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SHARE. SUPPORT. SUSTAIN.
Community Boards’ Annual Report
July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2015
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From Our Executive Director
Our Mission and Values | Our Work in Action
Our Core Programs & Services
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From Our Executive Director
Our Mission and Values | Our Work in Action
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From Our Executive Director & Board President
Our Guiding Principles
Our Core Programs
Our 2014-15 Service Record
Facts About the San Franciscans We Assisted
A Sampling of Outcomes for Our Services
Volunteer Voices
Trainings & Scholarships
What Our Clients Have Told Us
Our Family of Peacemakers, Page 1
Our Family of Peacemakers, Page 2
FY2014-15 Condensed Financial Information
Introducing Our New Legacy Society
Who We Are | Special Acknowledgements
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Thank You to Our Donors & Our CB Members
San Francisco Peacemaker Awards
Dear Friends,
Community Boards turns 40 in 2016. Its impressive history is full of milestone achievements and accomplishments. Looking at our successes in 2015, we take pride in our collaborative efforts to maintain the core of CB’s work while developing new approaches to meet a changing San Francisco. We’re glad to share the highlights with you in this report we’ve entitled Share. Sustain. Support.
Throughout this past fiscal year, our commitment to peaceful solutions have been reaffirmed through many inspiring mediations and group facilitations. The rapid demographic changes in SF are felt profoundly in neighborhoods throughout the city and within families. Community Boards is stepping up to lend its expertise in fostering communication and collaborative problem solving.
For instance, in 2015 we’ve been working in partnership with the SF Planning Department to facilitate community forums in the Mission so that residents concerned about eviction and gentrification can offer recommendations to Supervisor Campos and city planners.
One thing that hasn’t changed is Community Boards’ commitment to our mission. To support that commitment, we’re fortunate to have a community of generous donors and loyal funders. We sincerely value and appreciate their confidence in our work and their continued financial support.
Our ongoing goal has been to keep our overhead low while diversifying our revenue streams. Fortunately, 2015 was a banner year for our annual fundraiser, the San Francisco Peacemaker Awards, raising over $34k to support our programming, scholarships and services. For a fuller detailed description of our program activities and condensed financials, please read on.
Combined with the talents and expertise of our community volunteers and trainers and strong stakeholder relationships, we believe that Community Boards is positioned to respond to the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.
Thank you for wholeheartedly being a part of the mediation movement. We value and appreciate our incredible community of volunteer mediators and coaches, as well as our talented trainers and facilitators. With your support, Community Boards is – and will continue to be – a beacon of hope to those in dire need of resolution and an example for other community mediation centers nationally. We cannot do what we do without all of you.
Respectfully yours,
Darlene Weide, MPH, MSW R. Kamela Laird, Esq.
Executive Director President, Board of Directors
From Our Executive Director & Board President
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Our Mission and Values Our Mission The purpose of Community Boards is to empower communities and individuals with the strength, skills, and resources needed to express and resolve conflicts peacefully and appropriately for their culture and environment.
To accomplish our mission, we provide and promote peaceful, collaborative conflict resolution. We serve diverse communities and offer mediation, conflict coaching, training, and referrals. We build more peaceful, respectful, healthy, and just communities – one relationship at a time.
We envision Community Boards in the forefront of the conflict resolution field, working with individuals, communities, schools and groups across the country and around the world.
Our Values We are guided by the following values and commitments:
To provide accessible, fair and inclusive problem solving and conflict resolution services
To respect the many forms of communication and problem solving utilized by and appropriate to diverse people and communities
To maintain an organizational orientation to self-assessment, ongoing learning and internal practices consistent with our purposes and values
To enhance people’s capacities as involved, aware and effective residents of their communities
Highlights of Our Public Service
Since 1976 Communi ty Boards has…
Trained 17,000 volunteer peacemakers and assisted 50,000+ San Franciscans in resolving their disputes.
Developed a unique panel mediation model of three mediators working collaboratively to create a safe and confidential conflict resolution process for all San Franciscans.
Created a rewarding — both personally and professionally — avenue for concerned citizens to volunteer their time, energy, and skills in helping others.
Introduced in 1982 its Conflict Manager Program, a peer mediation model, that is now one of the oldest programs in the United States and is found in 3,000+ schools nationwide.
