Carl D. Schneider, Ph.D

Currently Director of Mediation Matters, Bethesda, Maryland, Carl is a mediator uniquely able to help clients not only to reach an agreement necessary for the courts but also achieve a sense of resolution in their divorce. A registered psychologist, Marriage and Family Therapist, and Fellow in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors, he holds a M. Div. degree from Union Theological Seminary in N.Y.C. and his Ph.D. from Harvard University.

A Certified Mediator with the Maryland Council on Dispute Resolution and with the Supreme Court of Virginia, he is an approved mediator for Howard County and Prince Georges' County. Formerly he was Director (1981-1989) of the Divorce Mediation Service, a group practice of sixteen mediators in the Chicago area. He also is a former member of the Board of Directors of the national Academy of Family Mediators (AFM). A Practitioner Member and Approved Consultant of AFM and Practitioner Member of the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR), Carl is author of Shame, Exposure and Privacy (Norton, 1992).

Sharon Pickett, M.A

Sharon is a trained mediator who brings 30 years experience in education and communications to her role as a mediator. She holds a Masters degree from Dartmouth College where she was also a lecturer and Assistant Dean of Students. Sharon has served as Director of Communications for three national nonprofit organizations, representing their issues to the media, at national and international conferences, and at the United Nations. Currently President of Sharon Pickett & Associates, she provides communications consulting and mediation for clients nationwide. She is a member of the Association for Conflict Resolution and a certified mediator with the Maryland Council on Dispute Resolution.

Eileen L. Coen, Esq.

Eileen co-mediates divorce cases and coaches for training workshops with Mediation Matters. She has mediated hundreds of workplace and domestic disputes. She works as a family mediator in both the private and community-based sectors, mediates custody cases for Baltimore Circuit Court and child protection cases for DC Superior Court. Eileen is also a mediator with the Key Bridge Foundation, mediating work place disputes at the US Department of Energy and NASA.

Eileen brings her experience as an attorney, facilitator and trainer in cross-cultural communication to her role as a mediator. She is a trainer with Help Increase the Peace, a national program of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), and a facilitator for the Montgomery County Public Schools Study Circles Program, which helps schools address the challenges posed by cultural and racial differences and their impact upon school performance. Previously, Eileen worked as an attorney with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, working and travelling throughout Southeast Asia.

Eileen is a Board Member of the Maryland Council on Dispute Resolution (MCDR) and a member of the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) and Maryland Performance for Mediator Excellence (MPME), where she serves on the diversity task force. Eileen earned her J.D. degree from George Washington University in 1990 and is a member of the DC bar.

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