Ona Ferguson
Senior Mediator at Consensus Building Institute- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Consensus Building Institute
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United States
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Alternative Dispute Resolution
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Mediator
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Aug 2004 - Present
Some examples of my work:- Facilitating two community committees that work with federal agencies on large toxic site cleanups: The Hudson Community Advisory Group (with EPA, on the removal of PCB’s from the Hudson River) and the Pease Restoration Advisory Board (with the U.S. Air Force, on the removal of groundwater contaminants near Portsmouth, NH).- Co-led the City of Somerville, MA’s climate ambassador program for residents to foster community, information exchange and local action on climate change.- Helped a coalition of nine organizations that set ambitious forest-protection goals in rural Maine work through strategic questions and develop a work plan for the year.- Over a decade, helped guide and facilitate the Hudson River Sustainable Shorelines Project, collaborative research on the ecological, climate and community benefits of sustainable shorelines.- Co-facilitating the NYC Urban Forest Task Force, a group of 80 people developing the first shared urban forest agenda for the city.- Teaching graduate students at Yale’s Environment School collaboration and multi-party mediation.I am listed on the roster of conflict resolution professionals of the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution and am co-author of Land in Conflict: Managing and Resolving Land Use Disputes.
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Education
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Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Masters in Environmental Management, Land Use -
Smith College
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Art History, French