Jeanette Sartain
Jeanette Sartain is committed to assisting people in improving the quality of their lives by discovering tools for achieving their own positive solutions. Her extensive training and experience is utilized in work that includes Mediation, Facilitation, Conflict Coaching, and Training. That work addresses issues that include Multiple-Party, Government, Corporate, Community, Family/Elder, and Business/Consumer. She is experienced in Diversity and Cultural Competency, and works with clients from many different backgrounds. Her Native American heritage provides a unique perspective in dealing with issues affecting those from varied cultures. Jeanette believes in respect for the client and their needs; and a positive, supportive approach. Jeanette believes in respect for the client and their needs; and a positive, supportive approach.
Mediator, Facilitator and Conflict Coach
Mediator, facilitator and trainer, Lang & Associates (2007 to present). Among others, provided services to: United States Department of the Interior (DOI), United States Army Corp of Engineers, California Department of Housing & Economic Development and the City of Sacramento. Sacramento Mediation Center: Program Manager Two-Party Mediation and Mediator for Multiple-Party Services (until 2007); skilled in various mediation models; including Community, Facilitative, Transformative, Interest-based, and Victim/Offender; experienced in facilitation for large and small group; leads sessions for state, local, and federal government entities, as well as association, corporations, and private groups, such as “Green Chemistry” public meetings for Cal/EPA.
Extensive background in Violence Prevention, serving as a counselor, victim advocate, educator and trainer, and served as head of the nation’s largest Tribal Task Force addressing violence prevention; founder Custom Mediation and Conflict Coaching, focusing on convenient and customized support for the client.
Conflict Coaching customized for each client. The process can be private and one-on-one, or used in groups. Sessions are individually designed using evaluation instruments to determine conflict styles, power bases, and immediate needs; progressing to dialogue/discussion, exercises, goal setting, and follow-up.
Trainer, Educator and Outreach Specialist
Special Consultant/ Tribal Liaison/Cultural Consultant to Executive Director, Cal/EPA Department of Toxic Substances Control
Trainer specializing in large group education and Tribal Liaison (working with 33 California Tribes), U.S. Department of Commerce
Co-Developer/Trainer – PeaceMoves: Working with Conflict, for re-entry prison inmates
Trainer -
- Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency
- Sacramento District Attorney Mediation Training
- CalEPA Employee Training on Conflict Management and Problem Solving
- Cultural Competency for Sacramento Police Early Response Teams
- Sacramento Police, S.P.I.R.I.T. Program, aiding gang-affiliated youth
- Victim/Offender Mediation Program for youthful offenders and their victims
Writer
Published articles on a variety of subjects in the field of social issues and violence prevention; authored a comprehensive survey for targeting the needs of elders published in Bacchus Literary Supplement, Gato Magazine, and the San Francisco Chronicle; winner of Alpha Publishing “Poets’ Project,” San Francisco. Currently, writing books on conflict coaching and life enrichment.
Education and Affiliations
- B.A., San Francisco State University, Communication and Psychology
- Basic, Integrative, and Victim Offender Mediation Skills Training
- Member, Association for Conflict Resolution
- 40-hour Certification training, Women Escaping A Violent Environment (W.E.A.V.E.)
- Emergency Response Certification, Marin Abused Women’s Services
- “Safe from the Start” Training, effects of trauma on children
- 40-hour Cherokee History Course, Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma
- Associate Chief, Kusa Nunahi Band Cherokee
- Board member, Cherokees of North Central Valley