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The AAA-ICDR Foundation is passionate about a shared commitment to fund critical projects in the ADR community and improve and expand the use of arbitration, mediation and other forms of dispute resolution. With your contribution the Foundation can:

          • Support needed research to improve the process and the perception of ADR.
          • Enhance court ADR activities.
          • Help create new ADR programs in law schools and business schools.
          • Promote diversity in ADR practice.
          • Create programs that advance civility in dispute management.
          • Expand the use of ADR in the United States and internationally.

If you are interested in making a donation to the Foundation, click here. To pay by check, please make checks payable to AAA-ICDR Foundation and mail to:

AAA-ICDR Foundation
120 Broadway, 21st Floor
New York, NY 10271

Donations received before March 31, 2022 will be acknowledged on the website as 2021 Donors, unless otherwise requested by the donor or unless the donor has previously been acknowledged as a 2021 Donor. Please consult your tax advisor regarding the tax deductibility year of your contribution.

2021 Donations

Chair's Circle Donor (minimum contribution of $2,000)

AAA on behalf of Edna Sussman for the 2021 AAA Vision Award
Anne Ashby
Hon. William Bassler
Thomas J. Brewer
Rebecca Callahan
Neal Eiseman
David Evans
John D. Feerick
Joseph Z. Fleming

Ruth Glick
Hon. Carol Heckman (Ret.)
Melinda Jayson
James R. Jenkins
India Johnson
Bernice Leber
David Lichter
Hon. Scott Link
Mark C. Morril
Charles Moxley

Frank Rossi
Sofaer Scheuer Philanthropic Fund
Richard Silberberg with matching contribution from The Dorsey & Whitney Foundation
Yaroslav Sochynsky
Stephen Strick
Edna Sussman
Eric Tuchmann
David Waddell

Leadership Donor (minimum contribution of $1,000)

Robert A. Alston
Peter Altieri
Gary Benton
Kathleen Blatz
John Boyce
Scott Buchheit
Mark Bunim
Carmen Caruso
John Allen Chalk
Chao ADR, PC
Nickolas Dibiaso
Eric Dill
John Downey
Randall Duke
Amy Eckman
John Fieldsteel

Tracey Frisch
Stephen P. Gilbert
Melvia Green
Brian Harvey
Melinda Hatton
Mary Jones
Sherman Kahn
William Kandel
Paul Klaas
The David G. Lane Charitable Fund
David Leonard
Richard Levin
Edward B. Lozowicki
Richard Mainland
Mitchell Marinello with matching contribution from Novack and Macey LLP

Teresa McCaslin
Judith Meyer
Thomas Mitchell
Mary O'Connell
Elliot Polebaum
Arthur L. Pressman
Harrie Samaras
Lawrence Schaner
Richard Steen
Gilda Robin Turitz
Hon. Christi Underwood
Kelly Weisbrod
Kimberly Wiehl

Donor

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2020 Donations

Chair's Circle Donor (minimum contribution of $2,000)

Terrell Allen
American Arbitration Association, Inc. in memoriam of Francis McGovern
American Arbitration Association, Inc. in memoriam of Helmut Wolff
Hon. Anne Ashby (Ret.)
Hon William G. Bassler
Thomas J. Brewer
John Allen Chalk
Lawrence Crispo
Neal M. Eiseman
David Evans

Eugene Farber
John D. Feerick
Richard P. Flake
Ruth Glick
Hon. Deborah Hankinson
David W. Ichel
Melinda Jayson
James R. Jenkins
India Johnson
John J. Kerr, Jr. and Nora Wren Kerr Charitable Fund
David Lichter
Bernice Leber

William H. Lemons in memory of Molly Bargenquest
Dan Lenny
Hon. Bruce Meyerson
Mark C. Morril
Richard Silberberg with matching contribution from The Dorsey & Whitney Foundation
Abraham Sofaer
Yaroslav Sochynsky
Edna Sussman
Eric Tuchmann
David Waddell

Leadership Donor (minimum contribution of $1,000)

