About Karen - Karen Richards Training & Mediation LLC

About Karen

Karen H. Richards has worked as a mediator and conflict resolution and communication trainer since 1993.

A Virginia certified general and family mediator (all levels), mentor, and trainer, Karen has trained more than 2,000 people from across the country and the world in conflict resolution and communication skills. She also has provided more than 1,800 hours of mediation and facilitation services to hundreds of individuals, families, and organizations.
Karen is certified to administer the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI®), Steps 1® and 2® and has provided MBTI® assessments and training to state agencies, businesses, and organizations in Virginia.
She also serves as a Workplace Mediator for the Virginia Department of Human Resource Management Office of Equal Employment Dispute Resolution’s statewide workplace mediation program.

Karen received the 2019 Distinguished Mediator Award from the Virginia Mediation Network “In recognition of valuable contributions to the Mediation Profession.” In 2011 she was honored for “Advancing the Profession of Mediation” by the former non-profit community mediation center, Virginia Conflict Resolution Center.
Karen is a member of the Virginia Mediation Network and served on the Board of Directors from 2012-2018 and was President from 2015-2017. She is also a member of the Association for Conflict Resolution, the National Association for Community Mediation, the American Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section, the Association for Talent Development (formerly American Society for Training and Development), and the Association for Psychological Type International.

She received a B.S. in Journalism from the University of Maryland – College Park and an M.A. in Transpersonal Studies from Atlantic University, where she was a member of the faculty from 2011-2014.

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