Michael Kern

Michael Kern

Email Address m.kern@wsu.edu

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Professional Biography Michael Kern is the Director of the William D. Ruckelshaus Center operated by Washington State University Extension and the University of Washington Evans School of Public Affairs. The Center provides expertise to improve the quality and availability of voluntary collaborative approaches for policy development and multi-party dispute resolution. Michael has over 20+ years of experience helping diverse groups reach common ground on public policy issues in Washington and the Pacific Northwest. Prior to joining the Ruckelshaus Center, he was a Senior Associate at Seattle-based Triangle Associates, providing facilitation, mediation, public involvement, strategic planning, and project management, and other services. Michael is a member of the state of Oregon's Alternative Disputer Resolution Provider roster, and has a Master of Public Administration degree from the UW Evans School. He has completed projects for the City of Seattle, State of Washington, US Forest Service, National Park Service and others. He also provided facilitation and project management for the North Cascades Initiative, Hatchery Reform Project, Hanford Openness Workshops, and other projects.

Address Line 1 901 5th Avenue, Suite 2900

City Seattle

State Washington

Zip 98164

Phone 206-428-3021 or 509-335-2937

Fax 509-335-2926

Small Business No

GSA Schedule Provider No

Federal Employee No

Native Dispute Resolution Network No

Total Cases Last 10 Years 25