Shawn Aiken
Albert Bates
Gary L. Benton
Kathleen Ann Blatz
Scott Buchheit
Joseph DeMarco
Nick Dibiaso
Eric Dill
John R. Downey
Amy Eckman
Gene Esshaki
Alfred Feliu
John Fieldsteel
Jonathan W. Fitch
Stephen P. Gilbert
Jeremy Goodman
Marc Goldstein
Melvia Green

Howard Harrison
William Hartsfield
Brian Harvey
Hochberg Foundation, Inc.
Sherman Kahn
William Kandel
Alan M. Kanter
Paul Klaas
Walter Kocher
David Lane
David M. Leonard
Edward B. Lozowicki
Richard Mainland
John McArthur
Teresa McCaslin
Judith Meyer
Thomas Mitchell

Mary O'Connell
Eduardo Palmer P.A.
Elliot Polebaum
Elizabeth Ray
Gerald Saltarelli
Harrie Samaras
John E. Sands
Lawrence Schaner
Susan Soussan
Richard T. Seymour
Richard Steen
Hon Christi Underwood
Brian Van Camp
Kelly Weisbrod
Deanne M. Wilson
Stephen Yungblut
Alvin Zimmerman

Donor

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2019 Donations

Chair's Circle Donor (minimum contribution of $2,000)

AAA on behalf of Eugene Farber for the 2021 AAA Vision Award
Hon. Anne Ashby (Ret.)
John M. Barkett
Hon. William G. Bassler
Gary L. Benton
Trey Bergman
Thomas J. Brewer
Mark Calhoun
Rebecca Callahan
Constructive Decisions, Inc.
Scott Donahey
Neal M. Eiseman
David Evans

Eugene Farber
John D. Feerick
Joseph Z. Fleming
Ruth V. Glick
Goetz Fitzpatrick LLP
Melinda Jayson
James R. Jenkins
Jewish Community Federation & Endowment Fund
India Johnson
Bernice K. Leber
David H. Lichter
Bruce Meyerson

Mark C. Morril & Marilyn S. Greenberg Family Fund
Nathan J. Robfogel
Francesco Rossi
John Rusk
Richard H. Silberberg
Yaroslav Sochynsky
Stephen Strick
Edna Sussman
Eric Tuchmann
David Waddell

Leadership Donor (minimum contribution of $1,000)

Gerald Aksen
Robert Alston
Hon. William G. Arnot, III
Albert Bates Jr.
Hon. Kathleen Ann Blatz
Scott Buchheit
James H. Carter
John Allen Chalk
Joseph V. DeMarco
Nickolas J. Dibiaso
Eric Dill
J. Timothy Eaton
Tim Eaton
Amy K. Eckman
Gene J. Esshaki
John W. Fieldsteel
Matthew J. Geyer
Stephen P. Gilbert
Jeremy M. Goodman

Hon. Elaine Gordon (Ret.)
Melvia B. Green
Mattox Hair
Howard F. Harrison and Ruth M. Harrison
William Hartsfield
David W. Ichel
Roland K. Johnson
William L. Kandel
Alan M. Kanter
John J. Kerr, Jr.
Jennifer Kirby
Paul Klaas
Walter Kocher
Carolyn B. Lamm
David Lane
David Leonard
Scott Link
Edward B. Lozowicki
Richard R. Mainland

Eli R. Mattioli
Teresa E. McCaslin
Barbara A. Mentz
Marshall & Judith Meyer
Rory Millson
Thomas J. Mitchell
Gordon W. Netzorg
Christine Newhall
Mary J. O'Connell
Eduardo Palmer
John Pappalardo
Bennett G. Picker
Elliot Polebaum
Harrie Samaras
Lawrence S. Schaner
Richard T. Seymour
Allison Snyder
Deanne Wilson
Stephen Yungblutt

Donor

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2018 Donations

Chair's Circle Donor (minimum contribution $2,000)

Hon. William G. Bassler
Edward Trey Bergman III
Thomas J. Brewer
M. Scott Donahey
Neil M. Eiseman
David L. Evans
Eugene Farber
John D. Feerick
Grant Hanessian

Hon. Deborah G. Hankinson
Melinda G. Jayson
James R. Jenkins
India Johnson
Jack P. Levin
David Lichter
Gary McGowan
Hon. Bruce Meyerson
Charles J. Moxley Jr.

