit employees. Many of the trainings provided by Vicky have been in communication, team processes, conflict resolution, and decision making. Vicky focuses on the needs of the participants, building on their knowledge and skills and provides many opportunities for their participation. Vicky is a mediator, facilitator, and trainer for Community Mediation Services.

Rick Barrier has had the pleasure of mediating disputes for over 20 years, most of which has been in Alaska, and now in the Vancouver, Washington/Portland area. In Alaska he was instrumental in establishing a small claims mediation project at the Anchorage District Court, and active in victim/offender and parent/adolescent mediations. Rick has successfully mediated cases involving large construction contracts; labor/management; divorce and custody; general commercial issues. He is experienced in “interest-based” as well as “transformative” mediation processes. He has recently been active in mediating under the Washington State foreclosure act and the Postal Service EEO program. He welcomes every opportunity to mediate, and sincerely believes that most disputes can best be resolved through the mediation process. Rick has a B.S from Yale University, an MBA from Stanford University, and forty years experience in business and government management

Katy has been in Public Safety Communications for over 25 years working through the ranks as a call taker/dispatcher to 9-1-1 Operations Division manager for Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency (CRESA).  Currently serving as the Technical Services Division Manager, Katy is an Emergency Number Professional (ENP) and has a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Information Technology Business Management.  She serves on multiple state and national committees focused on 9-1-1 planning, interoperability and technical advancement.  Katy is the Chair of the state Next Generation 9-1-1 Sub- committee and was recently re-elected to the position of Secretary for the Washington State Chapter of APCO / NENA.  Katy graduated from Leadership Clark County in 2014, was selected as the class representative on the LCC Board and stayed on the board through 2018.   In addition to her professional roles Katy is a wife and mother of two 20-somethings, treat giver to 2 dogs, enjoys hiking, paper crafting and Sudoku.

Cindra has a M.S. from George Mason University in Conflict Analysis and Resolution. She is currently working at Bonneville Power Administration. She also enjoys volunteering as a mediator and facilitator in her spare time, for CMS since 2016 as well as Shared Neutrals through her Federal Agency and mediating workplace conflict through EEO. She recently was Certified as a Mediator for the Washington Mediation Association. She hopes to become more involved in the Grant Writing process for non-profits and learn about how to engage more fully in the community.

She is also an artist who has shown her art in various Gallery shows throughout the area, including the Vancouver Library. She has three kids who are now in college.