Cindy Cook

Cindy Cook

Cindy Cook

Email Address ccook@adamantaccord.com

Website http://www.adamantaccord.com/

Position or Title Senior Facilitator and Mediator

Professional Biography Adamant Accord is expert at designing and implementing processes for resolving complex environmental cases.  Adamant Accord's Principal, Cindy Cook, has over 25 years of experience working with federal, state and local government, private-sector, and non-profit agencies.  I am especially skilled at resolving issues involving complex and difficult interactions between government agencies. I understand the culture, interests and constraints of a wide range of stakeholders, including  EPA, the Forest Service, the Federal Highway Administration, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, state environmental and natural resource agencies, state transportation agencies, state historic preservation offices, state departments of commerce, large and small businesses, the regulated community, advocacy groups, and environmental groups.   I am also  adept in designing and implementing public involvement processes for cases involving large amounts of scientific and technical information, complex processes, and high emotions.  Adamant Accord has conducted situation assessments and  designed and facilitated many processes involving hundreds of stakeholders.  I use my project management expertise to tailor negotiation processes to stakeholders' objectives, circumstances and constraints.  I bring skill, intelligence, warmth and humor to my work.

Address Line 1 Adamant Accord, Inc.

City Burlington

State Vermont

Zip 56401

Phone 802-272-2829

Small Business Yes

GSA Schedule Provider Yes

Federal Employee No

Native Dispute Resolution Network No

Total Cases Last 10 Years 125


ECR Services Provided

ServiceCaseYear
Mediation/Assisted NegotiationMill River, CT Lead Remediation Mediation2013
Facilitation of Collaboration or Conflict Resolution EffortCircumferential Highway (CIRC) Alternatives Task Force Facilitation2013
Public Engagement/Public InputU.S. Forest Service Planning Rule Development Regional Round Table Facilitation2011
Strategic Planning for Collaboration or Conflict Resolution EffortU.S. Forest Service Planning Rule Development Regional Round Table Facilitation2011
Process DesignMass Bays Estuaries Program2009
Policy DialoguesLEED-ND Stormwater Summit2007
Conflict/Situation AssessmentGreen Mountain National Forest Plan Revision Situation Assessment and Facilitation2005

Case Experience by Subject Matter

ServiceCaseYear
Coastal Zone and/or Marine Management IssuesMassachusetts Bays National Estuaries Program Assessment2013
Transportation and Urban Infrastructure GeneralCircumferential Highway (CIRC) Alternatives Task Force Facilitation2013
Oil and Gas ProductionVermont Gas Addison Expansion Public Engagement Process Design and Facilitation2012
Environmental Planning (e.g., NEPA, Forest plans, travel mgmt., resource mgmt.)U.S. Forest Service Planning Rule Development Regional Round Table Facilitation2011
Forest and Timber IssuesU.S. Forest Service Planning Rule Development Regional Round Table Facilitation2011
Native American, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiu2019ian IssuesU.S. Forest Service Planning Sacred Site Policy Round Table Facilitation2011
Archeological and/or Historic PreservationElizabeth Mine Superfund Cleanup Community Advisory Group (CAG) Facilitation2010
Environmental JusticeEPA Region 1 Environmental Justice and Green Jobs Roundtable Initiative2010
Radioactivity (Waste, Substances, Storage, Leakage, Transport)West Valley Demonstration Project Facilitation2009
Wetlands and/or EstuariesVermont Wetlands Regulation Policy Dialogue2008
Water issues GeneralLEED-ND Stormwater Summit2007
Public lands issues Including use and AccessGreen Mountain National Forest Plan Revision Situation Assessment and Facilitation2005

Type of Public Decision

ApplicationCaseYear
License and permit issuanceMill River, CT Lead Remediation Mediation2013
Siting and ConstructionVermont Gas Addison Expansion Public Engagement Process Design and Facilitation2012
Policy developmentU.S. Forest Service Planning Rule Development Regional Round Table Facilitation2011
RulemakingVermont Wetlands Regulation Policy Dialogue2008
PlanningGreen Mountain National Forest Plan Revision Situation Assessment and Facilitation2005

Case Size

SizeCaseYear
Cases involving 15 to 60 participantsMill River, CT Lead Remediation Mediation2013
Cases involving more than 60 participantsU.S. Forest Service Planning Rule Development Regional Round Table Facilitation2011
Cases involving more than 3 but less than 15 participantsLamoille Hydroelectric1999

Case Jurisdiction/Scale

JurisdictionCaseYear
Multi-jurisdictionalMill River, CT Lead Remediation Mediation2013
StateVermont Wetlands Regulation Policy Dialogue2008
InternationalTwo Countries One Forest Facilitation2008
Large landscape scaleGreen Mountain National Forest Plan Revision Situation Assessment and Facilitation2005
InteragencyOld Saybrook, CT On-Site Wastewater Management Mediation2005
IntergovernmentalOld Saybrook, CT On-Site Wastewater Management Mediation2005
National or regionally significant casesHudson River PCB Dredging Project2002

Process Support Services

Meeting Support
Support ServiceCaseYear
Logistical and administrative support (organizing logistics for meetings, notetaking, etc.)U.S. Forest Service Planning Rule Development Regional Round Table Facilitation2011
Experience in a team of multiple ECR ProfessionalsHudson River PCB Dredging Project2002

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