Built partnerships and collaborations with a broad array of social service organizations, public agencies, and community nonprofits including the SF Police Department, the SF Unified School District, the SF Superior Court, SF Rent Board, SF Planning Department, housing/tenant rights groups, assisted living residences, and arts and cultural organizations among many others.
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Our Core Programs & Services
Case Openings & Referrals
Neighborhood Mediation
Conflict Coaching
Public Education: Taking Mediation to the People
Volunteer Services & Development
Specialized ADR Services
Trainings & Scholarships
District Attorney’s Neighborhood Courts
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Our Conflict Coaching Program provides confidential one-on-one in
person or phone sessions that assist individuals in addressing and
solving a specific problem.
Our Neighborhood Mediation Program offers full case development and
mediation in Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin, and English. Mediations
are provided year-round, Mondays-Saturdays, 10 am-9:00 pm.
As a community based organization, we focus on face-to-face grassroots
outreach: tabling at public events, presentations to groups, and
partnerships with other nonprofits and social service agencies.
All people requesting assistance receive empathic support for their
individual situations. When mediation isn’t the best option, we make
referrals to other resources and partner organizations.
All volunteer mediators, conflict coaches, and facilitators receive
preparatory and advanced trainings, regular evaluations, and ongoing
support through individual sessions and quarterly group meetings.
Our specialized mediation and facilitation services assist independent
contractors, small businesses, tech startups, property managers,
homeowners, and nonprofit organizations. All are affordably priced.
We offer a wide range of trainings for new and experienced profession-
als, and for businesses and nonprofits seeking staff and organizational
development. We award many scholarships to keep them accessible.
Since 2012, we have provided the District Attorney’s Neighborhood
Courts program with year-round trainings, observations, evaluations,
reports, and support for its volunteer adjudicators.
Community Boards is the longest running public conflict resolution center in the United States. We help San
Franciscans resolve a wide range of disputes through multiple services. Our Neighborhood Services are low
cost with no one turned away for lack of funds. Our Specialized ADR Services provide high quality, low cost
options for businesses, organizations, and public agencies. We offer a comprehensive array of alternative
dispute resolution trainings for individuals, groups, and public/nonprofit agencies. We offer scholarships to
keep our trainings accessible to as many as possible.
We also create vibrant opportunities in civic engagement for volunteers, who receive extensive training,
regular evaluations and feedback, and ongoing support.
Community Boards’ mission and work is provided at the eight key service points described below.
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Our 2014-15 Service Record
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Community Boards
Trainings: 336
District Attorney’s Neighborhood Courts
Trainings & Observations: 305
Volunteer
Services &
Development: 327
Scholarships: 52
Specialized ADR
Services: 232
270 opened cases
437 were invited to mediate
224 attended 85 mediations
214 received referrals
26 received conflict coaching
553 attended presentations
Neighborhood Services: 1724
35 opened cases
66 were invited to mediate
39 attended 10 mediations
92 attended 6 facilitations
Total Number of
Delivered Service Units
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2014-15 Service Unit Totals Recap
Community Boards delivered 3509 service units:
1,956 through Neighborhood & Specialized ADR
mediations, case openings & referrals, conflict
coaching sessions, and facilitations.
641 through training, coaching, observations,
evaluations & feedback.
52 through training scholarships.
327 volunteer mediators, conflict coaches &
facilitators through support, evaluation, feedback &
additional training opportunities.
533 through face-to-face public education
presentations and meetings.
An additional 900+ San Franciscans were reached via
tabling & literature distribution at public events.
Volunteer Mediator Hours Our volunteer Community Mediators donated 837 hours
of their conflict resolution expertise.
837 Hours THANK YOU, ALL!
Where They Live/Work
How They Learned About Us
Relationships: 32%
Property: 23%
Eviction: 6%
Other: 2% Construction: 5%
Harassment: 5%
Finances: 10%
Word of Mouth: 26%
Nonprofit Organizations: 5%
Legal Services: 7%
SF Police Department: 18%
Internet: 12%
Visitacion Valley/ Sunnydale: 9%
Hayes Valley, NOMA & Tenderloin: 19%
Polk/Russian Hill/Nob Hill: 7%
SOMA: 7%
SF City & County
Agencies: 15%
Bayview/Hunters Point: 6% Other: 5%
Haight Ashbury: 7%
Public Education & Outreach: 17%
Quality of Life: 17%
Castro/Noe Valley: 9%
Ingleside-Excelsior/ Crocker Amazon: 12%
Inner Mission/ Bernal Heights: 19%
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Neighborhood Mediation
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Partial Agreement
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“No one in the new family upstairs spoke very good English and we don’t speak Spanish. We tried
to talk to them about the noises coming through our ceiling, but they didn’t understand. Having a
Spanish-speaking mediator made all the difference. Our mediation changed everything. They
bought rugs and padding, and now we have our quiet home back!” – Two Families, North Beach
Our mediation changed everything. ” “
...distilled my issue into one I could better understand.
