PATHWAYS
WHO WE ARE
MISSION & VIsion
Our mission is to help young people become engaged citizens by developing the mindsets and skills to creatively and constructively negotiate and problem-solve around challenging issues with one another.
Heritage
PATHWAYS is as an independent nonprofit organization working to develop active global citizenship by bringing creative negotiation education into educational systems and connecting young people from different backgrounds. Our curriculum and methodology was developed in cooperation with the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School and consulting firms Vantage Partners and Triad Consulting Group.
TEAM
Chantay BenShimon
Program Officer
Jaynie Nucete
Workshop Facilitator
Michael Schnall
Workshop Facilitator
Christopher Malapitan
Workshop Facilitator
yasmin Marrero
Workshop Facilitator
Elise Willeu
Workshop Facilitator
Jessica Menasce
Workshop Facilitator
Shula Gilad
Consultant & Advisory Council Lead
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL
Mark Gordon
Vantage Partners
Founding partner of Vantage Partners, a global consulting firm spun out of the Harvard Negotiation Project. Co-founder and former Chairman of Conflict Management Group, a non-profit organization focused on disputes of international public concern (now merged into Mercy Corps).
Sheila Heen
Triad Consulting Group
Co-author of the New York Times Business Bestsellers Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most, and Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well. Founder of Triad Consulting Group and a Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School.
Bruce Patton
Getting to Yes
Co-author of the best-selling Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In and Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most. Co-founder of the Harvard Negotiation Project, Vantage Partners, and Conflict Management Group (CMG).
Shula Gilad
Harvard University
Senior fellow at Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation and a consultant to various Middle East programs and organizations. Previously, Director of Policy Research at Kennedy School of Government’s Institute for Social and Economic Policy in the Middle East.
Donna Hicks
Dignity
Author of the book "Dignity: Its Essential Role in Resolving Conflict." Associate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University. Former Deputy Director of the Program on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution (PICAR) at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University.
Rachel Viscomi
Harvard Law School
Director of Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program (HNMCP) and Assistant Clinical Professor at Harvard Law School. Works to train law students to become problem-solving lawyers, as they learn to support clients in rethinking the way they manage conflict in organizations.
Elizabeth Rayer
Vantage Partners
Leads the Training Services practice at Vantage Partners. Her work ranges from creating and implementing organizational-wide change initiatives to designing large-scale learning and skill development programs to leading bespoke learning journeys.
Rachel Tal
Amal Group
Head of English Studies for the Amal network of colleges and comprehensive high schools for over 30 years. Since her Humphrey fellowship at Boston University in 2006-2007, she has continued to focus on programs for promoting tolerance, peace education, and social cohesion.
Hussein Tarabeih
TAEQ
Founder and Executive Director of the Towns Association for Environmental Quality (TAEQ), the first Unit for Environmental Quality in the Arab
Sector of Israel. Published expert and lecturer on environmental issues, co-existence, environmental conflicts, and urbanization.
Elad Oreg
Ono Academic College
Law Faculty member and lecturer at the Ono Academic College, where he has created a hybrid e-learning Mediation course being taught in all faculties. Facilitates an annual program to promote dialogue between students from different sectors of society.