About Our President:

Ouida Y. Vendryes

An expert in mediation and dispute resolution, Ms. Vendryes is the president of Resolution Management, a business consulting firm. The mission of the firm is to strengthen the way people work together to meet performance and business goals. Through her interventions, her clients have strengthened their ability to resolve conflict, build productive relations, and reduce the legal and financial costs of workplace disputes. Ms Vendryes is a certified Mediator who has empowered parties toward mutually agreeable settlements in a variety of conflict situations.

Notably she has been recognized by her ability to resolve labor-management differences with clients such as The United States Postal Service, Catholic Medical Center/ Local 803, and Beth Israel Medical Center/Local 1199 in New York. In addition, she has successfully implemented management development programs for a full spectrum of organizations with clients such as: Cornell University, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Touro Law Center, Covenant House New York, training and development programs in Conflict Management, Mediation, Sexual Harassment, Team Building, Managing Diversity, Customer Service, Communication and Time Management, She customizes all of her training programs to meet the needs of her clients.

Ms. Vendryes has been consistently in demand to present key topics of interest to management, labor unions and human resource professionals. For example, over the past 5 years, she has presented Consolidated Edison's Relationships By Objective Seminar, which has helped the company to strengthen labor-management relations by producing an action plan that facilitates day-to-day collaboration. In 1997 Ms. Vendryes designed, developed and delivered the core Trainer Development program for the American Society for Training and Development. This implementation from initial needs assessment through evaluation. As a featured presenter at a host of conferences, she is noted for her leading-edge approaches to improving individual and organizational performances in today's diverse workplace. Most recently her firm was selected to design, develop and launch the first Labor/Management Team Building Train-the-Trainer program for Local 1199 in New York. This exciting program promises to transform labor/management relations in the hospital industry for the new millennium.

Ouida holds a Master of Science degree in Education from Brooklyn College, and is an adjunct instructor at Cornell University. As a certified Mediator, she is a member of Mediation Training International's global network of consultants who are specifically qualified to handle labor management disputes.