Nathan J. Robfogel
Francesco Rossi
Richard H. Silberberg
Yaroslav Sochynsky
Stephen S. Strick
Edna Sussman
Stephen L. Tatum
Eric Tuchmann
David W. Waddell

Leadership Donor (minimum contribution of $1,000)

Shawn and Lynn Aiken
Robert Alston
Federico C. Alvarez
Hon. William G. Arnot, III
Reid L. Ashinoff
John A Barrett
John K. Boyce, III
Rebecca Callahan
John Allen Chalk
William Chandler
Hon. Lawrence W. Crispo (Ret.)
Nickolas Dibiaso
Eric Dill
Jacquelin F. Drucker
Randall Duke
Amy K. Eckman
Gene Esshaki
Hon. James R. Eyler (Ret.)
Alfred Feliu
John W. Fieldsteel
Richard Flake
Sherman D. Fogel
Paul Friedland
Frederick Fucci
Hon. Norman S. Gerstein
Stephen P. Gilbert
Ruth V. Glick
Marvin M. Goldstein

Jeremy M. Goodman
Hon. Elaine Gordon
Sheryl Mintz Goski
Hon. Melvia B. Green
Richard Greenleaf
Howard Harrison
William Hartsfield
Brian S. Harvey
Mark Heley
James Hosking
Sherman Kahn
Jean Kalicki
Alan M. Kanter
Carole Katz
John J. Kerr, Jr.
Jennifer Kirby
Paul Klaas
Walter Kocher
Carolyn B. Lamm
Bernice Leber
David Leonard
Nancy Lesser
William Levit
Hon. Scott Link
Edward B. Lozowicki
Susan Mackenzie
Richard Mainland
Mitchell Marinello

Paul B. Marrow
Eli R. Mattioli
Teresa McCaslin
Lawrence & Barbara Mentz
Judith P. Meyer
Thomas J. Mitchell III
Hon. James Montana, Jr.
Gordon W. Netzorg
Michael Oberman
Mary O'Connell
Adriana Odice
Philip O'Neill
John Pappalardo
Charles Pereyra-Suarez
Pierce Artwood LLP.
Elliot Polebaum
Gerald G. Saltarelli
Lawrence Schaner
Martin F. Scheinman
Eric Schwartz
John Sherrill
Susan Soussan
Richard H. Steen
Tackel-Raven Family Foundation
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP on behalf of J. Timothy Eaton
Vaughn R. Walker
Deanne M. Wilson
Stephen Yungblut

Donor

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2017 Donations

Chair's Circle Donor (minimum contribution of $2,000)

Hon. Anne Ashby
Hon. William G. Bassler
Thomas J. Brewer
Mark Calhoun
M. Scott Donahey
Neil M. Eiseman
David L. Evans
Eugene Farber
John D. Feerick
Joseph Z. Fleming

Hon. Deborah Hankinson
Melinda G. Jayson, P.C.
James R. Jenkins and Anita H. Jenkins
India Johnson
Jack P. Levin
David Lichter
Bruce E. Meyerson
Marc C. Morril & Marilyn S. Greenberg Family Fund
Francesco Rossi
Richard H. Silberberg

Yaroslav Sochynsky
Sofaer Scheuer Philanthropic Fund
Stephen S. Strick
Edna Sussman
Sussman ADR LLC
Melissa (Lisa) Thompson
Rosemary A. Townley
David W. Waddell
Hon. James R. Zazzali

Leadership Donor (minimum contribution of $1,000)

Gerald Aksen
Hon. William G. Arnot, III
Bruce W. Belding
John E. Bulman
John Allen Chalk
William Chandler
Hon. Nickolas J. Dibiaso
Anthony M. Dileo
Eric Dill
Randall Duke
Amy Eckman
Frederick R. Fucci
Stephen Gilbert
William E. Hartsfield

Melinda Hatton
Mary S. Jones
John J. Kerr, Jr.
Jennifer Kirby
Paul Klaas
Scott Link
Edward B. Lozowicki
Richard R. Mainland
Teresa McCaslin
Thomas J. Mitchell III
Gordon W. Netzorg
Mary J. O'Connell
Eduardo Palmer
John Pappalardo

