Trainer Biography

 

SUSAN PARTNOW, M.A.-CCC

As a community builder, organizational development and training consultant, Susan serves as a catalyst for positive changes through workshops, retreats, and coaching.

Co-founder of Conversation Cafes and Let's Talk America, certified with The Compassionate Listening Project and Steering Committee of National Coalition on Dialogue and Deliberation, Susan facilitates processes to transform conflict and promote co-intelligence in ways that expand collective capacity.  She has been with The Compassionate Listening Project since its inception, serving on the Board and the Core Council which developed the certification process. 

She is also Founder and Executive Director of Global Citizen Journey.  She partners with organizations across all sectors, including City of Seattle, Harborview Medical, University of Washington and Microsoft, to promote healthy and productive workplaces. 

A former teacher and speech pathologist with B.A. and Secondary Credential from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.A. from Northwestern University, Susan wrote Everyday Speaking for All Occasions. 

 

ANDREA COHEN, M.A., M.S.W.

Andrea is a communications consultant who has worked with public, private and not-for-profit organizations as a strategic planner, project developer, trainer and staff facilitator.

She has been with The Compassionate Listening Project since its inception, serving on the Core Council which developed the certification process.  Andrea has facilitated Compassionate Listening workshops locally and internationally and been instrumental in integrating Compassionate Listening fundamentals into school curricula, dialogue events, the workplace and communities in conflict. She does transformative mediation with individuals and non-profit agencies and, with her therapist husband, integrates Compassionate Listening fundamentals into their work with couples.

She received her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, an M.A. from California State University Northridge, and her M.S.W. from the University of Washington.