BiographySpeaker, Trainer, Ombuds and Conflict Coach Dina Beach Lynch empowers your attendees to fix people problems with less drama and better results.
Dina Beach Lynch’s leadership in the practice of conflict resolution and mediation is derived from more than 100 hours of formal training, 12 years of experience, and a deep conviction that disputes are best prevented.
Early in her career as a lawyer, Ms. Beach Lynch served as a prosecutor of physicians brought before the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine for sexual misconduct, drug abuse or other impulse control issues. She turned to mediation when she realized that victims most wanted to hear “I’m sorry,” something that never happened in the legal system.
Her enthusiasm for mediation as a conflict resolution method grew as she applied it within major New England institutions such as BankBoston, US Trust, Digital, Millipore, Polaroid, and Boston Medical Center. While serving as Corporate Ombudsman for Fleet Bank, Ms. Beach Lynch oversaw the resolution of workplace conflicts among 48,000 employees at the seventh largest financial institution in the U.S.
Governor William F. Weld of Massachusetts recognized Ms. Beach Lynch for her expertise in resolving interrace conflicts, the Boston Business Journal selected her in 2000 as one of “Forty under Forty” outstanding civic leaders, and the New England chapter of the Society for Professionals in Dispute Resolution honored her for her pioneering spirit and achievement.
A sought-after lecturer, Ms. Beach Lynch has captivated audiences at Harvard’s Program on Negotiation, the Association of Conflict Resolvers, New England Chapter conference, and an Ombudsman Association international conference. She lectured on mediation in the University of Massachusetts Graduate Program on Dispute Resolution, has twice served as a member of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Standing Committee on Dispute Resolution, and has served on the mediation panels of the CPR Dispute Resolution Panels of Distinguished Neutrals, the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD), and the United States Postal Service REDRESS I Mediation Panel.