Kate Otting Email & Phone Number

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Tempe, Arizona, Us

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Lecturer in the College of Public Service & Community Solutions. Fellow of the Global Community Development Partnership with Fen Chia University in Taiwan. Visiting scholar in the 2017 GCDP global tour.

Port Elizabeth Area, South Africa

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Otting served as an investigator for the Arizona Ombudsman - Citizens' Aide, an independent and impartial dispute resolver. It is the ombudsman's job to aid in the resolution of problems in a nonadversarial manner. The office is an independent agency of the Arizona Legislature. Otting handled over 700 cases per year in this capacity, with an agreement rate of over 95%. As the lead investigator, Otting authored the landmark Report of Investigation of the Arizona Medical Board, #1202725.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Taught communication, law, business management and dispute resolution courses as well as writing curriculum and running seminars on conflict management and mediation.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Managing a team of mediators around the state, Otting directed the conflict management program for the Arizona Attorney General's Civil Rights Division. She was responsible for 2000+ mediation cases per year, including discrimination claims through Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEOC). She also managed intergovernmental contracts to mediate cases for other state agencies, including Registrar of Contractors and Structural Pest Control. Under her direction, the program's agreement rate rose from 87% to 91% and achieved overall client satisfaction rate of 99%. Under an intergovernmental contract with the Arizona Supreme Court, she wrote curriculum for and coordinated training of mediators for courts throughout the state. She sat on Arizona Supreme Court Advisory Committees on Alternative Dispute Resolution and Domestic Relations Reform.

Grinnell, Iowa

Directed mediation program of state agency founded by Iowa legislature and Lt. Governor. Directed school conflict resolution, general mediation training and other fee-for-service programs. Managed a team of staff mediators, trainers and student interns. Trained mediators for courts, schools and public agencies throughout the state. Developed training curriculum and manual. Responsible for providing cross-cultural and mediation training programs to international visitors, diplomats and scholars, including Under Secretary of the former Organization of African Unity (now African Union). Featured in PBS documentary for success in managing statewide peer mediator program. Grant review panelist for the US Institute of Peace.

Recruited by former Lt. Governor to launch agency aimed to build free press in post-Soviet era. Wrote successful federal grants which enabled journalism fellows from former Soviet Union to intern in community media outlets in Iowa. Recruited participants from Bulgaria, Mongolia, Ukraine, and Republic of Georgia. Worked with university professors, undergraduate students and graduate students. Directed cross-cultural training for fellows in their home countries as well as in the U.S. Responsible for placement of fellows in media outlets around the U.S. Led international journalists on field excursions to major media outlets throughout the U.S. Agency closed after grant funding from US Information Agency expired.

Togo, West Africa

Serving the eastern Savannah Region of Togo, Otting worked with local cooperative extension agents of the Togolese Government on Small Enterprise Development Projects. The purpose of the projects were to empower farmers, weaving cooperatives and other small business enterprises and their social service providers to identify community needs and to respond to those needs with appropriate support. Ultimately, each group helped build human resources capacity for families and rural communities, in order to alleviate poverty and increase income levels of families. While there, she learned that many of the men lost their livelihood due to river blindness. Otting worked with a World Health Organization pilot who agreed to test and treat the local river for the parasite. She also worked with a German organization that helped blind farmers re-learn farming skills so that they could manage small garden plots near the river. She conducted a needs assessment, held village meetings and had widespread support of local leaders as well as the women and men of the village.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Development Economics And International Development, Abd

Activities and Societies: Research fellow, lecturer, supervising master's students and thesis adviser.Doctoral candidate (ABD). Research.

Strauss Institute For Dispute Resolution

Ideological Foundations in Mediation

Master'S Degree, Conflict Resolution, Training And International Education

Activities and Societies: Served as graduate fellow and development coordinator for Iowa Peace Institute. Student representative.

Japanese Language Immersion

Activities and Societies: Year-long Japanese language immersion course with immigrants who were primarily from Asian countries. No.

Ba, Management And Psychology

Activities and Societies: Student body president, Teacher's Assistant (TA) for statistics and psychology labs, Volunteers in Service.