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Alison Taylor, MA, LPC, has provided mediation services for over 25 years, and has served as a family therapist and mediator trainer with the Multnomah County DCJ residential drug and alcohol treatment programs. She served more than 10 years as the training coordinator at the Clackamas County Family Court Service, where she trained and supervised students in field placement. Ms. Taylor has also served as an associate faculty member for the McGregor School of Conflict Resolution master's program at Antioch University. She is past chair of the Association of Oregon Court Domestic Relations Mediators and has taught classes on legal issues for MFTs and clinical counseling supervision at Lewis & Clark College, and general mediation at Marylhurst University. She is co-author of two texts, and is the author of the recent book, The Handbook of Family Dispute Resolution: Mediation Theory and Process (2002). She is an advanced practitioner in the family section of ACR, is a member of AFCC, and serves as the executive director for the Oregon Family Institute, a thinktank for innovative programs for courts and families.
Lauren MacNeill, JD, MSW, serves as the director of Family Court Services for Clackamas County. This agency provides domestic relations conciliation counseling, mediation, and parent education to adults in the family court system. Family Court Services' Youth and Family Mediation program provides mediation for youth and their parents or adult caregivers, as well as conflict resolution trainings in schools and community agencies. Ms. MacNeill earned her BA at Smith College, her JD at Stanford Law School, and her MSW at the University of California, Berkeley. She has a background in providing legal and social services for children and families in private, non-profit, and government settings, and is certified as both a community and family mediator. Ms. MacNeill is a field instructor/adjunct faculty with Portland State University's Graduate School of Social Work, and was formerly with San Jose State University's school of social work. She also recently completed a two-year term as the co-chair of the Oregon Association of Family Court Services.