Elizabeth Fierman

Elizabeth (Betsy) Fierman is a mediator, facilitator, trainer, and researcher with 15 years of experience in the field of conflict management and collaborative problem solving. She has helped a range of organizations to address socio-environmental conflicts and design and implement public participation and multi-stakeholder engagement processes. A key focus of her work is facilitating constructive engagement between communities, companies, and government agencies. Based in Chile, Betsy is director of CBI’s Chile office. She has also worked with a variety of Chilean institutions, and has taught courses on alternative dispute resolution at the Universidad de Chile, the Pontifica Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, and the Universidad Diego Portales. She is affiliated faculty at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, and a member of the Global Mediation Panel of the United Nations Office of the Ombudsman.