Anne Mayhew
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Jane Katch
Jane Katch
Jane first came to the Vineyard in 1952, on the back of her father’s bicycle, staying at the old Youth Hostel in the former Army barracks at the airport. She is an educator and is qualified to provide mediation in housing, family, and intergenerational contexts as well as conflict coaching. She lives in Chilmark.
Leah Brown
Leah Brown
A licensed attorney and serial entrepreneur, Leah has held several Corporate Board positions. She served on the Executive Board for Women’s Business Enterprise (WBENC), National Council Healthcare Committee Chair for Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP), the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce just to name a few. Leah served 7 years on NC State University National Advisory Board for the Institute for Emerging Issues and was a Board member at Duke Raleigh Hospital. She is active with island-based non-profits such as The Cottagers, Inc., NAACP and currently is an Executive Board member for MV Community Services.
Leah holds a B.S. in Information Technology from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Kentucky. Certified in Healthcare Compliance, she also attended Executive Management Programs at Dartmouth, Northwestern, and Drexel Universities.
Christina Simmons
Christina Simmons
Christina was born and raised on Martha's Vineyard and after some time away returned to raise her family. Christina is a licensed attorney in Massachusetts.
Christina has been a board member of the MVMP board and mediator since 2015. Presently she participates in Family/Divorce mediation and provides organizational administrative services as well.
Berta Giles Welch
Berta Giles Welch
Berta Giles Welch is resident of Martha's Vineyard, born and raised on the island, living in Aquinnah. She is an artist that has shown at the National Museum of American Indian in Washington DC, the Heye Museum in New York and the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor ME. Berta manages a family business that has been operating for over 85 years in Aquinnah.
Berta is a member of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head and has been involved with town government for many years. She is on the Aquinnah Planning Board, and the Aquinnah Wampanoag Health Board. She is also the Co-Chairperson of the Aquinnah Cultural Center.
Berta has taken the basic mediation training provided by MVMP and observed several small claims court mediations. Berta appreciates the benefits and concepts of mediation and looks forward to learning more about the process. As board co-chair of the Aquinnah Cultural Center, Berta partners with MVMP as we implement the MOPC Community Youth Grant, Each One Teach One: Wampanoag Elders Preserve Tribal History, Culture and Conflict Resolution Practices
Bill Jacob
Bill Jacob
After almost 20 years of corporate sales in Fairfield County CT, Bill came to MV in 2008 to get away from the rat-race and to be closer to his parents on Cape Cod. He worked in commercial lending on the Island and presently is a teacher in Edgartown.
Bill was a youth hockey coach for five years and a Big Brother for over nine years. Currently he brings Jack, his Jack Russell Terrier to Windemere to visit residents.
Bill’s role with MVMP has been varied. He trained in Basic Mediation, and is certified to do Family/Divorce work. Presently Bill focuses his work on the Board of Directors and its role with planning.
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Eric Turner
Eric Turner
Mr. Turner began vacationing on the Vineyard in the late 70’s and moved here full-time after his retirement in 2011.He is an attorney, educator, human rights advocate, good governance and anti-corruption expert. He was Managing Director and Associate General Counsel of the Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission. In that capacity he was responsible for all the commission’s legal and administrative operations. Additionally, he was an agency mediator and hearing officer and represented the commission in administrative and legislative proceedings before state and federal courts. Mr. Turner was also a Lecturer in Law, Adjunct Faculty, at the University of Connecticut School of Law, where he taught a seminar on freedom of expression, access to information and human rights.
He has served and currently serves as an officer and director of many professional, civic, educational, arts and other charitable organizations including the Martha’s Vineyard Social Justice Leadership Foundation.
Mr. Turner has served on the Board of MVMP since 2014.
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David Ross
David Ross
David S. Ross, Esq. is a Senior Mediator with JAMS, where he has worked as a neutral for more than 30 years. He has resolved thousands of two-party and complex multi-party cases with a focus on employment and commercial matters. David teaches Basic and Advanced Negotiation at Columbia University Law School and conducts negotiation and mediation training programs for Fortune 500 companies and not-for-profits, both in the U.S. and abroad. He earned his J.D. from NYU Law School (1989) and an LL.M. in Alternative Dispute Resolution from Columbia University Law School (1993) after working as a litigation associate at Cravath, Swaine and Moore. David and his wife Dr. Laura Ross are MA residents who have lived in West Tisbury since 2003.