Sarah Miller Espinosa
Professional Work History
SME Dispute Resolution, Arbitrator/Mediator/Organizational Ombuds (2013-Present); Scheinman Institute, Cornell University ILR School, Senior Extension Associate (2022- Present) & Contributing Instructor (2018-2022): part-time instructor for neutral education programs, including Professional Mediation Certificate Program (Ethics in Mediation & Arbitration; Employment Law Mediation Training) and Labor Arbitrator Development Program; Prince William County Public Schools, Manassas, Virginia, Impartial Ombudsman (2019-2021); Montgomery College, Office of the Ombuds, Rockville, Maryland, College Ombuds (2013-2016); Montgomery College, Vice President of Human Resources, Development, & Engagement (2011-2013) and Director of Labor Relations & Employee Engagement (2009-2011); Montgomery County Government Labor Relations Manager & Chief Negotiator (2006-2009); State of Connecticut Department of Labor, Board of Labor Relations, Assistant General Counsel (2005-2006) and State Board of Mediation & Arbitration, Mediator (2004-2005); Service Employees International Union Locals 511 & 506, 1999-2003: General Counsel (2002-2003) and Assistant to the President (1999-2002).
Dispute Resolution Experience
ARBITRATION ROSTERS
American Arbitration Association Labor Arbitration Panel; Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Labor Arbitration Panel; The Labor Relations Connection; National Mediation Board Arbitration Panel; New York Public Employment Relations Board Public Sector and Private Sector Voluntary Grievance Arbitration Panels; New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission Labor Arbitration Panel; Cornell University Roster of Neutrals
ARBITRATION PANELS
Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York and the United Federation of Teachers, Local 2, AFT, AFL-CIO (§3020-a Teacher Tenure Panel); Maryland Transportation Administration & Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1300; Montgomery County Government and International Association of Fire Fighters Local 1664; United States Postal Service (USPS) and the National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO NALC Region 13/USPS DC/Maryland/Virginia Panels (Regular Contract, Regular Discipline, LMOU Impasse); Overseas Federation of Teachers, AFT, AFL-CIO, and Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA); Department of Health & Human Services and National Treasury Employees Union
IMPARTIAL LABOR RELATIONS ADMINISTRATOR
Montgomery County, MD Labor Relations Administrator (General Government Workers); Arlington County, VA Labor Relations Administrator; Fairfax County, VA Labor Relations Administrator; Fairfax County Public Schools Labor Relations Administrator; City of Charlottesville, VA Labor Relations Administrator; Prince William County, VA Labor Relations Administrator
MEDIATION PANELS
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Early ADR Mediation Panel; EEOC RESOLVE Mediation Panel; Office of Congressional Workplace Rights Mediation Panel
Cornell University Dispute Resolution Training (Course titles and dates taken)
Labor Arbitrator Development Program (Second Cohort): Introduction to Labor Arbitration (2011); Ethics (2012); Evidence (2012); Scheinman on Evidence (2012); Labor and Employment Award Writing (2012); Advanced Issues in Arbitration (2013); Mediating & Arbitrating in the Federal and Public Sectors (2012); Designing Effective Dispute Resolution Systems for the Workplace (2011); What Labor Arbitrators Need to Know about Labor Unions (2011); Labor Law (2012); Employment Law Mediation (2014).
Professional Associations
National Academy of Arbitrators, Member (2020 – Present); College of Labor & Employment Lawyers, Fellow (2024-Present); Labor & Employment Relations Association (LERA), Virginia Chapter, President (2021-2022), Founding Board Member (2021-2024), Member (2021-Present); LERA (National) Dispute Resolution Section Ombuds Practice Lead (2019-2024), Member (2013-Present); Association for Conflict Resolution, ACR Ethics Committee Co-Chair (2016-2023), Board of Directors (2015-2017), Workplace Section Co-Chair (2014-2015), Member (2013-Present); Ray Corollary Initiative, Inc., Board Secretary (2021-2023), Board Member (2021-Present); American Bar Association, Labor & Employment Law Section & Dispute Resolution Section, Member (2013-Present); Society of Federal Labor & Employee Relations Professionals, Member (2013-Present), DC Chapter Treasurer (2018-2019); International Ombuds Association, Member (2013–Present)
Education
Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution, Labor Arbitrator Development Program (2011-2013)
University of Connecticut School of Law, JD, May 1999
School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University, BS, May 1995
Fee Policy
Available upon request