THE CENTER LETTER

Volume 12, Issue 2 MAY 2018 THE MEDIATION CENTER OF THE PACIFIC

CONGRATULATIONS TO MEDIATOR PIONEERS GERALD “JERRY”CLAY AND SUSAN ICHINOSE!

On Saturday April 21st, The Mediation Center of the Pacific (MCP) hosted the 11th annual Under the Mediation Moon at the Hawaii Convention Center to honor outstanding mediators Gerald “Jerry” Clay and Susan Ichinose and to celebrate 39 years of providing mediation and dispute resolution services in Oahu’s communities. Two hundred seventy friends and supporters gathered to recognize Jerry and Susan and support the work of MCP. The Board of Directors and staff are grateful to everyone for their generous support and commitment to growing mediation in Hawaii! Mahalo Nui Loa and congratulations Jerry and Susan!

In This Issue: Highlights from the Moon & Special Mahalos P. 2 Bringing people together to talk, Mahalo PP. 3— 4 negotiate and Training, Education and Outreach P. 5 resolve conflict creatively. Upcoming Events P. 6 Page 2 THE 11TH ANNUAL UNDER THE MEDIATION

SPECIAL MAHALOS

Mahalo to volunteer mediators Susan A big mahalo to Hawaii Barr Brandon and Charlene Anaya for News Now General assisting with registration and to the Manager Rick Blangiardi MCP is grateful to Judge Karen Nakasone who outstanding MCP staff for all of their and Producer Craig Pitner, personally created and donated the beautiful floral hard work coordinating all of the for their time, patience and centerpieces for the VIP tables. details to make the event a success! generosity in creating the Moon video! MAHALO FOR YOUR SUPPORT

Aloha United Way Jhamandas Watamull Fund Bretzlatt Foundation Ka Poe Hawaii Fund Davis Levin Livingston Charitable Foundation Kosasa Family Fund of the Hawaii Community Earl M. and Margery C. Chapman Foundation Foundation/ ABC Stores Friends of Hawaii Charities, Inc. Kukui Children’s Foundation Hawaii Community Foundation Omidyar Ohana Fund Hawaii Justice Foundation Pettus Foundation Hawaii Women’s Legal Foundation The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Island Insurance Foundation CONTRIBUTIONS UNDER THE MEDIATION CONCILIATORS PARTNERS MOON VIP TABLES $1,000 & Above (Cont.) $500 & Above (Cont.) Kellie Chun Dean Stowell J.W. Ellsworth (In Memory of Diane Stowell) COLLABORATOR TABLES Michael Erne Howard & Jana Wolff $10,000 Karin L. Holma Clay Chapman Iwamura Pulice & Nervell, Honolulu Board of Realtors Attorneys at Law NEGOTIATORS Lee Alden Johnson Steve and Joanne Holmberg Law Office of Ian L. Mattoch $250 & Above & Sidney K. and Gloria Ayabe Bruce McEwan Judge Riki May Amano (Ret.) Lawrence Dennis Rodriguez (In Honor of Judge Victoria Marks, Ret.) CONCILIATOR TABLES David F. Simons M. Anne Anderson $5,000 Yuriko Jane Sugimura Susan Brandon Bronster, Fujichaku, Robbins, ALC Tyler Tokioka Karen L. Cross Ekimoto & Morris Torkildson Katz Hetherington Harris Knorek, P. Gregory Frey Robert & Cynthia Alm Attorneys at Law Frederick S. Izumi Sol & Maurine Weisgal Marcy & Robert Katz Gerald H. Kibe MEDIATOR TABLES Tracey Wiltgen Suzanne Young Jo Ann C. Kocher $3,000 Chiharu Zeason Roberta Lee-Driscoll Justice Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. (Ret.) & (In Memory of Raymond F. Zeason) G. Kem Lowry Carolyn C. Acoba Ai Wah Ng Bays Lung Rose & Holma, Attorneys at Law Nathan Nikaido Blue Hawaii Investments PARTNERS Ke-Ching Ning Cades Schutte, LLP $500 & Above Central Pacific Bank/ Lawrence Dennis (In Honor of Susan Ichinose) J. William “Ned” Busch Rodriguez Calvin G.C. Pang Diana Chang Dispute Prevention and Resolution, Inc. Richard D. Proctor Hawaii Council of Assoc. of Apartment Gerald S. Clay Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald Owners (HCCA) Reed W. Dasenbrock Faith & Gregory Sato Honolulu Financial Partners, LLC Huilin Dong Laurie A. Tochiki Susan Ichinose Jacqueline Earle Ruth D. Tschumy Pitluck Kido & Aipa, Attorneys at Law Ekimoto & Morris LLLC Bill Watts Porter McGuire Kiakona & Chow, LLC Lee W. Erwin Torkildson Katz Hetherington Harris Knorek, Dolores Anne Foley FRIENDS Attorneys at Law Gary Y. Fujitani VSM, LLC Steven L. Hartley $100 & Above Samantha Kasnetz Peter S. Alder PEACEMAKERS Aleta Klein Richard & Margaret Baker $5,000 & Above Susan Lampe Sally & Duane Bartholomew Susan & David Chandler Corianne Lau Max Besenbruch William C. Darrah (In Honor of Susan Ichinose) Judge Michael F. Broderick (Ret.) Resolutions Hawaii Beverly Cardinal Thomas Cestare CONCILIATORS Chief Justice Ronald T.Y. Moon (Ret.) Judge Karen T. Nakasone Chunmay Chang $1,000 & Above Aviam Soifer Cornerstone Properties, LLC Anonymous Douglas A. Crosier Ann Botticelli Hugh T. Dickson Lou Chang MAHALO FOR YOUR SUPPORT

