Martha Bean

Martha Bean

Email Address martha@marthacbean.com

Website marthacbean.com

Position or Title Senior Mediator, Facilitator, Conflict Coach and Graphic Recorder

Professional Biography Martha Bean is a mediator and facilitator, and the principal of her firm Collaborative Focus, based in Seattle, Washington. She has clients and projects throughout the Northwest and the United States and characteristically works with multi-party, multi-interest groups. Originally trained as an environmental planner, Ms. Bean applies her skills and technical knowledge to mediation and to the facilitation of collaborative decision processes.  She has 26 years of experience managing environmental projects, mediation efforts, and collaborative processes. A hallmark of Ms. Bean’s work is exceptional design and implementation of multi-stakeholder workshops, meetings and processes that encourage lively, respectful, and productive discussion. Ms. Bean can be directive in her facilitation style, while concurrently staying  acutely aware when a free-flowing conversation – or even silence – will best allow participants find their own best results. She is open, encouraging and intellectually capable in her work with parties as they do the ‘heavy lifting' required to reach robust agreements in a complex decision environment. Ms. Bean has the unique skill of using graphics and imagery to define process steps, identify issues and create solutions. Her website, http://www.collaborativefocus.com includes a gallery of issue and process maps, and detailed information regarding her cases and skills.

Address Line 1 5717 NE 57TH ST

City Seattle

State Washington

Zip 98105

Phone 2069471374

Small Business Yes

GSA Schedule Provider Yes

Federal Employee No

Native Dispute Resolution Network No

Total Cases Last 10 Years 55