As Director of Mediation Matters, Carl
provides mediation services to clients in the
greater Washington D.C. area and conducts
training for mediators nationwide. Carl has
been mediating for 25 years and training for
20 years. He is also a licensed clinical
psychologist and a licensed clinical marriage
and family therapist and brings these skills
to his practice of mediation.
He is a mediator uniquely able to help clients
not only to reach an agreement necessary for
the courts but also to achieve a sense of
personal closure in their divorce.
He is an Advanced Practitioner Member of the
Association for Conflict Resolution and a
certified mediator with the Maryland Council
for Dispute Resolution and the Supreme Court
of Virginia. He is a member of the Divorce
Roundtable of Montgomery County and an
Approved Mediator with the Frederick County
Civil and Family Mediation Programs, the
Howard County and Prince George's County
Custody Mediation Programs and the Montgomery
County Juvenile Dependency Mediation Program.
He has been the chair of the Certification
Committee for the Maryland Council on Dispute
Resolution.
Carl holds his Ph.D. from Harvard University,
and his M. Div. from Union Theological
Seminary. He is the author of Shame,
Exposure and Privacy (Norton, 1992) and
numerous articles in books and journals.
Sharon has worked as a family mediator
since 1999. She is a certified mediator with
the Maryland Council on Dispute Resolution and
serves as a Reviewer on MCDR’s Certification
Committee. She is a Practitioner Member of the
Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR), the
national association of mediators and conflict
resolution professionals, and serves as
Associate Editor of the ACR quarterly magazine
and as a consultant to the CEO.
Sharon brings more than 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 in Education and Assistant Dean of
Students. Since 1997, she has directed Sharon
Pickett & Associates, a consulting firm
that provides mediation, communications
consulting, and coaching for clients
nationwide. Sharon co-mediates and co-trains
with Carl Schneider.
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.
