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Director of the Institute of Conflict Resolution & Communication
Director of Training

Alexia Georgakopoulos, Ph. D., (ICRC's Director of Training) is the Primary Trainer who conducts and presents trainings. She is a professor and world class expert in conflict resolution and communication with two decades of work in the fields. She has recently been interviewed and appeared on NBC’s Today Show and discussed the topic of “Is World Peace Possible?”

Alexia Georgakopoulos has extensive experience as an educator, trainer, researcher, and practitioner. She has published numerous papers in leading conferences and journals.  She is currently a Professor of Conflict Resolution and Analysis in the Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (DCAR) in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) at Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. For programs and degree information at SHSS please visit http://shss.nova.edu/.   Dr. Georgakapoulos has previously taught at three other premiere universities, which include Arizona State University, University of West Florida and Illinois State University.

She is a Florida Supreme Court Certified County and Family Mediator. Also, she is approved by the Florida Supreme Court as a primary trainer for Florida Supreme Court Certification in County and Family Mediation. The Florida Bar has certified a number of her programs. She regularly offers Continuing Mediation Education and Continuing Legal Education. Please see the programs available at ICRC for program descriptions and details. 

Alexia Georgakopoulos received her Ph.D. in Communication from Arizona State University where she attended the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication.  Her areas of expertise are in Conflict Resolution, Organizational Communication, Intercultural Communication, Effective Pedagogy, Nonverbal Communication, and Relational Communication.  Her training is based on two decades of academic work in the fields of communication and conflict resolution. She combines her interdisciplinary skills of conflict resolution, communication, and psychology in her role as a trainer. 

Along with being an educator, Alexia Georgakopoulos works as a professional and motivational speaker and consultant for multinational organizations, school systems, healthcare organizations, family systems, governmental agencies, religious organizations, community-based organizations, and international organizations. She delivers mediation, facilitation, communication, diversity, and conflict management trainings. She is committed to offering quality educational programs.


Alexia Georgakopoulos is a proud member of:

EDITORIAL BOARDS & PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

  • Review Board of Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies
  • Member of the Peace and Research Foundation
  • Member of National Communication Association
  • Member of International Communication Association
  • Member of Association of Conflict Resolution

Thomas R. Baker, III was appointed as a General Magistrate for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, in and for Palm Beach County, Flroda in October 2006. Magistrate Baker primarily hears family law matters but also conducts mental health and guardianship hearings. Prior to his appointment, Magistrate Baker was in private practice in Palm Beach County, Florida from 1988-2006. His practice consisted of family law and guardianship matters. After his admission to The Florida Bar in 1985, Magistrate Baker worked as an Associate Attonery for an insurance defense law firm in St. Lucie County until 1987.

Diane M. Kirigin is a General Magistrate with the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, in and for Palm Beach County, Florida. She currently serves at the South County Judicial Complex in Delray Beach, Florida, presiding primarily over Family Division cases. She also handles Baker (mental health) and Marchman Act (substance abuse) proceedings; as well as guardianship enforcement matters. General Magistrate Kirigin has a B.A. in History from Florida Atlantic University; and a J.D. from Nova Southeastern University.

Ms. Rebecca Storrow is the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Director of the 15th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, Palm Beach. Ms. Storrow directs services including family, dependency, and civil mediation, parenting coordination, and restorative justice intervention. She has created and implemented comprehensive training programs, domestic violence screening, quality assurance standards, and conflict management systems based on comprehensive assessments and the specific visions and goals of the requesting organizations.