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Neighborhood Mediation ” What Our Clients Have Told Us “
People treat us as referees and judges... “
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“We’re always getting calls where people want us to settle a personal dispute. People treat us as
referees or judges. You name it. Fortunately I’ve been able to make numerous referrals to
Community Boards. I give folks your little card for their problems where no law has been bro-
ken, but when we’ve been dispatched.” – Police Officer, Tenderloin
“My wife and I had been estranged from our daughter for over 10 years. When she moved back to
the city, she sent out feelers through mutual friends. Something we kept hoping for a long time.
One friend recommend you...Well, not to sound too melodramatic, we have our family back. It took
three mediations and lots of tissues...You have our gratitude.” – Family, Outer Richmond
We have our family back. ” “
...a gentle, practical, conversational exploration... “
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“My coaching session was a gentle, practical, conversational exploration of what was important on
all sides of my issue. My coach was able to get me to envision a different scenario that would not
trigger me.”
“I felt comfortable with my coach and she really distilled my issue into one I could better understand.
My session was a nice balance of care and curiosity combined with a focus on the practical.”
Facilitation
Conflict Coaching
10 of us went into the meeting and 1 team came out. “
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“Our small board faces multiple challenges for both the organization and among ourselves as
its formal directors. Our board consultant suggested facilitation as a proactive option and then
recommended you all. A sizeable minority had reservations (myself included), but we all agreed
to try. In short, 10 of us went into the meeting and 1 team came out.”
Community Boards is appreciative of these trainers for sharing their skills, experience, and intellectual property pro bono at our
Mediation Clinics. Scheduled monthly over a full calendar year, these intensive, eclectic workshops are now in their fifth season and
have become an excellent, sought out Bay Area resource for ADR professionals and those working in conflict resolution.
Mark Batson Baril: Organizational Work Teams, Post Mediation Tools for Uncovering Conflict Systems
Katharina W. Dress, MA: Using Nonviolent Communication in Mediation, An Empathy-Centered Model
Emily Epstein: Gender Issues in Mediation and Negotiation
Jared Finkelstein: NVC Mediation in Action
Paula M. Lawhon: How Attorneys Can Help, Not Hurt, the Mediation Process
John O’Grady: Ethics in Mediating Financial Elder Abuse
Antonio Piazza: The Physics of Fighting
Scott Rutz, MA: The Art of the Question
Charles Spiegel, Esq.: Mediating Divorce Choice, Current Topics in California Divorce Mediation
Helene Taylor, Esq.: Mediating Child Custody and Support Issues
Julia F. Weber, JD, MSW: Domestic Violence and Mediation, What it is, Why it Matters, and What to Do About It
Siobhan Cassidy & Donald Proby
TRAININGS Community Boards offers a range of introductory, advanced, and customized conflict resolution trainings
for students, new and experienced professionals, those pursuing continuing education requirements, as well as for groups,
nonprofits, public agencies, small businesses seeking team, staff, and organizational development.
SCHOLARSHIPS Our scholarship program allows us to expand the diversity of our citywide pool of volunteer
peacemakers. We also strive to keep professional adr skill-set building as accessible as possible to all. We work to make these
trainings accessible to low income residents, people of color, seniors, LGBTQ members of the community, and students.
Conflict Coaching
The Basics of Mediation is our flagship
training, now approaching its 40th year.
It’s an comprehensive introduction
to the fundamentals of effective
mediation.
A dynamic training team, Siobhan and Donald have led this
40-hour training since 2011. They continue to receive
laudatory evaluations and feedback.
The Basics of Mediation Cordell Wesselink, MA & Betsy Zeger
Cordell and Betsy developed our Conflict
Coaching program in 2012. They
continue to refine it, adapting the model
to complement our neighborhood
programs, services, and special needs.
