Pictured Above at TAPM Annual Meeting March 2010: 
Left to Right Front Row:  Marietta Shipley, Program Co-Chair, Clayton Osborn, Treasurer, Regina Newson, Outgoing Secretary
Left to right Middle Row:  Leigh Ann Roberts, TAPM President 2009-2010 & Jay Barry, Board of Director
Left to Right Top Row:  Mark Travis, Secretary, Doug Berry, Board of Director, Paul DeHoff, Outgoing Board of Director and Richard Murrell, President Elect 2010-2011.
Not Pictured:  Larry Bridgesmith, TAPM President 2010-2011

TAPM Officers and Directors for 2010-2011 eflect the diversity of the association, which we believe is extremely important to the future growth of mediation.

 President - Larry Bridgesmith

Larry Bridgesmith is a lawyer, litigator, educator and mediator. He occupies the Randy and Rhonda Chair for Conflict Management at the Institute for Conflict Management at Lipscomb University where he serves as the inaugural Executive Director. He is a Rule 31 Listed Civil Mediator and has mediated in numerous industries including health care, employment, non-profit and faith based organizations.

President Elect, Richard Murrell

Richard Murrell was an attorney in private partice for 18 years before entering governmental pratice serving as a staff attorney for the Title IV-D Child Support Agency in the 30th Judicial District and later served as an Assistant Attorney General, General Civil Division for the State of Tennessee. Currently, as the Assistant Director of the Benefit Review Program for the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Mr. Murrell assists in the development of policy and procedure, directs the legal affairs in the Program’s offices Statewide and is the Designated Discovery Attorney, in which capacity he hears and determines contested issues related to discovery in the administrative process

Secretary, Mark Travis

Mark C. Travis received his law degree from the University of Louisville and his Master of Laws degree from the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University School of Law. He is a Rule 31 Listed General Civil Mediator of the Tennessee Supreme Court and has also received certification in Labor Relations Studies from the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations. Mark is a listed mediator, arbitrator, and fact-finder on the Alliance Roster of Professional Workplace Neutrals. He has served as the grievance mediation coordinator for the Tennessee Center for Labor-Management Relations, and is also a certified mediator for the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Tennessee, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Treasurer, Clayton Osborn

Clayton is an entrepreneur at heart and started a technology company, TurnItUp Media, which synergized the Music, Advertising, and IT Industries. He has also gained substantial experience in People Development and Leadership Consulting while interning with the Human Capital Group and now as the Technical Designer at Correct Care Solutions. In addition to Clayton’s professional pursuits, he finds time to be actively involved in his faith as a youth pastor for young men ages 14-16. One of Clayton’s greatest accomplishments was completing a 2-year full-time LDS mission trip where he ministered to the people of inner-city Kansas City, MO. Educationally, Clayton earned a bachelor’s in Business Administration from Cal Poly University where he also was awarded a full-ride basketball scholarship. Recently he obtained a Master of Conflict Resolution from Lipscomb University in which he boasts has made him a better husband! Clayton is married to his beautiful Wife Kaillee Osborn.
 

Director, Doris Brocker

Doris Brocker is Executive Director of Sumner Mediation Services, Gallatin, TN. She is a Rule 31 Listed General Civil Mediator and Rule 31 Trained Family Mediator, experienced in all manner of community mediation with particular interest in victim/offender reconciliation and relationship disputes including, but not limited to, access/visitation and child custody. 

Director, Doug Berry

Rule 31 Listed Family and General Civil Mediator in Tennessee; Certificate in Dispute Resolution from the Pepperdine School of Law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution 1997. Member of the California Bar since 1998, currently inactive with CA bar; Registered with USPTO as a patent attorney since 1999; and active Member of the Tennessee Bar since 2003.

Director, Jay Barry

Jay is in private practice in Lebanon, Tennessee.  He is a Rule 31 Listed Family and General Civil Mediator in Tennessee; Certificate in Dispute Resolution from the Pepperdine School of Law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution 1997. Member of the California Bar since 1998, currently inactive with CA bar; Registered with USPTO as a patent attorney since 1999; and active Member of the Tennessee Bar since 2003.

Director, Howard Vogel

Howard is in private practice in Knoxville, Tennessee with the firm of O'Neill, Parker & Williamson.  He has mediated over 1300 cases across the State of Tennessee. 

Immediate Past President,   Leigh Ann Roberts

Leigh Ann Roberts draws from her years of legal practice in both the public, private and nonprofit sectors. She has mediated for many parties in Tennessee courts helping them reach resolutions which greatly enhance their lives and their communities. Mrs. Roberts provides mediation services for many types of disputes, including cases involving medical/insurance claim disputes, construction cases, property disputes, neighbor & landlord/tenant disputes, contractual claims, employment disputes and conflicts within religious organizations and community groups.   She is a partner of Papa and Roberts, PLLC, of Brentwood, TN, and is Certified Rule 31 Civil Mediator. 

Legal Advisor, John Williams

John Williams is a Rule 31 Listed Civil Mediator and a partner with Tune, Entrekin & White, Nashville.  His areas of law practice include environmental law, health care law, intellectual property law, and general business law.