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PROFESSIONAL
PROFILE
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Carolyn
T. Bryson
Mediator and President
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SUMMARY
OF QUALIFICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
From
1993 to the present, Ms. Bryson has incorporated her diverse professional
experience into the field of alternative dispute resolution
as a mediator in a full-time private practice:
- President
of ACCORD Mediation and Arbitration Services of Rochester,
the Finger Lakes and the Adirondacks
- President
of ADDENDA Solutions , a small-business consulting firm and coaching service for professionals
- Former Director of Monroe County Mediation and Arbitration
Programs for the Center for Dispute Settlement of Rochester
and the Finger Lakes
- Former
employee for the New York State Attorney General’s Office
– Rochester
EDUCATION
- B.S. degree in Psychology and Human Development, Majoring in Conflict Resolution and Alternative Dispute Resolution Studies Cornell
School of Industrial and Labor Relations and SUNY Empire State
College.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- Hold several certifications as a mediator in New York State Office of Court Administration:
Community Mediation
Child Custody and Visitation
Divorce Mediation
PINS Mediation
Child Permanency
Train the Trainer
PROFESSIONAL and COMMUNITY SERVICE
- Volunteer Mediator and Arbitrator for the Center for Dispute Settlement of Rochester and Finger Lakes (CDS)
- Volunteer Arbitrator for the Matrimonial Fee Arbitration Commission NYS 7th Judicial District
Since
her career change in 1993, Ms. Bryson has mediated over 800 disputes
involving family relationship issues, reconciliation, marital separation and/or divorce, custody and visitation, child support, property and debt division, senior care and guardianship matters, contract disputes, small claims issues, workplace
disputes, interpersonal issues, home improvement
and real estate construction matters, as well as small business and family business issues.
PROFESSIONAL CAREER PRIOR TO 1993
From
1979 through 1993, Ms. Bryson held several managerial mid-level
positions in banking and finance, specializing in consumer and
commercial lending:
- Central Trust Bank
- Regional
Sales Manager with Household Finance Corporation
- Vice
President of RGP Funding, Inc.
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Senior Residential and Commercial Loan Officer for Marine
Midland Bank
In closing, she
brings to her mediation practice over 15 years experience in banking and finance regulations,
residential and commercial real estate transactions and financing
arrangements, new home construction financing, real estate appraisals,
home improvement transactions, farm loan transactions, agricultural
and land use disputes, consumer revolving charge transactions,
business contracts, broker agreements, financial planning transactions,
collections, accounting, insurance, automobile financing, personal
loan financing.
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