As a team, they provide both introductory and intermediate
trainings throughout the year and have created a highly skilled
and enthusiastic cadre of conflict coaches.
Community Boards remains ever grateful for the generous, ongoing support of
JAMS as the founding host of our Mediation Clinics.
We Thank Our Ju ly 2014 - June 2015 Mediat ion Cl in ic Leaders
Susan Stone & Cordell Wesselink, MA
District Attorney’s Neighborhood Courts
Trainings and Scholarships
Cordell and Susan provide the District Attorney’s Neighborhood Courts program with multiple trainings,
observations, evaluations, and feedback for the courts’ panelists.
Cordell leads the core introductory training and organizes ongoing workshops for the panelists. Susan leads the
restorative justice trainings and regularly attends court sessions to maintain their integrity and high quality.
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“ ” Volunteer Voices
Volunteers of the Quarter Many remarkable people volunteer at Community Boards on different projects and
programs. In appreciation of their great work, we created “Volunteer of the Quarter” to honor and acknowledge their energy, skills, and commitment to civic engagement.
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“I had a tenant who didn’t pay her
rent. She brought me to Community
Boards to negotiate payment. I mediated with her and it was very
successful. Afterwards, I realized mediation was such a wonderful
process, where you can discuss all you want in a very safe environ-
ment…I joined Community Boards because I wanted to give back to
my community and this was a good place to start. ” – Community Mediator since 2000 and
former Board Member
Sing Chin, Summer 2014
...because I wanted to give back to my community.
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“Working with Community Boards
has been incredibly rewarding. I love
watching people palpably move from frustration and anger to under-
standing and relief during the mediation process. When people leave
Community Boards happier and lighter because they have resolved
their conflicts, I really know we are helping restore peace in the
community.” – Community Mediator since 2010
Tor i Freeman, Fal l 2014
Working with Community Boards has been incredibly rewarding.
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“Conflict gets a really bad reputation
in this world. For me, I believe con-
flict is actually this very ripe possibility for intimacy…I think the most
rewarding aspect of being a Community Mediator is seeing people
walk into their mediation session being really stressed and then walk-
ing out feeling relief. This is really the most satisfying experience of
volunteering with Community Boards.” – Community Mediator since 2008
Dylan Mi les, Winter 2015
Conflict gets a really bad reputation in this world.
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Frank Gerald Adam | Mae Adkins | Claudia Alvarenga | Ariel Ambruster | Patricia Andrews Fearon
Kellyn Antolak | Marcela Anton | Christopher Arellano | Elizabeth Aron | Kira Asatryan | Lauren Asher
John Bancroft | Alyx Banyan | Kristen Bargmeyer | Miriam Barraza | Lisa Bass | Toni Battle | Alicia
Becerril | Paul Behrend | Lisa Bellard | Gabriel Bellman | Winnie Bergeron | Whitney Blumenfeld | Mille
Blumenkrantz | Chevigny Brady | Heather Brandt | Ricardo Bressanutti | Bob Brewer | Suzanne
Brinkley | Alicia Brite | Dan Brook | Rachel Brown | Bree Brown | Jeff Bruton | Colleen Buganski
Hope Burns | Bob Burnside | Lori Cabansag | Mary Cain | Sonja Caldwell Kos | Sandira Calviac | Alicia
