Suzanne Koebler
Interim Executive Director
Suzanne has been working in public and non-profit administration since 1995. Prior to joining CRC, Suzanne worked as an analyst for the County Health Services Agency, as Executive Director of Mental Health Client Action Network, and as a grant consultant at Cabrillo College. She trained with CRC as a Community Mediator in Spring of 2008. Suzanne divides her time between program management, administration and outreach.
Vicki Assegued
Coordinator of Victim-Offender Dialogue and Parent-Teen Mediation Programs
Vicki has been providing mediation services since 1994. Before Joining CRC's staff in 2002, she taught conflict resolution skills to students, teachers, and parents throughout Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties, and served as Coordinator of the Conflict Resolution Team at Watsonville High. Vicki began her work at CRC as Victim-Offender Dialogue Program Coordinator. In 2007 her role was expanded to include responsibility for the Parent-Teen Mediation Program.
Bonnie Primbsch
Coordinator of Court and Community Mediation Programs
Bonnie received her first mediation training with Santa Clara County's Office of Human Relations. She parlayed her new skills into a position at a local company facilitating meetings among management, and did freelance mediation for community groups and media organizations. As Public Affairs Producer for KUSP-FM in Santa Cruz, Bonnie arranged interviews about the Conflict Resolution Center's Victim-Offender Dialogue Program and other local restorative justice initiatives. She trained with CRC in March 2005 and served as a volunteer in CRC's Community and Parent-Teen Mediation Programs until joining the staff in August 2007. Her position was made possible by a partnership with the Santa Cruz County court system, in which people thinking of litigating are encouraged to try mediation instead.
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