Take full advantage of your membership and participate on an SCMA Committee!

Programs Committee

The Committee develops ideas and invites speakers for SCMA's monthly or bi-monthly webinars, including our very popular "How I Made It Series".  The mechanics of running the actual webinars is handled by our SCMA staff but this committee meets to identify what webinars would be of interest to our members, what type of speakers would meet those needs, and recommends what type of presentation format would be of interest.   

No specific level of experience in the mediation field is required, only a desire to help out in any way you can.  Also, it is a great way to meet other members of SCMA. This committee assists on all of our webinars except for the Family Mediation Institute (FMI), the Employment Mediation Institute (EMI) and the Annual Conference, which have their own separate committees.  

If you are interested or want more information about the Programs Committee contact:  Crystal Williams at: [email protected], or Bouvier Eulen at: [email protected].

Outreach Committee 

“Outreach” is comprised of two segments:  Social Media, and Attorney Outreach. The shared goal of the Outreach Committee is to expand the awareness and knowledge of mediation as well as its flexible and varied uses, while expanding the visibility and membership of the SCMA. 

The Social Media Committee works to educate the public (personal and business entities) about mediation and to empower individuals to request mediation to avoid and/or to resolve their disputes. This is NEW committee that is in the formation stage. Watch for more information to be sent out to our members.

• Contact for Public/Business and Collaboration:  

Chair:  Michael Cantrell:  [email protected]

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he Attorney Outreach Committee works to build and expand SCMA’s relationships with attorneys primarily through bar associations with emphasis on educating and assisting them in understanding all aspects of mediation and how to best utilize it in their practice.  

• Contacts for Attorney Outreach: 

Chair: Craig Lang:  [email protected]

Annual Conference Committee

Help support our signature event, the SCMA Annual Conference, held in November of each year. We have started the planning for the 2025 Annual Conference to be held at Pepperdine University on October 25, 2025.

If you are interested or want more information about the Annual Conference Committee please contact: Melinda Feldman at: [email protected] or Jack Gannon at: [email protected].

Family Mediation Institute (FMI) Committee

Planning for the 2026 FMI will begin during the 4Q of 2025 or the 1Q of 2026. If you are interested in being a part of this committee contact Bouvier Eulen, our Director at: [email protected].

Employment Mediation Institute (EMI) Committee (new)

After a few years in hiatus, the EMI was resurrected and put on again in 2023, 2024, and will be held on June 14, 2025 at Loyola Law School in downtown Los Angeles .  Hopefully you will be able to attend this year's event.  If you are interested in being a part of the 2026 committee, at the event talk to: Anthony Khoury at: [email protected], or  Bouvier Eulen, our Director at: [email protected].

Membership Committee

Increasing and retaining our members is a key strategy for 2025 as we expand and grow our programs.  If you have any ideas or would like to help this committee contact: Bouvier Eulen, our Director at: [email protected].