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Group Photo of MCWP members after a Kaplan Lecture

Meet Our Board Officers

Our board officers provide leadership and direction, drawing on decades of combined experience as family mediators, civil mediators, and community conflict resolution leaders.

Portrait of MCWP Member of Alicia Nocera

Alicia R. Nocera, Esquire

President

Portrait of MCWP Member of Amanda C. Cook

Amanda C. Cook

Vice-President

Portrait of MCWP Member of Kelly Reddy-Heffner

Kelly Reddy-Heffner

Treasurer

Portrait of MCWP Member of Nichole Dahlen

Nichole Dahlen

Secretary

Meet Our Board Members

Our board members represent what a mediator is at its best - professionals with expertise across family, civil, and community mediation.

Alicia R. Nocera, President
 

Amanda Cook, Vice President


Nichole Dahlen, Secretary


Kelly Reddy-Heffner, Treasurer


Bernie Behrend, Immediate Past President


Selina Shultz


Mary Jane Oppenheim

Benjamin Feldman

Genna Carrington

Sally Cimini

Mark Greenblatt

 

Patricia Wozniak Henk

 

Beverly Ross

 

Ebony Dendy

 

Minna Allison

 

Carole Katz

 

Judy Tobe

Andrew Horowitz

Our Heritage: 
Hon. Lawrence Kaplan

Judge Kaplan is known for his commitment to the principle that giving the parties an opportunity to resolve their own disputes would improve the quality of dispute resolution and justice in family courts. Judge Kaplan championed the practice of mediation in Allegheny County since the early 1980s and he established the Family Mediation Council, one of the first organizations in Allegheny County dedicated to advancing the use of mediation, which ultimately became the MCWP.  In addition to his distinguished career on the bench, Judge Kaplan held leadership positions in many organizations, among them the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts.

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Portrait of Honorary Lawrence Kaplan, Founder of the MCWP

Our Heritage: 
Laura A. Candris

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