Carillo | Brian Carr | Richard Carrazza | Donna Carter | Catherine | Ahtossa Fullerton | Alexander
Germanacos | Philip Gerrie | Nicole Geshe | Selome Getachew | Benjamin Gettleman | Edward
Gibbons | Elena Gil | Jane Ginsburg | Deb Glazer | Michelle Glenn | Nicole Gluckstern | Scott Goering
Antonia Goerss | Eileen Goldman | Ed Gormley | Janelle Grady | Yvette Green | Linda Greenberg
Cate Gregory Cary | Lucia Casaravilla | Siobhan Cassidy | Kwan Chan | Bowman Chan | Verna
Chapman | Keira Chen | Larissa Chernock | Kelly Cheung | Sing Chin | Anita Choi | Cherie Chooljian
Francesca Cicero | Hanna Clements-Hart | Heather Coffman | Helga Cohen | Jessica Cole | Scott Cole
Paula Connelly | Rita Connolly | Paul Conroy | Kevin Coogan | Alessia Cook | Jan Coplick | Alana
Coryell | Edwin David Critchlow | Rhett Currier | Lark Curtin | Stacey Dana | Elaine Danoff | Razili Datta
Patricia Daugharty | Martin Dean | Victor Diaz | Suzanne Dinubile | Kearstin Dischiniger | Jennifer
Divers | Guia Dixon | Jim Dowling | Tiffany Draven | Jay Duchene | Azania Dunn | Linda Dunn
Sylvienne Duryea | Cynthia Eaton | Alegra Edelman | Eileen Eib | Vera Eidelman | Jon Eldan | Wendi
Ellis | Eva Erickson | Viviana Esse | Kate Ettinger | Judith Evind | Sheryl Fari | Margery Farrar
Marc Feder | Mikhaila Fendor | Jenny Fogarty | Bonnie Fong | Steven Fonseca | Tori Freeman | Katia
Fuentes | Mikhael Fuller | Erica Grisey | Ana Guevara | Bill Hafferty | Karla Hampton | Kathie Hardy
Robin Hart | David Hassin | Gary Hennemuth | Steve Herman | Thea Hillman | Kevin Ho | Nancy
Hoffman | Jennifer Holzer | Jason Horst | Valerie Hoshino | Peter Huang | Iver Hystad | Carletta
Jackson-Lane | Shelley Jacobs | David Jaeger | Maighna Jain | Rebecca Jamison | Rahula Janowsk
Pin-Hsin (Vincent) Jen | Carol Jensen | Leslie Johnson | Earl Jones | Veronica Joseph | Robert Jung
Jeffery Kaloustian | Chris Gus Kanios | Gayaneh Karapetian | Margaret Keane | Josh Klipp | Brenda
Kong | Angel Korer | Tam Koster | Meredithe Kreis | Kayla Krupnick-Walsh | Urs Laeuchli | Kamela
Laird | Nicole Lamb-Longo | Allegra Lamorte | Dan Landy | Victor Lane | Jim Lane | Lily Laurence
Paula Lawhon | Jeanie Lee Kleinpeter | David Leibsohn | Anna Leinberger | Tracy Lemmon
Stephanie Leroux | Gregory Leventis | Mike Levinson | Richard Levitin | Nancy Lewellen | Robin
Lewis | Merilyn Lindsey | Karen Lipney | Michal Longfelder | Sharon Lopez | Ging Louie | Selina Low
Brian Lowry | Tom Lucas | Evan Lutz Wells | Tammy Maher | Sabi Mand | Isabelle Martillo | Angela
Martin | Eva Martin | Ginger Martin | Marc Martin | Katherine Martinez | Rafael Martinez | Chris Martz
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Many Kudos to Our Family of Peacemakers Communi ty Mediators, Conf l ic t Coaches & Faci l i ta tors
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“My first mediation seemed like the longest three hours of my life. There was so much anger when we started and it just kept coming. Then some-
thing “clicked” for the parties. When it ended, I felt like a miracle had happened when they actually smiled while shaking hands.”
“I became a mediator to learn how to help folks who had problems. One of the best results, though, is more personal. I use and model my
conflict resolution skills at home with my three kids and when I coach their soccer team…Put simply, I’m a better parent.”
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“I have six mediations under my belt now! With this perspective, I’ve noticed that even when I mediate with people I’ve just met, we
can work as a group. I’ve liked how our different mediation styles seem to meld together, turning us into one, really effective team.”
