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​Tina E. Patterson, MDR, MCIArb, CF APMP, CICM  
Principal

Ms. Tina Patterson is the Founder and Principal of Jade Solutions LLC, a woman-owned business with more than 20 years of experience providing management consulting services in the areas of alternative dispute resolution and community engagement, proposal management, grants management support, project management, and training to a wide range of clients. She has specific experience in software development, intellectual property, government contracting, land use matters, hospitality, and employment contracts.

Furthermore, she has supported local and national public engagement efforts via organizations such as America Speaks, RESOLVE, the National Institute for Civil Discourse, and the Kellogg Foundation. She currently serves on panel rosters for the American Arbitration Association (AAA), the Center for Prevention and Resolution (CPR), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and the D.C. Bar Attorney-Client Arbitration Board (ACAB). Ms. Patterson is the first nonlawyer to be invited to participate in the College of Commercial Arbitrators Associates Program. She is a member of the 2023 Cohort.

For more than two decades, Ms. Patterson has been involved in advocacy, education, and outreach on issues dealing with human and women’s rights. She has been a speaker and guest lecturer on various topics, including human trafficking, minority leadership, landmine removal, and mediation. In addition, she has more than 20 years of information technology experience including managing and leading the Accreditation Mark product team and product rollout for a Fortune 500 company. 
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​ She has been featured in the Association for Conflict Resolution‘s ACResolution magazine for her Alternative Dispute Resolution work as well as in the United Nations Association of United States Interdependent magazine, Rolling Out magazine, the George Washington University’s Center for Excellence in Public Leadership newsletter for her community service work, and the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation's Trajectory magazine for her work with Jade Solutions.

She has completed certificate training in the following: Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), Association of Proposal Management Professional Certified Proposal Manager (CF APMP), Certified Configuration Manager (CICM), and Certified Product Manage, and Diversity Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).

Ms. Patterson is a member of the American Bar Association (ABA), the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) North America Branch (NAB), Arbitral Women, the Mid-Atlantic Facilitators Network (MAFN), the International Association of Facilitators (IAF), the International Council for Online Dispute Resolution (ICODR) the Chesapeake Bay Organizational Development Network (CBODN), the American Society for Public Administration, the Aspen Institute, the Atlantic Council, and an auxiliary member of the National Bar Association. Ms. Patterson serves as Co-Chair of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution(DR) Public Disputes and Consensus Building Committee and is a member of the DR Section Council).

Ms. Patterson is a graduate of Brown University, Southern Methodist University, and Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law Straus Institute.