Bennett G. Picker
Pierce Atwood LLP
Elliot Polebaum
Howard Reiss
Vincent G. Riverso
John E. Sands
Lawrence Schaner
Martin F. Scheinman
Lawrence Teplin
John Warren
Kenneth M. Weinman
Deanne M. Wilson

Donor

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2016 Donations

Chair's Circle Donor (minimum contribution of $2,000)

American Arbitration Association, Inc.
Hon. William G. Bassler
Thomas J. Brewer
Neal M. Eiseman
Eugene Farber
John D. Feerick
Jonathan W. Fitch
William B. Fitzgerald
Joseph Z. Fleming
James M. Gaitis
Dr. Patricia D. Galloway

Hon. Deborah Hankinson
Melinda G. Jayson
James R. Jenkins
India Johnson
John J. Kerr, Jr.
Carolyn Lamm
David H. Lichter
Hon. Bruce Meyerson
Charles J. Moxley, Jr.
Harriet O'Neill
Howard Reiss

Francesco Rossi
John Rusk
Lester Schiefelbein
Yaroslav Sochynsky
Abraham Sofaer
Edna Sussman
Tackel-Raven Family Foundation
Rosemary A. Townley
Eric Tuchmann
David W. Waddell

Leadership Donor (minimum contribution of $1,000)

Ross Alander
Hon. William G. Arnot, III
Beverly Poole Baker
Neil R. Bardack
Bruce W. Belding
John Allen Chalk
William Chandler
Cary Rodman Cooper
Hon. Nikolas J. Dibiaso
Anthony M. DiLeo
Arthur Felsenfeld and Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP
Gibbs Giden
Stephen P. Gilbert
Ruth V. Glick
Hon. Melvia B. Green
Thomas D. Halket
William E. Hartsfield

Brian Harvey
Mary S. Jones
Sherman W. Kahn
Jennifer Kirby
Paul Klaas
William H. Knull, III
Larson O'Brien LLP
Joe Lea
David M. Leonard
Jack Levin
Richard Levin
William H. Levit, Jr.
Edward Lozowicki
Susan Mackenzie
Richard Mainland
Richard L. Mattiaccio
Eli R. Mattioli

John Lorn McDougall
Thomas J. Mitchell, III
Mark C. Morril
Patricia Nemeth
Gordon W. Netzorg
Michael Oberman
John Pappalardo
Hon. Victoria L. Platzer
Charles Renfrew
Nathan J. Robfogel
Martin F. Scheinman
John Sherrill
Stephen E. Smith
Jeffrey Tener
John Wilkinson
Stephen K. Yungblut

Donor

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Founding Donors

Chair's Circle Founding Donor (minimum contribution of $2,000)

American Arbitration Association, Inc.
John Barkett
John A. Barrett
Hon. William G. Bassler
Albert Bates, Jr.
Hon. Neil Brown
Leng Sun Chan
William Chandler
Jacquelin Drucker
David Evans
Eugene Farber
Dean John D. Feerick
R. Carson Fisk
Jonathan Fitch
William B. Fitzgerald
Donald F. Frei
Marc J. Goldstein

Hon. Benjamin J. Greenberg
Thomas Halket
Hon. Deborah G. Hankinson
Reginald Holmes
The Howard and Katherine Aibel Foundation, Inc.
Melinda Jayson
James R. Jenkins
India Johnson
Carole Katz
H. E. Sheikha Haya Rashed Al Khalifa
Carolyn Lamm
William Lemons
Jack Levin
Francis E. McGovern II
Bruce E. Meyerson
Peter L. Michaelson
Terry F. Moritz

Charles J. Moxley. Jr.
National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals
Susan Nycum
Francesco Rossi
John Rusk
Jose Santos
Lester Schiefelbein
William Schroder
Richard H. Silberberg
Abraham Sofaer
Edna Sussman
Melissa Thompson
Rosemary A. Townley
Eric Tuchmann
David W. Waddell
Betty Widgeon
Hon. James R. Zazzali

Leadership Founding Donor (minimum contribution of $1,000)

