Adam McGough is the Director of Conflict Management at El Centro College in Dallas, Texas where he teaches courses in Dispute Resolution, designs curriculum, facilitates training, and supervises developing mediators.  He also serves as the Deputy Chief of Community Prosecution for the Dallas City Attorney’s Office where he supervises a team of attorneys to improve the quality of life in some of the highest crime areas in the City of Dallas through creative problem solving, voluntary compliance, and litigation.  He has taught across the country as an Adjunct Professor at The Center for Dispute Resolution & Conflict Management at Southern Methodist University and at the University of San Francisco School of Law.    Adam earned a Masters of Law (LL.M.) in Dispute Resolution at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine School of Law, a Juris Doctor ( J.D.) from the Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University, and a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in economics from the University of Texas at Austin.  Adam studied communications, dispute resolution, and comparative law internationally at University College in Oxford, England, and at the Universidad de Alicante, in Alicante, Spain.  Adam has completed extensive postgraduate studies in dispute resolution at Pepperdine, the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, the University of Texas Center for Public Policy Dispute Resolution and SMU’s Center for Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management.
Adam has 8 years of litigation experience both in private practice and with the city, and he has mediated over 400 cases.    He is an active member of the State Bar of Texas and a member of the Pro Bono College of the State Bar of Texas. He is a trained chaplain for Lifeline Chaplaincy, providing compassionate support to the seriously ill, their family and caregivers; and is founding director and community activities director for Imagine Dallas Inc., a local nonprofit organization.

Adam serves on the Board of Directors for Dispute Mediation Services, Inc and for the Texas Association of Mediators.  He is a member of the ADR section of the Dallas Bar Association, Texas Bar Association, and  the American Bar Association; a member of the Texas Young Lawyers Association and Dallas Association of Young Lawyers; credentialed Distinguished Mediator with the Texas Mediator Credentialing Association; a member of the Texas Mediation Trainers Roundtable; and a member of the Association of Conflict Resolution.

Adam is blessed with two young boys and a loving wife.  He is active member at Prestoncrest Church of Christ in Dallas and is dedicated to serving others.  

CONTACT ADAM:

214-860-2993
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Eddie Burns is a consultant and manager at Bank of America.  He currently leads various projects and initiatives within the bank. He uses Six Sigma Methodologies to improve and create processes. Eddie also serves as an Arbitrator for the Better Business Bureau. 

Eddie was in the real estate industry for over six years.  He was a real estate broker and managing member of Monument Land & Investments, LLC based out of Frisco, TX.  He has helped facilitate many real estate transactions and improve the negotiating ability of his clients.  He has served as a consultant and entrepreneur within the ADR arena including serving as an advisory board member for the design of an HOA’s dispute resolution process.
 

EDUCATION:

M.A. Alternative Dispute Resolution
Southern Methodist University

B.A. Economics
Texas A&M University

Cris Gilbert earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Management degree at the LeTourneau University and a Master of Dispute Resolution degree at Pepperdine University School of Law. She also attended University of Texas at Dallas where she studied Government with a Concentration in Law and Society. Cris served as an administrator for local and county governments for 20 years, and as an educator teaching courses in conflict and dispute resolution programs at various colleges and universities.  She has presented on the field of dispute resolution across the country at law schools and for judicial conferences. She is also the former CEO of the nonprofit Dispute Mediation Service, Inc. in Dallas, Texas.
 
With Cris’ dedication to training and teaching, she entered the mediation and nonprofit services industry to not only help clients reach their unique conflict resolution and settlement goals, but empower and educate them along the way. As an educator, she hopes that her clients and prospects will see the nurturing nature of her approach to mediation conflict resolution and team building.  Because of her dedication to her clients, she was recently opened her own mediation, consulting and training practice.
 
Cris’ family, which includes her husband, William, two adult sons, and grandson is her first priority. She also enjoys reading and learning as much as she can to assist her clients.  Cris is also a member of WOVI Women of Visionary Influence, which provides support and mentorship to women in the community, WEBB Women Engaged in Building Business and an affiliate member of the National Speaker’s Association of North Texas.
 

CONTACT CRIS:

(214) 802-3339
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With over 15 years of human resource experience and 10 years of facilitation and training experience, Patricia Reyes engages students with her presentation skills and deep understanding of conflict management.  An experienced facilitator of peace, Mrs. Reyes has resolved many different types of disputes ranging from multi-cultural and generational differences in the work place to family custody disputes.  She is an experienced negotiator with emphasis on business contracts negotiation.

In addition to being a member of the adjunct faculty here at The School of Conflict Management, Mrs. Reyes also serves as an adjunct for Lombard Mennonite Peace Center.  Patricia conducts and facilitates workshops on Conflict Resolution Skills for small and large groups as well as provides multi-party mediation and facilitation services for both adults and children.
 
Mrs. Reyes received her Bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Dallas.  She graduated from SMU in May, 2010, with a Master’s Degree in Dispute Resolution.  She holds graduate certificates from SMU in Dispute Resolution, Mediation, and Domestic Relations, and currently serves as Vice President for the Conflict Resolution Network in Dallas and Plano (a non-profit trade association of mediators and arbitrators).

Renor started her professional career with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in 1998.  During her 23 year tenure at the IRS, she held positions as an Internal Revenue Agent, Program Coordinator, Tax Exempt Group Manager, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Branch Manager. She currently serves as an EEO Technical Advisor.

Throughout her career, Renor has been committed to the principles of Conflict Resolution and Equal Employment and Diversity.  She has worked extensively with individuals with disabilities and has partnered with the business community to educate employees on the importance of conflict resolution and the significant role of diversity   in the workplace.  Renor has actively served in her community as a volunteer for the National Association of Black Accountants (NABA), the National Association of the Mental Impaired (NAMI), the United Way Grant Program, Dispute Mediation Services, Galaxy Counseling and the Center for Non-Profit Management.

She holds a Bachelor Degree in Professional Accountancy from Mississippi State University in Starkville, MS and a Master Degree in Professional Counseling from Amberton University in Garland, TX.   She is also a 2008 Graduate of the Dallas Blueprints for Leadership program sponsored by the Center for Non-profit Management.

Renor is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and is trained in mediation.  She currently serves an adjunct professor in the Conflict Management program at El Centro College and she also certified in Managing Workplace Conflict.