Founded in 1983, The Dispute Resolution Center is one of 20 non-profit Community Dispute Resolution Program Centers operating under the supervision of the State Court Administrative Office (SCAO). The DRC provides low cost facilitation and mediation services to the public and serves Washtenaw and Livingston Counties through its offices in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Referrals to The DRC come from the courts, governmental units, social service agencies, The Michigan Department of Civil Rights and the public.

Board of Directors

Joan Binkow, President   Joseph Basta, Vice-President
Mark Haddox, Treasurer  Christopher Ballard
Michael Fried                  Claudia Young
Betty Widgeon                Huda Karaman Rosen

Advisory Board

Charles Borgsdorf           Del Dunbar
Hon. Karl Fink                Joe Fitzsimmons
Hon. Nancy Francis         Bob Galardi
Jerry Lax                       David Lutton   
Chuck Newman              Lana Pollack
Hon. J. Cedric Simpson    Carl Sly
Zena D. Zumeta

STAFF

Belinda Dulin, Executive Director
Margaret Rohr, Mediation Services Coordinator
Sally Brush, Mediation Services Coordinator
Crystal Collin, Small Claims Assistant
Carmelita Mullins, Mediation Services Coordinator
Jainelle Robinson, Administrative Assistant

The Dispute Resolution Center has over 130 trained volunteer mediators who conducted over 500 mediations in 2007 and donated 1100 hours.  They represent a great many professional and community backgrounds including attorneys, educators, social service and health professionals, community leaders and more.  For every conflict, our staff carefully chooses a mediation team of one or two mediators whose education and experience most closely match the issues and the people involved in the conflict.