Cherie Shanteau-Wheeler

Cherie Shanteau-Wheeler

Cherie Shanteau-Wheeler

Email Address cshanteauwheeler@gmail.com

Position or Title Senior Consultant

Professional Biography Cherie Shanteau-Wheeler has more than 25 years of experience mediating complex conflicts and facilitating collaborative multi-party processes inside and outside of agencies and organizations. She has designed training programs and trained hundreds of people to use these skills as well. She naturally gravitated to this work when she discovered that the most enjoyable and challenging part of being an attorney was helping conflicting clients and parties find creative solutions that met their needs. Cherie spent more than 17 years in private practice as an attorney mediator and also as an in-house Dispute Resolution Manager for a Fortune 500 company subsidiary. She successfully mediated numerous litigated and non-litigated matters, represented clients in mediation, and facilitated several large public processes, including Utah BLM Wilderness designation and complex watershed and riparian management issues. In 2001, Cherie joined the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution as a Senior Mediator/Senior Program Manager and then as its Director of Programs. In these roles, she convened, managed and provided consultation, collaboration, conflict resolution services and training inside and outside her agency and for numerous other federal agencies, tribes and stakeholders. Through working in such diverse settings, and now at Triangle, Cherie has developed a wide range of tools to assist governing bodies, stakeholders and tribes problem-solve more effectively together.

Address Line 1 xxxxxx

City Portland

State Oregon

Zip xxxxxx

Phone 520-405-9648

Small Business Yes

GSA Schedule Provider Yes

Federal Employee No

Native Dispute Resolution Network No

Total Cases Last 10 Years 20


ECR Services Provided

ServiceCaseYear
Facilitation of Collaboration or Conflict Resolution EffortCalifornia Department of Toxic Substances, Santa Susana Field Laboratory Cleanup2014
Strategic Planning for Collaboration or Conflict Resolution EffortUSDA FS Rico-West Dolores District, San Juan National Forest - Travel Management Plan2014
Policy DialoguesDOE Tribal Energy Program u2013 Facilitation of Tribal National Listening Session re: renewable energy development projects with tribal representatives and leaders (DC)2011
Process DesignUSDA Forest Service u2013 Assessment, convening and facilitation of federal interagency advisory group meetings for 2012 Planning Rule Revision (DC)2010
Conflict/Situation AssessmentDepartment of Defense, Department of Navy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, USFW, Territory and Local entities u2013 Reef Assessment re: impacts of potential harbor dredging in Guam (Guam, Hawaii, DC)2009
Mediation/Assisted NegotiationPend Oreille Public Utilities District (PUD) and USDA Colville National Forest (NF) - u00a0Assessment and facilitation of negotiations between PUD, NF, and numerous federal, state and tribal governments, several additional stakeholders relating to a complex2009
Public Engagement/Public InputBLM/USDA Forest Service u2013 Collaborative design and facilitation of large public meeting process to enhance discussions re: the impacts of non-hunting shooting (recreational shooting) across the Tucson Basin (BLM, USDA Forest Service, Arizona Game & Fis2006

Case Experience by Subject Matter

ServiceCaseYear
Solid or Hazardous Waste issuesCalifornia Department of Toxic Substances, Santa Susana Field Laboratory Cleanup2014
Energy Issues (Including Transmission, u00a0Development and Conservation Issues)DOE Tribal Energy Program u2013 Facilitation of Tribal National Listening Session re: renewable energy development projects with tribal representatives and leaders (DC)2011
Environmental Planning (e.g., NEPA, Forest plans, travel mgmt., resource mgmt.)USDA Forest Service u2013 Internal and external stakeholder assessments re: 2012 Planning Rule Revision (DC Office & nationwide)2010
Forest and Timber IssuesDOI u2013 Co-facilitation of Secretary of Interior meeting with Oregon legislative representatives, tribal representatives and experts, other state and local representatives and stakeholders relating to proposed Western Oregon forestry pilot projects (DC)2010
Environmental Enforcement and PermittingDepartment of Defense, Department of Navy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, USFW, Territory and Local entities u2013 Reef Assessment re: impacts of potential harbor dredging in Guam (Guam, Hawaii, DC)2009
Oil and Gas ProductionEPA Region 8/BLM u2013 Interagency assessment, convening, mediation and facilitation of series of meetings with EPA and BLM staff re: long-term dispute relating to BLM air quality monitoring protocols for proposed rule re: oil and gas development on BLM land2009
Air Quality and/or Air PollutionEPA Region 8/BLM u2013 Interagency assessment, convening, mediation and facilitation of series of meetings with EPA and BLM staff re: long-term dispute relating to BLM air quality monitoring protocols for proposed rule re: oil and gas development on BLM land2009
NEPAPend Oreille Public Utilities District (PUD) and USDA Colville National Forest (NF) - u00a0Assessment and facilitation of negotiations between PUD, NF, and numerous federal, state and tribal governments, several additional stakeholders relating to a complex2009
Archeological and/or Historic PreservationBOR u2013 Grand Canyon Programmatic Agreement Meeting u2013 Cultural Resources Representatives and Tribes2007
Military and/or Base IssuesDepartment of Defense (DoD) u2013 Multi-jurisdictional and multi-state assessment re: initiation of Western Regional Partnership as a structure to create enhanced communication between the DoD and its partners re: cross-jurisdictional issues of concern, incl2007
Cross-cultural IssuesBLM u2013 Kingman Office u2013 Assessment and facilitation of mid-NEPA EA process meetings re: tribal concerns relating to a sacred site located adjacent to the proposed Tri-State Shooting Facility to be located on BLM land (AZ, CA, NV)2005
Facility SitingSan Juan County, Utah - Co-assessor (with Lucy Moore) re: Nuclear Regulatory Commission public feasibility study re: potential siting of high level radioactive waste facility (UT)1991

