Bio
Breyette Lorntz is a Virginia Supreme Court certified mediator (GDC, JDR) completing mentor-level and Circuit Court certifications. She is the founder of Lanterns Mediation and lead architect of Mediation in the Digital Age (MIDA), a comprehensive microlearning ecosystem at James Madison University that integrates digital badges, a foundations certificate, and advanced credential pathways.
Her work emphasizes bridging ideological divides and preparing mediators to engage across political, cultural, and generational lines. Her practice spans family, workplace, education, healthcare, and faith-based contexts, alongside conflict coaching, restorative justice, and mediator training. With a PhD in Social Foundations of Education (UVA) and over two decades of teaching and curriculum design experience, she integrates resilience-informed practice and AI-enhanced instructional design to advance mediation as both a civic tool and professional discipline.
