VMN Committees
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Board of Directors
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President
Geetha Ravindra is an attorney, mediator and trainer in
804-525-4578
President-Elect
Danny Burk is the President of Resolution Point LLC (www.resolutionpoint.com) in Northern Virginia (Great Falls). He has an active family and commercial mediation practice in Northern Virginia (Fairfax, Loudoun, Arlington, Alexandria, Prince William). He is certified to receive court referrals from all Virginia family and civil courts (J&DR, General District, Circuit-Civil, Circuit-Family) and is a certified Mentor of new mediators. Danny is an attorney admitted to practice in Virginia and DC and is a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA). He has earned Commercial and Family Mediation Certificates from Northern Virginia Mediation Service. Prior to starting Resolution Point, Danny founded and operated a high technology business until the business was purchased. Danny is Chair of the Conference Planning Committee.
(703) 668-0344
Treasurer
Jim Allen holds certifications at both the General District Court Civil and Circuit Court Civil with mentor status. His primary practice is in court referred cases and private cases in a variety of business matters. He holds a Bachelor Degree in Economics. His work experience is as a banker and business owner. He has been a member of the Virginia Mediation Association since 2000.
(757) 636-7389
Secretary
Carol McCue is the Director of the Dispute Resolution Program at the Richmond Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court where she administers a comprehensive mediation program and mediates custody, visitation, child support, child dependency, and truancy cases. Before joining the court system Ms. McCue was a counselor at the Virginia Department of Employment Dispute Resolution and the Employee Relations Manager at the Virginia Department of Transportation. Ms. McCue has been a member of VMN for more than fifteen years and currently serves as the Secretary.
(804) 646-3451
Member
Gary W. Boettcher (Spotsylvania)
Gary Boettcher has a Masters degree in Dispute Resolution/Conflict Management and currently teaches for the Dispute Resolution Department of Sullivan University.
(540) 549-2217
Member
Susan Bartlett (Manassas)
Susan Bartlett was certified in the Family and General areas for the first time in 1995. Since that time she has added Circuit Court Family as a certification area and has also obtained mentor status. She has mediated approximately 500 cases, the majority being Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court cases. She has also completed Restorative Justice Facilitator training, and has facilitated Community Conferences for the Prince William County Restorative Justice Program. Besides her work as a private mediator, she is now the Assistant Coordinator of the Fairfax County Office of Alternative Dispute Resolution and Appeals- which provides workplace mediation to Fairfax County employees. Susan is chair of the Newsletter Committee.
(703) 772-0419
Member
Karen Asaro has been providing mediation services since 1980. She is an Advanced Practioner member of the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR), a member of the ABA's Section on Dispute Resolution and was on the founding board of the Virginia Mediation Network. Karen also served as the founding president of the Virginia Chapter of SPIDR (now ACR). In addition to her mediation practice, Karen has been an adjunct faculty member at Christopher Newport University where she has taught general and family mediation courses for the past ten years.
(757) 717-1969
Member
Paul Warren has served as a mediator and/or arbitrator in hundreds of cases since the early 1990s and has handled both private litigation and court appointed matters. He was certified as a mediator by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia in 1991, and is currently certified in both civil and family mediation at the General District Court and Circuit Court levels in Virginia. Since 1998, Mr. Warren has served as an adjunct faculty member at Old Dominion University, where he teaches argumentative and professional writing and currently serves as Director of ODU's Certificate Program in Conflict Management. In addition, Mr. Warren has authored The Commercial Mediator's Handbook along with numerous related articles on ADR. Paul is Chair of the Standards of Practice Committee.
(757) 274-0047
Member
Linda Cataldo (Virginia Beach)
Linda Cataldo is the manager of Mediation Services at Catholic Charities of Eastern Virginia, Inc. She has worked as a full time mediator since becoming a certified mediator in 2003. She has conducted hundreds of mediations. Currently, Linda is certified in Juvenile Domestic Relations, Child Dependency, Restorative Justice, General District and Circuit Court Family mediation. She holds a Bachelors degree from East Carolina University in Criminal Justice and a Paralegal Certificate from Old Dominion University. Linda is the current chair of VMN's Membership Committee.
Member
John Curry (Richmond)
Judge Curry served as a Juvenile Court Judge in the 25th Judicial District of Virginia from 1980 until 2003, when he retired. He holds a JD from the University of Memphis School of Law. Judge Curry has taught Family Law at Southern Virginia College for two years and Business Law at Blue Ridge Community College for three years. He is a member of the Virginia Mediation Network Board of Directors and is an Associate with Commonwealth Mediation Group, Inc. in Richmond. He is certified by the Supreme Court of Virginia in General District Court, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court, Circuit Court Civil, and Circuit Court Family Mediation, and is a Mentor. John is Chair of the Legislative Committee.
(540) 943-8788
Member
David Michael (Fairfax)
David provides consultation and training to organizations in the areas of conflict management, leadership, and non-profit management. David was Executive Director of the Northern Virginia Mediation Service from 2005-2008. He was formerly princal of Consensusworks, which provides training, consultation, and design of mediation and ADR programs in the US and abroad. He trained and mentored mediators, delivered conflict management skills trainings, and provided technical assistance in judicial reform, rule of law, and governance initiatives abroad. David also served as director of the Multi-Door Dispute Resolution Division of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia from 1997 to 2004. David formerly managed the Virginia Mediation Network and was a partner with the consulting group Conflict ReSolutions. David is Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee.
(703) 328-7024
Member
Bob Spencer is a certified mediator for Circuit Court Civil and General District Court matters. He is planning to undertake and complete training to become a family mediator. A
(757)741-2091