FRIENDS SUPPORTERS IN KIND $100 & Above (Cont.) John L. Barkai CONTRIBUTIONS (Cont.) Justice James E. Duffy Jr. (Ret.) Thomas & Louisa DiGarzia Aleta Klein & Jeanne Duffy Murray & Yvelise Hixson Jo Ann Kocher Mary Alice Evans Linda M. Howe Kona Brewing Co. (In Honor of Judge Victoria Marks, Ret.) Myra Kent Kumu Kahua Theatre Lyn Flanigan Matson Foundation Kualoa Ranch Judge Lisa Ginoza Julie Mikami Scott Makuakane Scott B. Gomes Richard “Dick” Morris Amrita Mallik Rhonda Griswold Janet Murphy Manoa Chocolate John B. Hall Linda Nagamine Judge Victoria Marks (Ret.) Scott Hashimoto Steven & Sheree Nakashima Peter Mattoon Murray M. Hixson Tom & Cheryl Prince Bruce McEwan Louise K. Ing Calvin K.Y. Say Tom Mitrano (In Honor of Susan Ichinose) Ken Takayama Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel Iris Ito Carl & Irene Takeshita Phil Nerney Amanda Jones Ai Wah Ng Elizabeth Kent IN KIND Nico’s Pier 38 (In Memory of Joanne Flannery) CONTRIBUTIONS Dan O’Meara Judge Evelyn B. Lance (Ret.) Peter Adler Ronald Oster (In Honor of Elizabeth Kent) The AKAMAI Foundation Michael Pang Law Offices of Edward R. Lebb, LLLC Robert & Cynthia Alm Jim Pietsch Elaine Lemons Judge Riki May Amano (Ret.) Seth M. Reiss Peter C. Lewis Charlene Anaya Larry Rodriguez Thomas Likos Sidney Ayabe Erin Rutherford Robert D. Lillis Linda Axel-Thompson Gary Shiraishi David C. Livingston John Barkai Laura Stahley John Lockwood Daniel A. Bent Owen K. Tamamoto Virginia Low Blue Note Owen Tamaoka Judge Victoria S. Marks (Ret.) Patricia Brandt Teena Urban Ron Matayoshi J. William “Ned” Busch Eugene Villaluz Patricia A. Mau-Shimizu David Chandler Barbara Ward Joy Miyasaki Cecelia Chang Bill Watts Carol K. Muranaka Lou Chang Tracey Wiltgen Law Offices of Philip S. Nerney, LLLC David Chee Jana Wolff Richard W. Ornellas Jerry Clay Richard Yanagi Cheryl Kakazu Park Linda Colburn Barabara Polk CorePower Yoga CHARLES H. HURD Jerome E. Rauckhorst William C. Darrah MEMORIAL FUND Ute Regan Pat DeBusca Barbara Richardson Richard Ekimoto FOR KUPUNA PONO Craig Robinson Byron “Kale” Feldman II J. William “Ned” Busch Marc B. Shlachter David Franzel Susan Hurd Robert Schmidt Danielle Gella Ann S. Isobe John & Dorothy Seigal Jeff Gilbreath Judge Steven H. Levinson (Ret.) Sharon I. Shanley Signe Godfrey Timothy Luria Gary & A.Y. Shiraishi Jason Graves Judge Marie N. Milks (Ret.) John D. Stallman Hawaii Theatre Seth M. Reiss Becky Sugawa Hawaiian Airlines Walter Schroeder Clyde E. Sumida Steve Holmberg Jeff Swartz John Holzman MICHAEL NAUYOKAS Owen K. Tamamoto Kim Holzman EXCELLENCE & Judge Michael Tanigawa Honolulu Club INNOVATION FUND Steven J. Trecker Ariel Hylton Corlis J. Chang Christine R. Urban Erika Ireland Stephen Chang Bettina Uris Iris Ito William W. Yuen Lisa Wong Jacobs BUILDING FUND Raymond F. Zeason Sandra Jordan Nancy C. Arseneault Doug Kaya Earl M. and Margery C. Chapman Foundation John & Kim Holzman Page 5 TRAINING, EDUCATION & OUTREACH

Over the past three months, MCP conducted 66 hours of trainings and workshops for the volunteer mediators and other individuals interested in developing mediation skills. The staff and volunteers also provided more than 22 hours of outreach and education throughout Oahu to encourage people to use mediation before going to court and to promote the Kupuna Pono and Early Access Landlord-Tenant Mediation Programs. MCP is grateful to the many professionals who volunteered their time to present during the Elder, Divorce and Landlord-Tenant mediation trainings and to the volunteers who participated in the various outreach efforts. Mahalo also to Aloha United Way, the Bretzlaff Foundation, Hawaii Justice Foundation, Pettus Foundation, and Hawaii Women’s Legal Foundation for providing the generous financial resources that enabled MCP to provide the training and outreach!

Tips from the experts at Divorce Mediation Training Katie Bennett, Tom Mitrano and Lisa Jacobs Basic Mediation Class March 2018 Elder Mediation Training

A special mahalo to our Elder Mediation Presenters (from left to right) Bruce McEwan, Linda Axel-Thompson, Professor Jim Pietsch and Attorney Scott Makuakane,

Mahalo From the Mediation Center Team

MCP staff and mediators bid a fond Mediators Signe Godfrey and Gary farewell to Junko Hashizume who flew Shiraishi (above) and Cecelia Chang of from Japan to participate in MCP’s the Judiciary’s Center for ADR, Mike Divorce Mediation Training in March. Buck and Connie Mitchell of Institute This is the third MCP training Junko has for Human Services (right) helped to participated in over the past year. She promote the Early Access Landlord- has been a pleasure to work with and Tenant Mediation program. we hope she will return soon!

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