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Kate Cullen, MSW is a full time mediator
who received her basic and divorce mediation training from the University of Maryland Graduate School of Social Work in 2000.
She has been practicing for 24 years in the State of Maryland. Kate participated in the Maryland Council for Dispute
Resolution's (MCDR) assessment and certification process and became a MCDR Certified Mediator in Maryland in 2014. Kate
has been facilitating for neighborhood groups, communties, and non-profit organizations for over 40 years.
Kate received her BA from Salisbury University
in Social Work and her MSW from the University of Maryland Baltimore.
She has been involved in both community mediation (as former Executive Director
of three Community Mediation Centers) and in training through the National Center for Mediation Education, Inc. Kate is a
member in good standing of the Mediation Program for Mediator Excellence (MPME), the Maryland Council for Dispute Resolution
(MCDR), and the Academy of Professional Family Mediators (APFM).
In addition, Kate is a court approved family mediator for
Anne Arundel, Frederick, Queen Anne’s and Talbot counties plus Baltimore City and a CINA/TPR court appointed
mediator for Frederick County. She also received training in Workplace Mediation from The Mediation Training Institute International
and mediates workplace conflicts. In addition, Kate volunteered to co-mediate cases for the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights
for over 10 years.
Kate is, also, an associate professor at Mount Saint Mary's University. She has been teaching courses she
designed, Mediation:Theory and Practice and An Introduction to Conflict Resolution Methods, since 2006. Previsoly she taught
at Frederick Community College and at The University of Baltimore. Kate is also a non-profit consultant who assists with
organization management, program and policy development.
Affiliate Websites
The
Maryland Council for Dispute Resolution (MCDR)
www.mcdr.org
