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Andrew M. Sachs Sachs initiated the Public Disputes Program at DSC in 1987 with a grant from the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation. He has served as a mediator, group facilitator, and conflict resolution trainer since 1980. He earned a Masters in City Planning from the M.I.T. (1886) and a B.A. in Environmental Studies from the State University of New York at Binghamton (1979)• He is a member of the National Association for Community Mediation (since 1994) the Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution/Association for Conflict Resolution (since 1993) and the National Roster of Environmental Dispute Resolution and Consensus Building Professionals (since 2000). He was a Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1994 - 2001, a position through which he co-developed and co- taught an upper-level undergraduate course, "Non-Violent Conflict Resolution" with Professor John H. Schopler. His publications in the field include: Contributions to the chapters on History and on Procedure in .Alternative Dispute Resolution in North Carolina: A New Civil Procedure, Jacqueline R. Clare, editor. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Bar Foundation and the North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission (2003) "Understanding Public Disputes Resolution in Community Mediation," Mediation Quarterly, v.17, no. 4, Summer 2000. "Resolving Disputes the Kinder, Gentler Way: The North Carolina Way." Planning, American Planning Association (Chicago, IL), Volume 61, Number 5, May 1995• "Local Dispute Settlement Centers: Helping Planners to Build Consensus." Carolina Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Volume 16, Number 1. Spring i99o. "The Patuxent River Clean-up Agreement" with Peter Schneider. The Environmental Forum, 2:1, May 1983• "Policy Dialogue for Environmental Dispute Resolution" with Sam Gusman. Program on Negotiation Working Paper Series, 87-1. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Law School (1987).