Since 2002, Christopher J. Webb, J.D., FESD has been a self-employed mediator, arbitrator, facilitator and trainer practicing in a wide variety of areas ranging from business to public sector disputes. From 1977 to 2002, he was Vice-President and General Counsel for the Jervis B. Webb Company, a closely-held global engineering, manufacturing and construction firm, responsible for the firm’s legal affairs and business subsidiary, joint venture and licensee operations in the United States, China, India, Japan, England, Australia, South America, and Europe serving the automotive, airport, defense, distribution, energy, software, technical and other sectors.

Mr. Webb presently serves as a C0-Director of The Engineering Society of Detroit Institute (www.esdinstitute.net). He is a member of the State Bar of Michigan’s Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Section Governing Council and its Access, Effective Practices & Procedures, Higher Education, Judicial Access, and Section to Section Task Forces. He is the former chair of the State Bar ADR Section’s Michigan Business Mediation Program, the immediate past chair of the ADR Committee of the Oakland County Bar Association (Recipient of its 2008 Committee of the Year Award), a Founding & Executive Committee Member of the ADR Section of the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association, a Master Emeritus of the American Inns of Court, a past Trustee of the Oakland Mediation Center and a member of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan.

Mr. Webb is a mediator and arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association and a member of the Panel of Neutrals of the International Institute of Conflict Prevention and Resolution. He is a contributor and member of the faculty of the Institute for Continuing Legal Education. In 2008, Mr. Webb was the recipient of the State Bar of Michigan 2008 George N. Bashara Distinguished Service Award in the Field of Alternative Dispute Resolution and is a member of the ADR Advisory Board of the Michigan State University College of Law. He has served as a facilitator regarding the public water policy issues relating to Southeastern Michigan. With extensive experience in mediation and negotiation, he is a frequent speaker and instructor and has authored many articles and other materials in the field of corporate law practice, negotiation, and conflict resolution.

Condensed biography: Christopher J. Webb, JD, FESD is Director of The Engineering Society of Detroit Institute (ESDI) founded in 2008 by The Engineering Society of Detroit and modeled upon the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. As a neutral, problem-solving forum, ESDI’s mission is to bring together individuals of differing backgrounds, opinions and expertise to foster creative and independent thought and to deliver focused and consensus-based actions that can be adopted by policymakers in the private and public sectors around the world. For more information, visit www.esdinstitute.net.