28th Annual Federal Dispute Resolution (FDR) Conference

For nearly three decades, FDR has given thousands of federal practitioners the guidance and best practices needed to help reduce workplace conflict, avoid costly claims and better manage their staff.

In fact, FDR is known for delivering the best ROI for your agency’s training dollar.

That’s probably because FDR relies heavily on its own Advisory Board, composed of many seasoned agency practitioners – your colleagues. Each year, the Board works together to identify the current challenges being faced in the federal workplace guaranteeing that your training needs will be met.

And this year is no exception! 2013 offers attendees another solid educational program focusing on tricky areas including: whistleblower protection, mixed cases, indefinite suspensions, pre-decisional involvement, sexual orientation law, telework roadblocks, RIFs and furloughs, technology abuse and more.

2013 Program Tracks

ADR Alternative Dispute Resolution

ATY Attorney/Legal

EEO Equal Employment Opportunity

EXEC Executive Perspectives

HLE HR/LR/ER

MGT Management

Who should attend?

Human Resources & Personnel Professionals
EEO Counselors, Investigators & Specialists
Civil Rights Officers
ADR Practitioners & Mediators
Employee Relations Specialists
Labor Relations Specialists
Managers & Supervisors
Union Representatives
Attorneys & General Counsel

Speaker and Presenter Information

Benjamin Alexander Jr., Sr. Partner, Alexander Consulting and Training Debra Alexander, Sr. Partner, Alexander Consulting and Training Oliver Allen, EEO Officer, Department of Justice/Drug Enforcement Administration Virginia Andreu-Rosario, Attorney-Advisor, Office of Federal Operations, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Raymond Angelo, Associate Director, Office of Appeals Counsel, Merit Systems Protection Board Simon Bailey, Motivational Speaker/Author, Consultant Mitch Berkenkemper, Director, Labor and Employee Relations, Environmental Protection Agency Michael Bogdanow, Legal Liaison, Office of Regional Operations, Merit Systems Protection Board William L. Bransford, Partner, Shaw Bransford & Roth, P.C. Dexter Brooks, Director of Federal Sector Programs, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Roslyn D. Brown, Strategic Human Capital and Public Policy Consultant Mike Causey, Senior Correspondent, Federal News Radio Catherine Cheyssial, Command Deputy EEO Office, SPAWAR Systems Command, Department of Defense/Navy Dinah Cohen, Director, Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP), Department of Defense Ernest DuBester, Chairman, Federal Labor Relations Authority (invited) Robert P. Erbe, Deputy Chief, Labor & Employment Law Division, Immigration & Customs Enforcement Bruce Fong, Associate Special Counsel, Investigations and Prosecution Division, Office of Special Counsel Robert Dietrich, Federal HR Consultant, Robert E. Dietrich Consulting Greg Giaccio, Attorney, Office of Special Counsel Kelly Goode, EEO Officer, National Gallery of Art Bob Grant, President/CEO, The Grant Group Barbara Haga, ER/LR Consultant; President, Federal HR Services Inc. Veronica R. Hill, Director, Equal Opportunity Programs Office, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Delia Johnson, Director, Office of Civil Rights, International Broadcasting Bureau; Board of Governors, Voice of America Jo Linda Johnson, Director, Federal Training & Outreach Division, Office of Federal Operations, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Anthony Kaminski, Deputy CHCO, Farm Credit Administration Jessica Klement, Legislative Director, National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association Andrew Kornacki, Public Affairs Specialist, Army Corps of Engineers Thomas Lanphear, Regional Director, Chief Administrative Judge, Atlanta Region, Merit Systems Protection Board Dwight Lewis, Chief Administrative Judge, Dallas Office, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (invited) Carolyn Lerner, Special Counsel, Office of Special Counsel (invited) Ray Linder, President, Good Stewardship Dianne Lipsey, Trainer/Coach/Mediator, ADR Vantage, Inc. Tom Lowrey, Director Customer Relations, MicroPact Elaine Lumsden, CEO, Federal Benefits, LLC William Macauley, Supervisory Administrative Judge, New York District, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission David Maxfield, Co-founder, VitalSmarts Denise P. McKenney, EEO Director, Federal Mediation Conciliation Service Randi Mendelsohn, Chief, Employee Relations and Safety/OWCP Section, Human Resources, Department of Justice Deborah Miron, Director of Regional Operations, Chief Administrative Judge, Merit Systems Protection Board Spurgeon Moore, Director of EEO Complaints, Department of Defense/Army Steve Muir, Director, Labor and Employee Relations, Office of Human Resources, Department of the Treasury/Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Donald J. Names, Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, Department of the Navy Stephen Paskoff, Esq., President/CEO, ELI � Judith A. Phillips, EEO Manager, Army Corps of Engineers Tracey Pilkerton Cairnie, President, CoreVision LLC Andrew Pizzi, Conflict Resolution Practitioner Jamie L. Price, Director, Reports and Evaluation Division, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Maria Price Detherage, Deputy Chief Human Capital Officer, Department of Health and Human Services Don Rider, Senior Associate, GRA, Inc. Amy Risley, President, Resolution Services, LLC Debra L. Roth, Partner, Shaw Bransford & Roth, P.C. Mary Ryan, Workplace ADR Program Manager, Office of Civilian Human Resources, Department of Defense/Navy Joseph Schimansky, Executive Director, Federal Service Impasses Panel John Settle, President, SETTLEment Associates, LLC Steve Sharfstein, Chief of Labor Relations, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Derek Shields, Program Manager, Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP), Department of Defense Bruce Stewart, Deputy Director of Training, Compliance and Strategic Initiatives, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Office of Personnel Management Joseph Swerdzewski, Managing Partner, Joseph Swerdzewski & Associates Jason Thomas, HR Specialist, Employee Accountability, Partnership and Labor Relations, Office of Personnel Management Susan Tsui Grundmann, Chair, Merit Systems Protection Board (invited) Allison Uehling, Esq., EEO Special Projects Editor, LRP Publications/cyberFEDS� Veronica E. Villalobos, Director, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Office of Personnel Management Richard Vitaris, Administrative Judge, Atlanta Regional Office, Merit Systems Protection Board Sam Vitaro, Labor Arbitrator/Mediator/Fact-Finder/Consultant; former Administrative Judge Michael West, Trainer/Coach/Mediator, Michael West & Associates Maxanne R. Witkin, Director, Office of Employment Discrimination and Complaint Adjudication, Department of Veterans Affairs Michael Wolf, Senior Dispute Resolution Specialist, Federal Labor Relations Authority Sharon Wong, Deputy Director, Coordination and Policy, Office of Personnel Management

Relevant Government Agencies

Air Force, Army, Navy & Marine Corps, Intelligence Agencies, DOD & Military, Office of the President (includes OMB), Dept of Agriculture, Dept of Commerce, Dept of Education, Dept of Energy, Dept of Health & Human Services, Dept of Homeland Security, Dept of Housing & Urban Development, Dept of the Interior, Dept of Justice, Dept of Labor, Dept of State, Dept of Transportation, Dept of Treasury, Dept of Veterans Affairs, EPA, GSA, USPS, SSA, NASA, Other Federal Agencies, Legislative Agencies (GAO, GPO, LOC, etc.), Judicial Branch Agencies, Municipal Government, CIA, FEMA, Office of Personnel Management, Coast Guard, National Institutes of Health, FAA, Census Bureau, USAID, National Guard Association