Jennifer Brandt is an attorney and mediator in complex commercial, family law and family business disputes and one of a few multi-disciplinary mediators appointed by New Jersey Courts. She holds a Master of Arts in international relations specializing in conflict resolution. Jennifer trains judges and attorneys worldwide as mediation ambassador and Member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Sustainable Rule of Law Initiatives which promotes mediation throughout the world, including in Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, India, and the Republic of Georgia. As a founding member of the Global Mediation Exchange Center in Jersey City, she mediates international commercial disputes. Jennifer is Chair of the Steering Committee of IDR’s Connecting Bridges and Borders Program, CEDR accredited and a member of their Global Mediation Panel, IMI certified, member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals and frequently invited speaker at international conferences. Jennifer is fluent in French.

Jennifer Brandt's IDR Experience

Thomas Barat is a retired Professor of Communication and he was the Education Director of European Media and Communication Institute. He was the Executive Vice President of the Hungarian Public Relations Association and the European Public Relations Confederation, as well. He was a council member of the International Public Relations Association. He wrote 17 books in the field of Applied Communication.

Thomas Barat the Founder, and Editor in Chief of CCO Magazine. (https://eccoma.info/)  

Thomas Barat is a member of different professional organizations. Among others: Society of Professional Journalists USA, Association of Hungarian Journalists, Hungarian Public Relations Association, Chartered Institute of Public Relations the UK. He is the Treasurer, Board, and Executive Committee Member of the Association of Foreign Correspondents in the USA.  

Thomas Barat the Founder and President of the American Hungarian Chamber of Commerce. http://en.amhuncham.org/

Thomas Barat's IDR Experience

Anthony Russo is president of the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey (CIANJ), a business association representing the interests of more than 900 companies. In this capacity, Mr. Russo is responsible for all aspects of the association. Mr. Russo is also the CEO and publisher of COMMERCE Magazine. COMMERCE magazine is a business to business magazine with a readership of more than 40,000 professionals. 

Prior to his current position, Mr. Russo served as Executive Vice President of Government Affairs and Communications for CIANJ as well as Deputy Executive Director of the National Lime Association in Washington, DC representing the interests of mining companies producing calcium oxide (aka lime) at the federal level.

Mr. Russo started his career at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection as a senior engineer issuing water quality permits. He then spent 5 years as an environmental consultant working for two firms, GES and ERM.  He began his government affairs career when he served as Director of Regulatory and Legislative Affairs for the Chemistry Council of NJ, representing chemical and pharmaceutical companies in Trenton on legislative and environmental matters.

Mr. Russo is a graduate of the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) with a degree in mechanical engineering.

Giorgi Tsertsvadze is an Associate Professor at Tbilisi State University Law Faculty and practicing lawyer since 2003. He is a member of the Georgian Bar Association and founder/managing partner of the law firm J & T Consulting, one of the leading law firms in Georgia.

A certified mediator since 2012, Dr. Tsertsvadze was the founder of the National Center for ADR at Tbilisi State University (TSU, NCADR), one of the first centers to develop and implement mediation in Georgia and serves as NCADR’s Academic Director. Dr. Tsertsvadze is also the founder and a former chairman of the Georgian Association of Mediators. Giorgi has founded EBA Mediation and Arbitration Center in Cooperation with European Business Association in Georgia. The EBA MAC is the first and only private service ADR services provider offering a full range of mediation and arbitration services.

Since May, 2020 Dr. Tsertsvadze is also a member of the Global Mediation Panel (Office of the Ombudsman for United Nations Funds and Programmes (UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNOPS, and UN-Women).

Dr. Tsertsvadze has extensive international experience. He is the author of the first Georgian text books on Mediation and arbitration. Giorgi is the beneficiary of grants and scholarships from, and actively participates in, programs by the Max Planck Institute for International Private and Comparative Law (Germany), the Volkswagen Foundation (Germany), the German Academic Exchange Service (Germany), Chuo Law School (Japan), Japan Association of Arbitrators (Japan) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the JAMS Foundation (USA – Harvard University, Stanford University, Pepperdine University), and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany).