Wallace Tanksley
Professional Work History
Senior Vice President Human Resources, Tennessee ValleyAuthority, 1996-1999
Vice President Human Resources, General Electric
Environmental Services, Inc., 1989-1996
Corporate Manager Human Resources, Public Service
Company of New Mexico, 1985-1989
International Human Resources Manager, General Electric
Technical Services Company, 1982-1985
Human Resources Manager, General Electric Apparatus Service Shops,
1977-1982
Labor Relations Specialist, General Electric Room Air Conditioner
Manufacturing, 1974-1977
Employee Relations Manager, Michelin Tire Corp., Clermont-Ferrand,
France, 1973-1974
Previous experience: HR Manager - New Plant Start-Up. Labor Relations - Research Lab. Production Supervisor - Motors Manufacturing. Production Foreman - Household Appliances. Process Control Engineer - Household Appliances. Production and Logistics - Apparel Industry.
Dispute Resolution Experience
An experienced professional engaged in mediation and arbitration of industrial, commercial, employment, labor, EEOC, Federal workplace, divorce, custody, child support, special education, and other issues. More than 1500 mediations provided since November 1999. More than 30 years experience in the private, public, and non-profit sectors. Alternative Dispute Resolution training - 1999-2004. Registered Neutral - Supreme Court of Georgia. Arbitrator - Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, American Arbitration Association, National Mediation Board, National Association of Securities Dealers. Mediator - U S Postal Service, U.S. EEOC, Georgia Dept. of Education.Published Arbitration Decisions: BNA - 116 LA 1682, 117 LA 1397, 118 LA 1691, 119 LA 411, 119 LA 1243, 59 FLRA No. 155, 120 LA 1167.
LRP Publications 103 LRP 50986.
Federal Sector ADR - DOD CCR CAGE Code 3DDN1, SBA HUBZone Certified Contractor.
Cornell University Dispute Resolution Training (Course titles and dates taken)
N/A
Other Dispute Resolution Training
Nuclear Regulatory Commission/Cornell ILR - NRC Mediator Orientation - 2007Cornell University - ILR - Certificate in Workplace Conflict Management and Alternative Dispute Resolution - 2006
Harvard Law School - Program of Instruction for Lawyers - Mediation Workshop - 2003
Pepperdine University Law School - Advanced Mediation Workshop - 2004
Pepperdine University Law School - Mediating the Complex Construction Dispute - 2005
Pepperdine University Law School - Mediating Employment, Medical Malpractice, and Personal Injury cases - 2006
Cornell ILR - Negotiations in ADR - 2006
American Arbitration Association - Mediator Workshop - 2006
Northwestern University Law School - Workplace Mediation Workshop - 2004
The Alliance - Employment Law Arbitrator Training - 2004
Mediation Skills for Workplace Disputes - Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Institute
Advanced Mediation Skills, Transformative Mediation - US Postal Service - REDRESS I & II
Employment Mediation - W. J. Usery Center For The Workplace, Georgia State University
Advanced Employment Law - The Alliance-Cornell/PERC Institute-Usery Center
External Mediator Training - U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Workplace Dispute Resolution - Justice Center of Atlanta, Inc.
General and Commercial Mediation - Resolution Resources Corp., Atlanta
On-Line Mediation - SquareTrade.Com
Designing Dispute Resolution Systems for Corporations - CDR Associates, Boulder, Colorado
Divorce Mediation - Atlanta Divorce Mediators, Inc.
Collaborative Law Institute of Georgia - Collaborative Family Law
Juvenile Mediation - Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution
Deprivation Mediation - Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal Justice, Real Estate, Negotiation - Georgia State University
Labor Arbitration - Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Institute
General and Commercial Arbitration - Resolution Resources Corp., Atlanta
Arbitration For Advocates - Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Institute
EEO Charge Investigation - MD 110 - Georgia Perimeter College - 2004
Professional Associations
Association for Conflict ResolutionIndustrial Relations Research Association
Society of Federal Labor & Employee Relations Professionals
Atlanta Bar Association - Non-Attorney Associate Member
Family Mediation Association of Georgia
Collaborative Law Institute of Georgia
Education
Master of Science in Conflict Management - Kennesaw StateUniversity 2001
Graduate Study - Economics/Sociology (PhD program) -
University of Georgia, 1963-1966
BS - Clemson University, 1963
References
Ansley Barton, Professor and Director (retired) - Center for Conflict Management, Kennesaw State University 706/378-5293Bill Snapp, ADR Coordinator, U.S. EEOC, Atlanta District 404/562-6970
Nancy Parkhouse, ADR Director, Clayton County Superior Court, Jonesboro, GA 770/477-4575