Type of Public Decision

ApplicationCaseYear
PlanningUSDA FS Rico-West Dolores District, San Juan National Forest - Travel Management Plan2014
RulemakingUSDA Forest Service u2013 Internal and external stakeholder assessments re: 2012 Planning Rule Revision (DC Office & nationwide)2010
Policy developmentUSDA Forest Service u2013 Assessment, convening and facilitation of federal interagency advisory group meetings for 2012 Planning Rule Revision (DC)2010
Siting and ConstructionSan Juan County, Utah - Co-assessor (with Lucy Moore) re: Nuclear Regulatory Commission public feasibility study re: potential siting of high level radioactive waste facility (UT)1991

Case Size

SizeCaseYear
Cases involving 15 to 60 participantsUSDA FS Rico-West Dolores District, San Juan National Forest - Travel Management Plan2014
Cases involving more than 3 but less than 15 participantsBOR u2013 Grand Canyon Programmatic Agreement Meeting u2013 Cultural Resources Representatives and Tribes2007
Cases involving more than 60 participantsBLM/USDA Forest Service u2013 Collaborative design and facilitation of large public meeting process to enhance discussions re: the impacts of non-hunting shooting (recreational shooting) across the Tucson Basin (BLM, USDA Forest Service, Arizona Game & Fis2006

Case Jurisdiction/Scale

JurisdictionCaseYear
StateCalifornia Department of Toxic Substances, Santa Susana Field Laboratory Cleanup2014
National or regionally significant casesUSDA Forest Service u2013 Internal and external stakeholder assessments re: 2012 Planning Rule Revision (DC Office & nationwide)2010
Large landscape scaleUSDA Forest Service u2013 Assessment, convening and facilitation of federal interagency advisory group meetings for 2012 Planning Rule Revision (DC)2010
InteragencyEPA Region 8/BLM u2013 Interagency assessment, convening, mediation and facilitation of series of meetings with EPA and BLM staff re: long-term dispute relating to BLM air quality monitoring protocols for proposed rule re: oil and gas development on BLM land2009
Multi-jurisdictionalEPA Region 8/BLM u2013 Interagency assessment, convening, mediation and facilitation of series of meetings with EPA and BLM staff re: long-term dispute relating to BLM air quality monitoring protocols for proposed rule re: oil and gas development on BLM land2009
IntergovernmentalPend Oreille Public Utilities District (PUD) and USDA Colville National Forest (NF) - u00a0Assessment and facilitation of negotiations between PUD, NF, and numerous federal, state and tribal governments, several additional stakeholders relating to a complex2009
Tribal governmentBLM u2013 Kingman Office u2013 Assessment and facilitation of mid-NEPA EA process meetings re: tribal concerns relating to a sacred site located adjacent to the proposed Tri-State Shooting Facility to be located on BLM land (AZ, CA, NV)2005
Local/communityMillcreek Partnership - Mediator/Facilitator for series of disputes between public and private landowners (including Bureau of Land Management, Utah Department of Fish & Wildlife, USDA Forest Service, state and local agencies, user groups, environmental1998

Process Support Services

Meeting Support
Support ServiceCaseYear
Experience in a team of multiple ECR ProfessionalsUSDA Forest Service u2013 Internal and external stakeholder assessments re: 2012 Planning Rule Revision (DC Office & nationwide)2010
Logistical and administrative support (organizing logistics for meetings, notetaking, etc.)Pend Oreille Public Utilities District (PUD) and USDA Colville National Forest (NF) - u00a0Assessment and facilitation of negotiations between PUD, NF, and numerous federal, state and tribal governments, several additional stakeholders relating to a complex2009
Collaborative Technologies
Collaborative TechnologyCaseYear
Engagement/Communication Tools (e.g., polling tools, social media, collaborative document production, video conferencing, webinars, ideation tools)Pend Oreille Public Utilities District (PUD) and USDA Colville National Forest (NF) - u00a0Assessment and facilitation of negotiations between PUD, NF, and numerous federal, state and tribal governments, several additional stakeholders relating to a complex2009
Project Websites (static, interactive, portals, etc.)BLM/USDA Forest Service u2013 Collaborative design and facilitation of large public meeting process to enhance discussions re: the impacts of non-hunting shooting (recreational shooting) across the Tucson Basin (BLM, USDA Forest Service, Arizona Game & Fis2006

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