Cadence, Inc Location: Helena

Nedra Chandler

About Cadence, Inc

Conducted approximately 40 complex public policy situation assessments. Mediated and facilitated over 200 multi-party groups (1990 to present) to reach agreements, manage resources and set action plans. Developed and managed major environmental and decision projects with budgets ranging from about $5,000 to $500,000. Garnered resources and staff, monitored and tracked progress, delivered work products on time and within budget. 20 years experience with special expertise in: Assessing natural resource and other policy conflicts and issues, Designing processes and systems for managing issues for constructive engagement and, when appropriate, conflict engagement and/or resolution; Writing summaries suitable for decision makers, agreement texts, proposals, situation assessments, strategic plans, contracts and scopes of work, progress reports, outreach materials, training materials and manuals, and articles for publication. Mediating complex, multi-party environmental disputes, and other policy dialogs. Facilitating groups to focus on results and craft what decision makers or other collaborators need to create the best possible, and most useable outcomes or work products. Teaching and presenting on environmental mediation, public involvement, open governance, outreach and communication skills using interactive methods such as simulations, ‘clinic’ environments where peers learn from their peers, and other case examples and vignettes. Nedra is a facilitator, mediator and community outreach professional. For more than 20 years she has served as an equal advocate for every party engaged in public conflict or public decision making – working with participants themselves to assess situations and design processes to make or shape decisions and policy. She has a masters in geography from the University of Washington and is a certified mediator. Raised in Montana, she worked first for a government ethics lobbying organization in DC, two mediation firms based in Seattle, the Montana Consensus Council attached to the Governor’s Office, and now as an investigator/mediator for both the State Department of Labor Human Rights Bureau and for Cadence where she puts teams of specialists together to fit each project. She has worked on many economic development/economic revitalization projects in distressed, natural-resource dependent towns in Washington State, Montana rural communities, and as a facilitator of difficult conversations in critical access hospitals as well as led community involvement and dispute resolution on large capital facilities projects such as wastewater and solid waste facilities, airports, dams, transmission lines and grain-loading facilities.

Consulting Services Description: Agencies nongovernmental groups, communities and businesses call Nedra when they are stuck in conflict, or faced with confounding opportunties. They want to move forward, they want to create mutually beneficial situations/results, they want substantive, procedural and relational satisfaction. Nedra works as group guide toward those ends on behalf of all participants. She has:

Professional Affiliations and Licenses: Nedra is a member of the Native Dispute Resolution Network, the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution’s roster, the Association for Conflict Resolution, and the International Association of Public Participation and currently serves on their International Journal's editorial board. She abides by the revised “Standards of Conduct for Mediators” which emphasize self-determination of the parties and covers impartiality, conflicts of interest, competence, confidentiality, and quality of the process.

Contact Information

Address: 717 5th Ave

Helena, MT 59601

Office Phone:

Mobile Phone: 406-461-1621

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Social Networking: LinkedIn, ZoomInfo and Facebook

Cadence, Inc (Continued) Location: Helena

Nedra Chandler

Focus of Consulting Practice

Advocacy/Public Policy: / Primary
Board Development& Governance: / Primary
Communications/Marketing/Public Relations: / Primary
Financial Management:
Fundraising/Fund Development: / Secondary
Human Resources, inc. Volunteers: / Primary
Information Technology:
Management/Staff Development: / Primary
Organizational Change (mission/vision, restructuring, strategic alliances): / Primary
Organizational Planning (strategic, business, operational, and other forms of planning): / Primary
Program Planning/Design and Evaluation: / Primary
Other Practice Areas: / conflict engagement, conflict resolution, workplace mediation

Types of Nonprofits Served: All

Service Area(s): Statewide

Experience Years in Consulting Practice: 20

Years as Nonprofit Staff: 3

Years as a Volunteer: 30

Type of Organization: For-profit Business (corporations, partnerships, sole proprietors)