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ELLEN RAIDER is a recognized authority in the field of conflict resolution, negotiation, and mediation training. Her work has been cited in numerous publications, and she has been a leading advocate for increasing awareness of the impact of culture on the conflict resolution process. Since 1978, she has taught international negotiation skills to thousands of corporate executives and diplomats in the United States and abroad. Her clients have included the United Nations, the European Economic Community, IBM, AT&T, General Electric, and Schering International.

In 1988, she was asked to set up the training department of the research-based International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution at Teacher’s College, Columbia University. In that capacity she has conducted workshops and created training materials for teachers, administrators, school boards, parents, and students.

Ms. Raider holds a Masters of Education Degree in Educational Psychology (Social and Group Processes) from Temple University and has done additional graduate work in Cultural Anthropology at the New School for Social Research.

Before starting her own consulting firm in 1978, she had broad-based experience as a teacher, staff developer, and training designer in both the private and public sectors.

She has designed cross-cultural conflict resolution training programs for the worldwide staff of UNICEF, the Committee for National Security, a Washington-based arms control group, the American Friends’ Service Committee, and the US/USSR Trade Negotiation Project, jointly sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the Soviet Academy of Foreign Trade.

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