Name:	Lisa Bedinger
Title:	Consultant
Department:	-
Organization:	Dialogue Design
Phone:	(802) 865-5955
Email:	bedingercrs [a] verizon.net
Address:	2 Deane Street Burlington, VT 05403

Brief Biography:
Lisa Bedinger holds a master's degree in mediation and applied conflict studies and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Grinnell College with a BA in anthropology. Her master's thesis 'Let's Talk: Dialogue and Deliberation in Higher Education' was published in 2008 in Public Deliberation and Sustained Dialogue: Pracademic Perspectives. She has over 15 years of experience in teaching classes and facilitating support groups on identity, culture, and their impact upon relationships and opportunity. This informs her passion for dialogues on diversity issues; Lisa has extensive experience with designing and facilitating dialogue-based events. Since October 2004, she has trained over 200 students, staff and faculty to lead dialogues on tough issues and together they have facilitated conversations for over 1100 participants. She believes that by enabling a variety of voices to be involved in thinking about the important and challenging issues we face, the wisdom and creativity available to address these issues increases. Lisa has experience in working with a variety of non-profit organizations over the past 17 years that are taking on these vital issues.

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