We are excited to share another episode of our popular "How I Made It" Webinars Series. This episode features Kimberly Best. Join us as we discuss her fascinating career and discuss the two things nobody wants to talk about, conflict and end of life. 

About the Speaker:

Kimberly Best is an RN, MA professional conflict mediator focusing on Conflict Coaching, Family Mediation, Health and Elder Care Mediation in Franklin, Tennessee. She spent most of her career as a Registered Nurse in intensive care, trauma, and emergency medicine, where she gained valuable experience in conflict and in the medical system. She obtained a master’s degree in Conflict Management from Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee. Kim trained in Transformative Mediation at Hofstra University and Healthcare Mediation at the University of South Florida and is a working member of the ACR Elder Mediation Professional Development Group. She is an active member of Mediators Without Borders and a Board Member of the Tennessee Association of Professional Mediators. She is a speaker and trainer on conflict management, life transitions, and difficult decisions including end of life issues. Kim is author of “How to Live Forever, A Guide to Writing the Final Chapter of Your Life Story”.  She is the proud “Momma” of 5 young adults and grandmother of 4 beautiful little ones.

About the Hosts/ Interviewers:

Richard Erhard

Richard Erhard serves on the board of directors of the Southern California Mediation Association, where he is currently the President Elect and the Program Committee Chair. In January 2019, Mr. Erhard joined the part-time faculty of the USC Gould School of Law, Center for Conflict Resolution, as a lecturer in law, where he teaches a course in special education dispute resolution. Richard Erhard served public education agencies for nearly three decades in two states, culminating with his position as an assistant superintendent of student services. He is currently  | Principal | Owner of the consulting firm, Richard Erhard and Associates, LLC, which he formed to provide mediation and consultation services focusing on educational disputes. His clients include school districts, non-profit organizations and private individuals throughout Southern California and most recently New Mexico.

Jennifer Johnson Terando, Esq.

Jennifer Johnson Terando’s career is well rounded, dating back to her obtaining her B.S.N, with honors from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University twenty years ago and continuing on through her scholarship to Case Western Reserve University School of Law where she obtained her J.D. with a certificate in health law from the perennially recognized Law and Medicine Center and served as an associate editor on the Health Matrix: Journal of Law and Medicine. Before forming a boutique firm, Jennifer worked at law firms in Los Angeles and Chicago.

She is admitted to the state bars of California and Illinois and has completed the Los Angeles County Bar Association's mediation training and mediation training at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University. She is active in many professional organizations, including the Southern California Mediation Association, where she serves on the Public Outreach and Attorney Outreach Committees.

She is a registered nurse in the state of California and has worked as a clinical nurse in Cleveland and Los Angeles. Jennifer is married to a physician and together, they are raising three great children. 

SCMA Sustaining Members: No Charge

SCMA Members: $20

Non-Members: $35