Jeanette Sartain
Jeanette Sartain has a strong commitment to helping people improve the quality of their lives. Her wealth of professional training, along with her personal experiences, is utilized in work that includes Mediation, Facilitation, Conflict Coaching, Training, Education, and Writing. That work addresses issues of conflict including, but not limited to: multi-party, government, neighborhood, landlord/tenant, family/elders, property, partnerships, business/consumer, employment, LGBTI, personal injury, and pets. Her Native American heritage brings cultural awareness to work with clients from many different backgrounds. She delights in helping people discover the tools for achieving their own positive solutions. Jeanette’s encouraging outlook and respect for clients’ needs make her highly effective in any arena.
Mediator, Facilitator and Conflict Coach
Extensive background in Violence Prevention, serving as a counselor, victim advocate, educator and trainer, and served as head of the nation’s largest Tribal Task Force addressing violence prevention; founder Custom Mediation and Conflict Coaching, focusing on convenient and customized support for the client; Sacramento Mediation Center: Program Manager Two- Party Mediation and Mediator for Multiple-Party Services (until 2007); skilled in various mediation models; including Community, Facilitative, Transformative, Interest-based, and Victim/Offender.
Experienced in facilitation for large and small group; leads sessions for state, local, and federal government entities, as well as association, corporations, and private groups, such as “Green Chemistry public meetings for Cal/EPA.
One of only a handful of people nationwide in pioneering the exciting new field of conflict coaching. The conflict coaching process can be private, one-on-one, or used in groups. Sessions are individually designed using evaluations to determine conflict styles, power bases, and immediate needs, then using dialogue/discussion, exercises, goal setting, and follow-up.
Trainer, Educator and Outreach Specialist
Special Consultant/Tribal Liaison/Cultural Consultant to Executive Director, Cal/EPA Department of Toxic Substances Control; Trainer specializing in large group education and Tribal Liaison (working with 33 California Tribes), U.S. Department of Commerce; trainer on Cultural Competency for early-response police teams through W.E.A.V.E; trainer S.P.I.R.I.T Program, aiding endangered, gang-affiliated your; trainer Victim Offender Mediation Program for youthful offenders and their victims; with colleague Jacklyn Boor, developed PeaceMoves: Working with Conflict, an innovative program of trainings in dispute resolution and communication which includes an interactive workshop dedicated to addressing conflict for re-entry prison inmates.
Writer
Published articles on a variety of subjects in the field of social issues and violence prevention; authored a comprehensive survey for targeting the needs of elders’ published in Bacchus Literary Supplement, Gato Magazine, and the San Francisco Chronicle; winner of Alpha Publishing “Poets’ Project,” San Francisco. Currently, writing books on conflict coaching and life enrichment.
Education and Affiliations
- B.A., San Francisco State University, Communication and Psychology
- Basic, Integrative, and Victim Offender Mediation Skills Training
- 40-hour Certification training, Women Escaping A Violent Environment (W.E.A.V.E.)
- Emergency Response Certification, Marin Abused Women’s Services
- 40-hour Cherokee History Course, Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma
- “Safe from the Start” Training, effects of trauma on children
- Member, Association for Conflict Resolution
- Associate Chief, Kusa Nunahi Band Cherokee
- Boardmember, Cherokees of North Central Valley
- Volunteer, Carousel Fund for Children with Severe Illness
- Volunteer, Polly Klaas Foundation for Missing Children
- Event Planner, “Bells of Hope Street” Benefit aid to the homeless