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Crystal Mason | Rayna Matthews | Kathryn Mazaika | Beth Mazie | Mark McBeth | Catherine
McCracken | Linda McKay | Patty McManus | Kira Mead | Lindley Mease | Robin Meisel | Ann
Melamed | Cailen Melville | Risa Meyer | Laurie Mikkelsen | Dylan Miles | Iraina Miles | David Miller
Kyra Millich | Angie Minkin | Justine Minnis | Ilia Mirkin | Siegfried Moeglich | Phyllis Moore-Lewis
Renata Moreira | Rashke Morow | Tania Mortensen | Lisa Murray | Aleda Muth | Susanna Nathan
Philip Neiman | Carolena Nericcio | Aaron Newman | Liva Neyroud | A.J. "Nick" Nichols
Dionysios Nikiforos | Christina Oi Ying Nip | Marilyn Nita | Erin Noel | Melody Noll | Terry Norbury
Jessica Notini | Trevor Nquyen | Miranda Nye Martin | David Oberhoffer | Margaret Okuzumi | Carmen
Olivares | Stephen O'Neal | Vicki Oppenheim | Phyllis Oscar | Jennifer Overbury | Alex Pagonis
Gerald Parmal | Piotr Pawlikowski | Jennifer Pei Huang | Blair Perilman | Victoria Peterson | Chan
Phan | Giorgio Piccagli | Eileen Pippins | Brenda Posada | Francesca Prada | Donald Proby | Alexis
Pusina | Joseph Ragazzo | Kim Randolph | Charlie Rebich | Charles Regal | Amanda Reinke | Corey
Riday-White Miguel Rivera | Richard Rodriquez | Autumn Roe | Carmen Roman-Murray | Diana
Romanovska | Robert Rosborough | Marcia Ruben | Stephen Ruben | Scott Rutz | Gail Sadalla
Donna Salazar | Mary Salome | Sidney (Cynthia) Santelices | Karen Sawislak | Abigail Sawyer | Chris
Sawyer Alex Scalisi | Kathryn Schear | Judith Scherr | Denise Schickel | Andy Schneider
Andrew Segal | Paloma Sessions | Allie Sevy | Tiko Shah | Cheryl Shattuck | Charles Shereda
Yasi Shirazi | Elizabeth Shwiff | Liza Siegler | Christina Simmons | Genrikh Sivorinovsky | Teri Sklar
Harold Sloane | Denise Smith-Hams | Alexandra Snyder | Jeremy Sorgen | Frank Spada | Charles
Spiegel | Diane Stanton | Mary Stares | Matthew Stephens | Emma Stern | Stephanie Stern | Aurora
Stevenson | Stokes | Susan Stone | Kyungah Suk | Erica Swann | Dana Taylor | Lloyd Taylor | Marc
Teicholtz | Chad Thigpen | Jshon Thomas | Megan Thompson | Matthew Tom | Patricia Toussaint
Julia Trisky Sally Trung Nguyen | Celine Truong | Felix Tsai | Kelly Tuffo | Matt Tuller | Sandro Tuzzo
Zehra Vahanvaty | Sandra Van der Schoor | William Van Way | Silvia Vargas | Debra Varner | Simone
Verbaken | Celia Wang | Lei Wang | Kim Watson | Scott Weaver | Darlene Weide | Kerry Weiner
Jonathan Weinstock | Christina Wiellette | Anna Williams | Lauren Williams | Jane Winslow | Phoebe
Woerner | Mary Wong Anna Wong | Donald Wong | Jeffrey Woo | Colette Wright | Yu-Yee Wu
Mayumi Yamashita Cynthia Yannacone | Becca Yee | Maria Young | Sergio Zegarra | Betsy Zeger
Mary Zimmerle | Pazit Zohar
“Training as a conflict coach was natural after becoming a mediator. Validation and restatement are my favorite mediation ‘tools.’ With conflict
coaching I’ve complemented these two practical skills with something so personally gratifying: the ‘art’ building of trust through empathy.”
“I helped facilitate a group meeting with almost 60 people. Though briefed beforehand about their tensions, I felt like a UN Peacekeeper
trying help several warring nations. In four hours, we had multiple caucuses, but in the end, they spontaneously applauded each other at closing.”
FY2014-2015 Condensed Financial Information
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Revenue $290,216
Expenses $288,335
Government Grants
55%
Training: 18%
Other: 2%
SF Peacemaker Awards Ceremony & Benefit: 11%
Donations: 6%
Specialized ADR Services: 3%
Membership: 3%
Corporate Grants: 2%
Fundraising
Program
70% 11%
19%
Management & General
Audit Statement: Community Boards has biennial audits. FY2013 was the most recent, conducted by Mandel & King, CPA’s.
Opinion: In our opinion, the financial statements referred to present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
position of Community Boards as of June 30, 2013, and the changes in its net assets and its cash flows for the year then
ended in accordance with account principals generally accepted in the United States of America. - January 15, 2014
5th Annual San Francisco Peacemaker Awards Sponsorship Circles
Advisory Council, Community Boards | Charles Spiegel, Esq.
