Faculty & Staff
All bios are sorted alphabetically.
Faculty
Phyllis Hildreth
Academic Director, Institute for Conflict Management
Associate Professor
Phyllis Hildreth joined the Institute for Conflict Management in May 2010 and now serves as Academic Director and Adjunct Professor, as well as Adjunct Professor for Lipscomb’s Institute for Law, Justice & Society. Her experience includes serving as a Chief Counsel in the Office of the Public Defender for the... [More]
Contact via email
615.966.5695 (ext. 5695)
Steve Joiner
Dean, College of Leadership and Public Service
Director, Institute for Conflict Management
Steve Joiner is the Dean of the College of Leadership & Public Service and also Managing Director of the Institute for Conflict Management. He is a professor in areas of systems design, negotiation, conflict in religious settings, and leadership. Joiner has extensive experience conducting management and staff trainings, courses, and... [More]
Contact via email
615.966.7141 (ext. 7141)
Emily Jones
Academic Director for the Institute for Sustainable Practice
Assistant Professor of Sustainable Practice
Contact via email
615.966.5076 (ext. 5076)
Matt Milligan
Assistant Professor of Conflict Management
Associate Director of Legal Outreach
Contact via email
615.966.2502 (ext. 2502)
Linda Schacht
Associate Professor
Strategic Advisor to the Dean
For over thirty years Schacht has advised government, business, and non-profit leaders on communication and strategy. A veteran of the Carter White House press office, she has held the top communication positions for a national Presidential campaign, the Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate and the Senate Democratic Policy Committee.... [More]
Contact via email
615.966.1341 (ext. 1341)
Michelle Steele
Academic Director, Civic Leadership
Associate Professor
Academic Director at the institute is Michelle D. Steele. With more than 15 years experience working with governmental agencies, Steele served as director of Nashville’s Mayor’s Office of Neighborhoods for four years during the Purcell administration, is a former case manager for the Mid-Cumberland Community Services Agency, and most recently,... [More]
Contact via email
615.966.5181 (ext. 5181)
Staff
Cathy Cate
Dir Com Prog Andrews Inst CL
Cathy Cate serves as the institute's Director of Community Leadership programs and the Executive Director of Leadership Tennessee, the only statewide leadership education program in Tennessee. She served as Executive Director of Leadership Blount County for six years and has worked with higher education and corporate groups for more than... [More]
Contact via email
615.966.5196 (ext. 5196)
Barbara Lance
Program Coordinator
Barbara Lance serves as the Administrative Assistant for the Andrews Institute. She is a former small-business owner and chairperson of the Maine Women’s Network, as well as the statewide Food Resource Coordinator of the Good Shepherd Food Bank in Maine. Her experience in customer service spans two decades, and she... [More]
Contact via email
615.966.1178 (ext. 1178)
Lydia Lenker
Director Events Communication
Lydia Lenker serves as Director of Events and Community Engagement at Lipscomb's College of Leadership and Public Service. Previously, she served as managing director for the Nelson and Sue Andrews Institute for Civic Leadership at Lipscomb. In addition to her duties with the college, Lenker, continues to oversee operations and... [More]
Contact via email
615.966.6156 (ext. 6156)
Adjunct Faculty
Tracy Allen
Tracy Allen is an international professional mediator, arbitrator and ADR trainer. As a litigator and business tax attorney for many years, she now specializes in conflict resolution and ADR. Allen acts as a neutral service provider in other ADR areas such as early neutral evaluation, summary jury trials, special master,... [More]
Edward Dauer
Edward A. Dauer is Dean Emeritus of the Sturm College of Law at the University of Denver, in Denver, Colorado. He earned his A.B. degree from Brown University; an LL.B. from Yale; and an M.P.H. in Health Policy and Management from Harvard. Prior to becoming Dean and Professor of Law... [More]
Tammy Lenski
Interpersonal conflict, workplace conflict, and group conflict expert Tammy Lenski is a conflict resolution innovator adept at turning conflict into growth and opportunity. For 15 years as a master mediator, consultant, speaker and writer she has ignited radical problem-solving shifts, inspired individuals to fine-tune their persuasive voice, and untangled complex... [More]
Nina Meierding
Nina Meierding is a national leader in the field of conflict resolution and has been providing training and mediation services for over twenty two years. She is a former president of the Academy of Family Mediators and served on the Board of Directors of the Association of Conflict Resolution and... [More]
Peter Robinson
Peter Robinson is the Co-Director of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University School of Law. He has presented advanced negotiation and mediation skills courses in more than thirty states and in Argentina, Canada, England, Holland, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Japan, Jordan, and Mexico. Prior to joining the... [More]
