D.G. Mawn

D.G. Mawn, M.A., J.D., is the current President of the National Association for Community Mediation (NAFCM.  As President Mr. Mawn supports the efforts of NAFCM’s members to amplify the voice, aggregate the wisdom and advance the work of community mediation across the continent.  Since 2014, he has guided the NAFCM Learning Community, which is funded through the JAMS Foundation. The areas of focus have included: veterans, law enforcement, immigrants, foster care, the older adult, housing insecurity, formerly incarcerated adults, young adults and community cohesion and security.  He also serves for the Foundation as the Grants Manager with the Association for Conflict Resolution.  He also currently serves as co-convenor of the TRUST Network, designed to develop a braided forum for the strengthening and expanding the possibility for community cohesion and security infrastructure.  Mr. Mawn has worked with the Carter School to co-design the certificate program Contemporary Dispute Resolution.

Mr. Mawn serves, as well, as senior consultant through Intuitive Synergies LLC in Louisville, Kentucky.  He co-developed the Cultural Intuitiveness™ process. Currently, he works at the state level with the State of Indiana’s Division of Mental Health and Addictions to embed these tools and processes into their comprehensive system redesign and program implementation, in order to strengthen their ability to create connected and healthy communities.. He received his law degree from DePaul University School of Law, masters from Spalding University and bachelor’s from The Catholic University of America.

Recent Publications

Zimmer, J.F., Mawn, D.G.,  Dieckman, L., Burrell, M. (2022). Connecting  Communities Virtually Through Community Mediation,Contemporary Trends in Conflict and Communication, Water de Gruyter, Berlin/Boston.

Recent Award

Community Peacemaker Award, Community Dispute Settlement Center, October 2021

Recent Presentations

Creating Community Connections: The role and responsibility of community systems to support community actors: Division of Mental Health and Addictions | May 2022

Link Conflict Early Warming Early Action, Columbia University, Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, On-line| April, 2022

The TRUST Network:  Creating opportunities for peace-creators and social justice advocates to meet the moment, The Association for Conflict Resolution National Conference, Orlando, Florida, On-line| September 2021

The role and responsibility of the mediators within the judicial system, Nashville, Tennessee, On-line| August 2021

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and the Field of Conflict Resolution, The Center for ADR's 2021 Virtual Conference, Bowie, Maryland | June 2021

The 1964 Civil Rights Act, Section 10- Creating Local Partnerships for Peacemaking, Social Justice and Democracy, The Alliance For Peacemaking Wednesday Series, On-line | March 2021

The Community Mediation Movement, The TRUST Network, On-line | January 2021