Anonymous
Shawn K. Aiken
Gerald Aksen
Robert Alston
Peter Altieri
Federico Alvarez
William K. Andrews
Daniel Averbook
William L.D. Barrett
Bruce W. Belding
Gary L. Benton
Trey Bergman
Kathleen Ann Blatz
Philip Borowsky
John K. Boyce III
Robert Brent
Thomas J. Brewer
John M. Brickman
Scott E. Buchheit
John Bulman
John F. Byrne
Jose W. Cartagena
James Carter
Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.
Cedric C. Chao
Jack Clarke
Gerald S. Clay
Jonathan Cohen
Harold Coleman, Jr.
James Constable
Lawrence Crispo
Nickolas Dibiaso
Anthony M. Dileo
Mark Dosker
John R. Downey
Randall Duke
J T Eaton
Amy Eckman
Neal M. Eiseman
Dr. Siegfried H. Elsing
Gene Esshaki
Dawn Estes
Hon. James R. Eyler
Alfred Feliu
Arthur D. Felsenfeld
John Fitzpatrick, Jr.
Richard Flake
Susanna S. Fodor
Sherman Fogel
Sarah M-G François-Poncet
Jack Freedman
Frederick Fucci
Joseph M. Gagliardo
James Gaitis
Walter G. Gans
Barry H. Garfinkel
Sarah Gartner
Norman S. Gerstein

Matthew Geyer
Stephen P. Gilbert
Hon. James T. Giles
Ruth V. Glick
George Gluck
Mauricio Gomm Santos
Hon. Elaine Gordon
Diego Brian Gosis
Sheryl Mintz Goski
Herbert H. Gray III, P.C.
James Grossman
Sam Hanson
William E. Hartsfield
Martin J. Harty
Brian S. Harvey
Melinda Hatton
Mark Heley
John R. Holsinger
Charles E. Hughes
Firooz Israel
Joia Johnson
Bernard S. Kamine
Alan M. Kanter
Hon. Judith S. Kaye
John J. Kerr, Jr.
Hongsoek Kim
Jennifer Kirby
Paul Klaas
Linda Klibanow
Paula Konikoff
Robert A. Korn
Kimberlee Kovach
Philip Allen Lacovara
Urs Martin Laeuchli
LeClairRyan
B. Christopher Lee
David M. Leonard
Marilyn M. Levine
William H. Levit, Jr.
Lichter Law Firm, P.A.
David M. Lindsey
Edward Lozowicki
Richard Mainland
Mitchell L. Marinello
Paul Bennett Marrow
Gregory Martin
Richard L. Mattiaccio
Eli Mattioli
Harry N. Mazadoorian
Teresa E. McCaslin
Hon. Lamar McCorkle & Ms. Regina Giovannini
Deborah H. McElvaney
Barbara Mentz
Judith Meyer
Ben Miree
Thomas J. Mitchell, III
Mark C. Morril
Robert Morrill
Joseph W. Muccia

Patricia Nemeth
Gordon W. Netzorg
Michael S. Oberman
Michele O'Brien
Mary J. O'Connell
Philip O'Neill
Peter J. Pettibone
Bennett Picker
Robert C. Prather, Sr.
George C. Pratt
Klaus Reichert
Howard Reiss
Rob Remington
Cynthia L. Remmers
Vincent G. Riverso
Nathan J. Robfogel
Deborah Rothman
George T. Roumell, Jr.
Robert A. Rubin
Gerald G. Saltarelli
John Sands
Lawrence Schaner
Martin Scheinman
Eric A. Schwartz
Jack Selman
John A. Sherrill
David C. Singer
Debra M. Slate
Quinn Smith
Allison J. Snyder
Yarko Sochynsky
Susan Soussan
Richard H. Steen
Stephen Strick
Alice Sullivan
Philip Tamoush
David Tenner
David Trask
Eric van Ginkel
Glenn J. Waldman
James R. Waldo
Vaughn R. Walker
James N. Walter, Jr.
John P. Warren, Jr.
John Dewey Watson
Robert Wax
Floyd Weatherspoon
Barbara Byrd Wecker
Thomas H. Welby
Dana Welch
Eric Wiechmann
Michael Wilder
John Wilkinson
J.W. Wood, III & Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Stephen K. Yungblut
Alvin Zimmerman
William A. Zucker

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