Mary Orton
Mary Orton
Mary Orton, founder and principal of TMOC, has exceptional skills and extensive experience in mediation and conflict management, facilitation of groups of all sizes, consensus building and collaboration, public participation, strategic planning, coaching, and organization development.
She has provided state, federal, tribal, and local government agencies with these services since 1999.
Mary’s work is informed by group and conflict theory, and by the experience of helping numerous individuals and organizations resolve their differences and work more productively in positive ways.
Mary’s undergraduate degree is in political science. She holds a graduate certificate in environmental conflict resolution and a master’s degree in conflict resolution.
Mary is a member of several rosters of public policy mediators and facilitators:
The National Roster of Environmental Dispute Resolution and Consensus Building Professionals, managed by the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution (a federal agency).
The Senior Mediator Affiliated Network of public policy mediators managed by Oregon Consensus (a state agency).
The Oregon Department of Justice Appropriate Dispute Resolution Provider Roster for the following four categories:
- Mediation
- General Facilitation
- Public Policy Facilitation
- Public Involvement
Mary was an adjunct professor at the Arizona State University Law School and conducted training in its mediation clinic. She taught continuing education workshops for volunteer mediators at the Clark County Neighborhood Justice Center. She has provided facilitation, public participation, and mediation skills training for Grand Canyon National Park and the Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Foundation at Northern Arizona University.