Tom Fiutak, White Bear Lake, Minnesota, USA
Founding Member

Educational Degrees
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA, Ed.D.
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA, M.S.
Canisius College, Buffalo, New York, USA, B.A.

Professorship or University Appointments

• Lecturer, Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers, Paris, France (1993-present)
  
• Faculty, Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (1995-present)
  
• Visiting Scholar, Lecturer, Educational Policy and Administration, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (2003-present)
  
• Senior Fellow, Center for Development of Technological Leadership, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (2007-present)

Past Professorship or University Appointments

• Assistant to the Vice President for Regional Campuses, Indiana University (1971-73)
  
• Assistant Dean of Students, Dean of Fraternities, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, (1973-1978)
  
• Director of the Student Organization Development Center, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, (1978-1986)
  
• Fellow, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, (1990-2003)
  
• Director, Conflict and Change Center, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, (1986-2003)
  
• Coordinator, Conflict Management Graduate Minor, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (2003-2002)

Language Fluency: English

Language Proficiency: French (reading)

Conflict Resolution In-Country Experience

Training/Teaching

• Bulgaria - taught negotiation skills and conflict management (1991-1995)
• Canada - trained Deaf and Hearing in Bi/Bi mediation techniques (1994)
  
• Czech Republic - sustainability policy development and conflict management (1991-1995)
  
• France – trained mediators and taught conflict management (1991-present)
  
• Germany - taught negotiation skills and conflict management (1989-2003)
  
• Hungary - sustainability policy development and conflict management (1991-1995)
  
• India - taught conflict management and mediation
  
• Phillippines – provided mediation and non-violent intervention training. (1993-present)
  
• Poland – sustainability policy development and conflict management (1991-1995)
  
• Switzerland - taught negotiation skills and conflict management (1989-2003)
  
• Tanzania - taught conflict management and mediation (2002)
  
• Thailand – taught conflict management and mediation (1998, 2000)

Mediation

• Czech Republic – intra organizational dispute within  Environmental Policy Institute
• Moldova -  conflict over independence of the Gagauz Region.  (September, 1993)
• Philippines – political conflict among range of political organizations (April 1992), combatants in Philippine/Moro Islamic Liberation Movement/Lumads, Cotobato, Mindanao (February, 2002), Mindanao Cease Fire Team (March,   2007)

Consulting

• Bulgaria – sustainability policy development and  conflict management (1991 - 1995)
• Czech Republic – sustainability policy development and conflict management (1991-1995)
• Hungary – sustainability policy development and conflict management (1991-1995)
• Poland – sustainability policy development and conflict management (1991-1995) 
• Poland – Adviser to the Polish Constitutional Committee, reviewed and edited first English draft of the “ Short Constitution”, (May, 1992)

Research

• France, Germany, and the United States – The Intercultural Mediation Project :What is the effect of culture on mediation performance?
  
  • Ten bi-lingual mediators from each country met in Chorin, Germany (September 1995), Blere, France (November 1996), and Santa Fe, New Mexico (April 1997

International Cultural Experience

Professional: Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand

Other: Argentina, Austria, Burma, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Columbia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Great Britain, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Viet Nam

Service Areas Significant Experience

• Assessment design facilitation
• Conflict resolution systems design
• Conciliation, facilitation & mediation education
• Consultation and training in conflict mitigation or prevention
• Consultation and facilitation on implementation of consensus-based community empowerment processes for public policy matters
• Consensus and coordination building among NGOs
• Mediation: Train the trainers with ongoing consultation and continuing education
• Negotiation models: Interest-based negotiatio
• Nonviolent communication and dispute resolution processes
• Public dialogues: Facilitating meetings and forums open to the public; building capacity and local resources
• Role of rule of law and integration of ADR in post-conflict communities
• Training and education of NGO staff regarding bias awareness, forgiveness, prejudice reduction, white privilege and cross cultural issues

Publications

• The Mediator Within the Arena: A Guide for Reflection on the Practice of Mediation, Thomas Fiutak, Edition-Eres, Toulouse, France, Publisher, (proposed date of publication, Fall, 2008)
  
• Developing a school mediation program, in School Safety, online module, University of Minnesota (2008)
• The development and impact of the Circle Model of Mediation, in Common Good, John Brandl (ed),Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, (2006)
• Contributor, Sustainable Development in Czechoslovakia: A Blueprint for Transformation,
  Humphrey Institute, University of Minnesota  (1991)
• Contributor, Environment and Development for Poland ‑- Declaration for Sustainable
  Development, Humphrey Institute, University of Minnesota  (1990)

Last Revised on 5/16/2008