Raymond Shonholtz, J.D.
Founder, Partners for Democratic Change
Mr. Shonholtz founded Partners for Democratic Change in 1989, establishing the
first of Partners national Centers for Change and Conflict Management. In Fall
2008, Mr. Shonholtz served as a Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson
Center for International Scholars in Washington, D.C.,
working on foreign assistance recommendations for the incoming Obama
administration.
In 1976, Mr. Shonholtz established and served as President of the Community Boards Program, one of the first community and school mediation initiatives that brought conflict resolution skills and processes into neighborhoods and schools throughout the U.S. and internationally. Mr. Shonholtz is educated as a lawyer and has an extensive background in legal practice, education, and policy. He serves on several boards of directors and editorial boards, and has written and lectured extensively on the subject of mediating systems, conflict resolution models, and the positive function of conflict in democratic society.
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