The Ombuds Blog: Dartmouth College Appoints Full-Time Ombuds

September 14, 2022

Dartmouth College Appoints Full-Time Ombuds

Tracey Brant, CO-OP, has been selected the Ombuds for the private Ivy League college in New Hampshire. She will report to the president and reopen an office that has been closed for nearly five years. The prior Ombuds was part-time and worked only with faculty and staff. Brant will serve Dartmouth's faculty, staff, postdoctoral fellows, and professional and graduate students. Brant comes to the position for Cornell University, where she was the Assistant Ombudsman for four years.

Brant brings a diverse professional resume to the new position. She has been a ICF certified coach since 2010. She worked many different positions at Cornell since 1985: program manager in animal science, veterinary technician and education specialist, associate director of alumni affairs and development, career services specialist, and visiting lecturer in engineering. She graduated from Cornell and earned an MS at Tufts University. (Dartmouth News; LinkedIn.)

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Organizational Ombuds serve as a confidential, independent, neutral and informal dispute resolution resource for a specific entity. They are accessible to a defined population and can advocate for fairness. These unique characteristics distinguish Organizational Ombuds from Classical Ombuds, mediators, arbitrators, and other alternative dispute resolution professionals. The term "Ombuds" is shorthand for "Ombudsman," "Ombudsperson" and "Ombuds Officer," which also are used widely.

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Germany -- Ombudspersonen

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September 14, 2022

Dartmouth College Appoints Full-Time Ombuds

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