Meet Our Facilitators!
Fisher Law Practice has a phenomenal group of facilitators that lead workshops and help people navigate tough conversations. Each is a rock start with a unique expertise. We thought it was high time that you meet these folks!
Arianna Diaz (Facilitator)
With conflict resolution experience in U.S., Croatia, Morocco, and Indonesia, Arianna has created a unique niche in Alternative Dispute Resolution. Arianna currently serves as the Communications Coordinator at the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals where she enjoys creating content and outreach strategies for a global culture of consensual dispute resolution. Her previous positions include serving as a Dispute Resolution Program Administrator at the New York County Lawyers Association, Case Manager & Community Mediation Service Corps Member at New York Peace Institute, Chair of Global Outreach for Mediators Beyond Borders International’s 2019 Peace Congress, and Human Rights Fellow at the Croatian Mediation Association. She graduated from the University of Connecticut in 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts in Global Studies and English, and trained under the mentorship of Genesis Fisher during her New York Peace Institute (NYPI) Mediation Apprenticeship.
Leslie Funk (Lead Facilitator)
Leslie Funk is soon-to-be a Community Manager, Employee Resource Groups at Google. Her background is in mediation (practicing, presenting, and mentoring) and diversity, equity, and inclusion, with a particular focus on religious diversity in the workplace. In the past few years, Leslie has worked in, volunteered with, or been on the board of multiple nonprofit organizations. She earned her JD from Hamline University School of Law and her BA from the University of Connecticut. Outside of work, Leslie has become an avid baker since the pandemic and continues to be an amateur portraiture artist.
Laurie Lessage (Facilitator)
Laurie is a self-proclaimed radical HR practitioner, committed to creating equitable environments in which people have fun and enjoy their work. As the Director of Finance and Administration at Day One, she is responsible for setting strategy, developing, organizing, and directing Day One’s financials, including budgeting and planning processes, creating financial policies and procedures, leading the annual audit process, directing human resources activities, including staffing plans, HR policies and procedures, compensation, benefits, training, professional development and the broader operational aspects of Day One. Laurie earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree from Curry College and her Masters of Public Administration from Framingham State University and is a graduate of Columbia Business’ Schools Leaders Leaders Program. She is a Certified Professional in Human Resources and a member of the Society of Human Resource Management.
Steve McClain (Facilitator)
Steve is an engineering leader with a focus on machine learning and data science. His belief that everyone, including technology-focused cultures, can benefit from conflict resolution skills led him to pursue mediation training at the New York Peace Institute, where he was an apprentice to Genesis. He graduated from Lafayette College with a Bachelors in Math and Economics in 2012, and from Columbia University with a Masters in Data Science in 2018.
We are so proud of this team
and the enthusiasm, experience and thoughtfulness they bring to each project.