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Bay Area Coalition for Community Mediation | Board of Directors,
Community Boards | The Stanley L. Langendorf Foundation | Lisa and John
Dedicated to the Vision and Legacy of Raymond Shonholtz, J.D., Founder, 1943-2012
San Francisco Peacemaker Awards Our Annual Awards Ceremony & Benefit Established in 2011
With the San Francisco Peacemaker Awards, we salute
and celebrate the significant contributions of others who
make San Francisco a city of healthier, more respectful
neighborhoods and communities.
Our awards recognize individuals and organizations with
proven track records while fostering the next generation
of “rising” young peacemakers.
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Visionary Circle
Frank Adam | Bob Bailey | Krista Bell | Joseph Bubman | Sandira Calviac | Linda Dunn | Emily Epstein | Lindsay Hower | Dan Landy | Tracy Lemmon | Farrah Moos | Sarah Nichols | John O’Grady | Nicole O’Hay | Margaret Okuzumi | Megan Oliver Thompson | Lorie Reichel-Howe | Bruce Robertson | Donna Salazar | Melanie Sengupta | Gerald Solk | Marion Standish | Darlene Weide | Betsy Zeger
Leadership Circle
Angelo Aloisio | Michael Tobriner | Debra Varner
Peacemakers Circle
Jerry Carroll | Trina Clayton | Elaine Danoff | Kathleen Duffy | John Eldan | Wendi Ellis | Sally Ann Epstein | Sarah Kennedy | Paula Lawhon | Karen Lipney | Michal Longfelder | Diane McCumber | Cynthia Mekrut | Jerry Mekrut | Adriana Moore | Rashke Morow | Roger Moss | Phillip Neiman | Aaron Newman | Susan Oliver | Vicki Oppenheim | Jerome Pandell | Robert Rosborough | Jay Seaman | Pat Shanahan | Teri Sklar | George Strang | Vicki Trent | Zehra Vahanvaty | Jennifer Wilhoit
Friendship Circle
Frank Gerald Adam | Jennifer Bae | Winifred Bergeron | Bree Brown | Bhagavan Buritz | Mary Cain Sonja Caldwell Kos | Sandira Calviac | Rahul Chhabria | Paula Connelly | Elaine Danoff | Martin Dean | Katharina Dress | Kathleen Duffy | Holly Eggleston Eileen Eib | Bridget Engel | Sheryl Faria | Margery Farrar | Lisa Frydenlund | Scott Goering | Antoinette Gonzalez | Sarah Gorin | Ed Gormley | Sadja Greenwood | Kathie Hardy |Miles Hurwitz | Rebecca Jamison | Shelley Kennedy | Kimberly Kim | Meredithe Kreis | Joseph La Cava | The Naked Lady | Nicole Lamb-Longo | Valeria Lannes | Paula Lawhon | Jeanie Lee Kleinpeter | Stephanie Leroux | Marilyn Lindsey | Brian Lowry | Thomas Lucas Sandra Mcbride | Linda McKay | Patty McManus | Lindley Mease | Risa Meyer | Laurie Mikkelsen Dylan Miles | Renata Moreira | Amy Morikami | Rashke Morow | Roger Moss | Aaron Newman | Melody Noll | Vicki Oppenheim | Phyllis Oscar | Jennifer Overbury | Jerome C Pandell | Alexis Pusina | Lorie Reichel-Howe | Karen Sawislak | Pat Shanahan | Susan Shors | Elizabeth Shwiff | Christina Simmons | Roberta Spieckerman | Dana Taylor | Lloyd Taylor | Patricia Toussaint | Kim Watson | Jonathan Weinstock | Pazit Zohar
We Thank Our Generous Donors Carol Absalom | Pedro Acanzo | A Jordan Akerley | Bob Bailey | Jamileth Balladares | Krista Bell | Bean
Billingsley | David Brandon | Kimberly Bringas | Joanna Bronk | Jesse Brown | Johathan Brusco | Larry Brusco | Bob Burnside | Will Butkus | Yessenia Cardenas | Sandra Chavez | Man Chun Choy | Andrea Cwynar | Patricia
Daugharty | Sukla De | Victor Diaz | Jim Dowling | Kathleen Duffy | Linda Dunn | Ebay Foundation Employee Engagement Fund | Jon Eldan | Norma Estrada | Bobby Feehan | Marina Feehan | Maria Fernandez | Johann Fitzgerald | Teresita Galarza | Nonberito Gomez | Alexander Germanacos | Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr Fund |
Hanson Bridgett LLP | Chris Harnett | Ian Harris | Beatris Herrera | Joan Howard | David Kirp | Jason Kleinberg | Sonja Kos | Leesa Kozel | R. Kamela Laird | Staci Lambright | Carolyn Lee | Emily Leiderman |Tracy Lemmon | Philip Li | Adam Longhvert | Susan Marsh | Kelly Martin | Marc Martin | Sava Matute | Francine Meckler | Ross
