Gururaj Kumar Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Washington, Dc

• Teach undergraduate courses on Peace and Conflict Resolution and Law and International Organizations with the Washington Semester Program• Teach graduate level course on cross-cultural mediation with the Intercultural Management Institute

• Designed and facilitated a three-hour dialogue session with 40 Egyptian and American nationals to promote cross-cultural understanding at the Embassy of Egypt • Designed and facilitated a two-day interactive training on sustained dialogue for the Dialogue Development Group at American University• Facilitated dialogues between American University and surrounding neighborhood association to address the university’s growth and its impact on the community • Facilitated eight community forum discussions for the Washington DC government and Washington DC Public Schools to engage stakeholders and elicit feedback for a city-wide school revitalization project• Developed and co-facilitated a two-day conflict resolution training focusing on communication skills, cross-cultural conflict management, and problem-solving for international development and humanitarian relief staff working abroad for the Peacebuilding and Development Institute in Washington, DC• Designed and delivered a three-hour workshop focusing on team-building, conflict management, and cultural awareness for faculty at a Norfolk, VA high school experiencing interpersonal and organizational conflict

• Travel throughout the country delivering leadership development trainings focused on negotiation, conflict management, and crisis leadership – Trained over 1,000 public and private sector senior managers and executives; clients include DHS, FDA, NASA, the Federal Executive Institute, Brookings Institution, and BASF– Training programs vary from 1 day to 1 week• Oversee all aspects of training program, from contracting to evaluation– Provides strategic and practical program management of daily operations including, training logistics, training delivery schedules, and quality control/responding to client feedback– Instructional design responsibilities include developing interactive training materials and customized content for face-to-face and online simulation exercises– Responsible for developing contracts and financial management, including managing $500,000 budget– Manage cadre of 10 trainers and responsible for recruiting and training adjunct trainers• Responsible for managing current training portfolio and developing new client relationships– Created marketing material, including training brochure and website re-design– Successfully negotiated over $40,000 in new business for current fiscal year

• Responsible for developing positive working relationships for over 12,000 faculty, staff and students by providing conflict management, mediation, conflict coaching, and third-party facilitation services – Conducted over 100 mediation intakes and mediated over 60 organizational and interpersonal conflicts– Designed and co-facilitated two six-week sustained dialogues on diversity – Facilitated a three-hour session with religious leaders of the Ivory Coast and the US State Department to strategize conflict resolution techniques to overcome inter-religious conflict• Designed and delivered tailored trainings and guest lectures on conflict management, cross-cultural communication, and organizational effectiveness – Trained over 180 faculty, staff, and students to be peer mediators through a semi-annual 20 hour Basic Mediation Training– Guest lecturer on mediation, conflict management, and interpersonal communication at the Washington College of Law, the School of International Service, the School of Public Affairs, and the School of Communication – Collaborated with Human Resources to design, develop, and implement staff and faculty training entitled “Everybody Wins: Turning Conflict into Collaboration”• Managed six staff members and responsible for coordinating a cadre of over 120 peer mediators

• Developed high-quality solutions for large scale organizational development and communication efforts for organizations experiencing change in collaboration with colleagues, clients, and subject matter experts • Planned, designed materials, and facilitated large- and small-scale conferences, trainings, train-the-trainer programs, and outreach campaigns for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Army, and Navy • Developed key messages, themes, talking points, and marketing and communication strategies for the Chief of Navy Personnel, Admirals for the Navy, the Army Chief of Staff, and the Commissioner of the Small Business/Self-Employed Division of the IRS• Managed research teams focusing on organizational culture, structure, and organizational best practices on diversity, organizational effectiveness, and conflict management

Ma, International Peace & Conflict Resolution, Organizational Change Managment

Ba, History And Psychology