ABOUT THE STAFF

Kristine Paranica, J.D., Director of the UND Conflict Resolution Center , provides mediation, facilitation and training for CRC clients. She also serves as Adjunct Professor of Law in Alternative Dispute Resolution at UND. She is an Associate Member of the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation, an Advanced Practitioner Member of the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR), and also serves on the ND Joint Committee on ADR. Kristine previously served as a District Court Staff Attorney where she helped to establish and oversee the district's mediation program and served as a Judicial Referee, and has worked as an Assistant State 's Attorney for Burleigh County .

She has published works at Mediate.com and the North Dakota Law Review and has presented nationally at the International Conference of the Association for Conflict Resolution in Toronto in 2001, the Family Section Conference of the Association for Conflict Resolution in Savannah, Georgia in 2002, the National Conference for ACR in Orlando, Florida in 2003, and the International Conferences on Transformative Mediation in Philadelphia, St. Paul, and Santa Barbara.

She has developed online courses in Leadership and Conflict Resolution through the UND Medical School, and Conflict Resolution: Basics of Conflict Management through UND's Continuing Education program.

Linda Hendrikson is a Conflict Management Consultant at the UND Conflict Resolution Center . Linda received her initial training from the Center and has had additional training from Joe Folger, Dorothy DellaNoce, and Christopher Moore.

Linda coordinates the efforts of a diverse group of professionals to provide a wide range of conflict management and educational services to the University and the region.

She is a Blue Ribbon Mediator for the US Postal Service and also serves as a mediator, group facilitator, trainer, consultant, and as a mentor to new mediators.

She has a M.A. in Counseling and a B.S. in Psychology from the University of North Dakota. She has presented nationally at the Family Section Conference of the Association for Conflict Resolution.

Linda also co-authored two chapters in "Designing Mediation", published by the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation.

Sarah Bernhardt is a Conflict Management Consultant at the UND Conflict Resolution Center. Her roles at the Center include mediation, facilitation, training, education and marketing. She received her initial family mediation and civil/employment mediation training from the Conflict Resolution Center and has had additional training in Teambuilding, Conflict Management, Relational Facilitation, and Circle Processes. She has presented at Conflict Resolution Minnesota and was selected to present at the National Convention of the Association for Conflict Resolution in October 2009. Sarah is a rostered Family Mediator with the ND Supreme Court Family Mediation Pilot Project. She received her BA in Psychology, BS in Social Work, and MA in Counseling from the University of North Dakota. She is a licensed professional counselor and has 5 years of counseling and administrative experience in an inpatient psychiatric hospital setting. Sarah was an intern at the UND Conflict Resolution Center as well as served on the Board of Governors for the UND Conflict Resolution Center prior to joining the Center as a staff member.

Has an associate's degree in Cardiovascular Technology from Northwest Technical College. She has studied accounting and computer technology and has many years of experience in both. Gail has been employed at UND since 1995 working at the UND Aerospace Flight Operations Administrative Office and the Educational Opportunity Center/TRIO Programs.