Mirkarimi | Flora Mugambi Mutunga | Nelson Family Trust | Aaron Newman | John O’Grady | Megan Oliver Thompson | Susan Oliver | Vicki Oppenheim | Lourdes Padilla | Rubonia Perez | Prasad Revocable Trust |
Sondra Price | Gerald W. Purmal | Joseph Ragazzo | Rainbow Grocery | Lorie Reichel-Howe | Susan Ritter | Bruce Robertson | Gabriel Romes | Lauren Rooke | Kim Rotchy | Maria Saenz | Tonya Saheli | Melissa
Santodona | Mike Sarikakis | Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving | Julie Schweit | Rafael Send | Sheya Shaw | Silicon Valley Community Foundation | Victoria Skelly | Denise Smith-Hams Stott & Lisa Stevens | Square |
Scott Stevens | Nocholas Strubbe | Deborah Toizer | Sharon Trofter | Michael Udelson | David Valdeolivar | Liza Valdeolivar | Julia Veit | Manfiedo Veliz | Darlene Weide | Laura Weide | Kerry Weiner | James J Wesser | Cyn-
thia Wilson | Amandi Worden | Betsy Zeger
We Thank Our CB Members
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Introducing Our New Legacy Society
Our Legacy Society will help ensure that our unique peacemaking and training services, provided citywide
in San Francisco, will continue to be available and publicly accessible for years to come.
There are many legacy options for those wishing to support us: Will/Trust Bequests, Life Income Gifts, Life
Insurance Policies, Life Estate Gifts, and Stocks & Securities.
You can learn more about joining our Legacy Society on our website, www.communityboards.org.
“Community Boards is an essential resource to resolve community conflicts. In order to ensure that
Community Boards is able to continue its grass-roots mission of providing community conflict resolution
services, I named Community Boards in my will as a beneficiary. I am proud to have Community Boards
be a part of my legacy, and to help ensure that this powerful, community-driven resource remains
available for future generations. I encourage you to join me in making this possible.”
Tracy Lemmon
Founding Member, Legacy Society
Chair, Advisory Council
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Darlene Weide, MPH, MSW - Executive Director
Cordell Wesselink, MA - ADR Programs Director
Arnold “Mac” McGilbray - Case Development Manager
Deb Gatiss - Community Outreach Coordinator
Jim Garrison - Communications Director
Liliya Shilman - Finance Manager
Board of Di rectors
R. Kamela Laird, Esq. - President
Paula Connelly | Linda Dunn | Sonja Kos Marc Martin | Kyra Millich | Christina Sabee
Tonya Saheli | Victoria Borrego Swepson | Betsy Zeger
A Special Acknowledgement for Their Recent Board Service
Bob Bailey | Krista Bell | Farrah Moos | Nicole O'Hay
Megan Oliver Thompson | Sondra Price Melanie Sengupta | Gerald Solk
Advisory Counci l
Tracy Lemmon - Chair
Terry Amsler | Bob Bailey | Kathleen Coogan | Jon Eldan Bill Hafferty | Eileen Hansen | Donald Proby
Joseph Ragazzo | Gail Sadalla | Julia Salinas Elizabeth Shwiff | Teri Sklar | Charles Spiegel
In terns
Victor Diaz | Allison Edwards | Morgan Hernandez | Sidney Pucek | Amanda Reinke | Mei Chang Yu
Specia l Acknowledgements & Grat i tude
San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, Jackson Gee and Katherine Miller
JAMS, David Castillo, and Paul Gelinas
The Upjohn Fund of San Francisco
San Francisco Police Officers Association
To all our inspirational BAACM colleagues at the Center for Human Development in Concord, Conflict Resolution Center of Santa Cruz County in Santa Cruz, the Office of Citizen Complaints in San Francisco, Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center in San Mateo, Project Sentinel in Santa Clara, SEEDS
Community Resolution Center in Berkeley, and Yolo Conflict Resolution Center in Davis.
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