Georgia State University Expands Ombuds Office With Two New Hires

The GSU Office of the Ombudsperson has appointed Birthe Reimers and Chris Vermillion as Assistant Ombudspersons, joining Director and University Ombudsperson Kelley Alexander after a national search.  The new hires dramatically expand the ability of the office to provide Ombuds services to over 40,000 faculty, staff, and students.   (GSU Ombuds.)

Reimers has been the Director of Community Peacebuilding at TRENDS Global in Atlanta. She has worked as a community and family mediator, and provided training in school-site conflict resolution and victim offender restitution processes for the past 10 years with Mediators Beyond Borders and local non-profit organizations in Atlanta and Los Angeles. Reimers graduated with a BA and MA from UCLA and earned a PhD program at Kennesaw State University.  (Welcoming America.)

Vermillion has been working as Training Director for the Dispute Resolution Center of King County, Washington.  He has mediated disputes in universities, courts, public schools, community mediation centers, and with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He also worked as a research assistant for the Ombudsman at the United Nations. Vermillion graduated from Brigham Young University, a JD from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, and a Masters in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution from Columbia University. (LinkedIn.)

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