Mediator Spotlight


            Staff

            Tamara Ambar Losel
            Executive Director

            Tamara is the Executive Director of NCRC, since March of 2008. Tamara holds two Master's degrees in international conflict resolution (Coexistence and Conflict) and Jewish history from Brandeis University, and an undergraduate degree in English from Earlham College.  With more than a decade of experience in non-profit administration and development, Tamara oversees NCRC's training, operations and fundraising activities.  Tamara has been working in the mediation and conflict resolution field since 2004.  After graduate school, Tamara lived in Jerusalem and worked on the Coexistence Network, a project of the Abraham Fund supporting over 170 Israeli-Palestinian grassroots peace organizations working for Arab and Jewish equality and improved relations in Israel. Tamara also worked collaboratively with Israelis and Palestinians in the field of human rights.  Tamara is a Rule 31 listed civil mediator.  She received basic mediation training at Lipscomb University (Nashville), and advanced mediation training at Mediation Works, Inc. (Boston) and Community Mediation Maryland (Baltimore).  Tamara sits on various advisory boards and committees dealing with mediation, including the Coalition for Mediation Awareness in Tennessee and the Tennessee Supreme Court's Access to Justice Commission (Community and Pro Bono Mediation Committee).  Recently, Tamara helped organize the statewide project, Make It Real: The Tennessee Vision for Mediation - http://www.makeitrealtn.org/.


            Michele Flynn
            Program and Volunteer Director

            Michele came to NCRC in June 2009.  Prior to her employment as the Program and Volunteer Director, Michele operated her own business, FlynnConsult, providing a range of training and technical assistance to non-profit organizations including: project development and management; board and staff leadership skill enhancement; strategic planning; and organizational management. Preceding her consulting work, Michele was employed for 15 years with a statewide affordable housing and economic development organization, the TN Network for Community Economic Development. Among the programs she initiated were the Women and Self-Sufficiency Collaborative, Tennessee Micro Enterprise Initiative, Individual Development Account Project, and the Tennessee Home of Your Own for Individuals with a Disability. Michele has led workshops and consulted on projects for national public policy organizations, is a founding member of numerous non-profit organizations and has served as an Advisor to the Boards of many others, within and outside Tennessee. She has also written extensively for the field. Her formal educational background is in English, Mental Health, and Special Education.


            Edubina Arce
            Bilingual Mediation Coordinator

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            Volunteers

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