The Ombuds Blog: National Institutes of Health Has New Associate Ombuds

July 16, 2014

National Institutes of Health Has New Associate Ombuds

The Office of the Ombudsman, Center for Cooperative Resolution at the NIH has named Tyler Smith as its new Associate Ombudsman. He will join Howard Gadlin, Ombudsman and Director of the Center, David Michael, Deputy Ombudsman, Kathleen Moore, Senior Associate Ombudsman, Associate Ombudsmen Linda Brothers, Linda Myers and Lisa Witzler, and Denise Burns, Program Support Assistant.

Smith has a M.A. in Conflict Analysis and Dispute Resolution from Salisbury University and was a graduate intern with the NIH Office of the Ombudsman from January through May 2014. Prior to coming to the NIH, Smith spent several years at The Bosserman Center for Conflict Resolution.

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