Courtney Breese is trainer, mediator, and facilitator who has spent her career helping people work through conflicts and connect across differences. Courtney is the Director of Community Mediation Programs at the Massachusetts Office of Public Collaboration, where she supports conflict resolution programming across the Commonwealth. She is also Director Emeritus of the National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD), a network of innovators who bring people together across divides to discuss, decide, and take action together effectively on today’s toughest issues. She has led various workshops on conflict resolution and facilitation for library workers as part of NCDD’s partnership with the American Library Association’s Libraries Transforming Communities Initiative. Courtney lives in Southern California.