Faculty

Your Divorce & Custody (Domestic Relations) Mediation Trainings are taught by an experienced faculty with backgrounds in law and social work.

Zena D. Zumeta, J.D.

Primary Trainer

Zena D. Zumeta, J.D. Zena D. Zumeta received her Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School. Ms. Zumeta is an approved trainer for Domestic Relations Mediation, Domestic Violence Screening Protocol, and Civil Court Mediation trainings through the Michigan State Court Administrative Office, and for Domestic Relations Mediation training through AFM/ACR and many states.

She is a former board member and president of the Academy of Family Mediators, past president of the Michigan Council for Family and Divorce Mediation, and past Regional Vice President of the Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution. She is active with the Association for Conflict Resolution. Ms. Zumeta has extensive experience as a trainer, mediator, facilitator, and consultant. She has been providing mediation services since 1981. Read more about Zena.

Gary Marsh, ACSW, CSW

Associate Trainer

Gary Marsh, ACSW, CSW Gary Marsh is a social worker with more than 20 years of experience working with individuals and families and has been a mediator at the Ann Arbor Mediation Center since 1984. Mr. Marsh received a master's degree in Social Work from Wayne State University in 1982.

Zenell Brown, J.D.

Associate Trainer

Zenell Brown. Zenell Brown has extensive experience as a domestic relations attorney and mediator. Her work frequently involves working with never-married parents on difficult parenting arrangements. She has previously served as a volunteer mediator for the Michigan Court of Appeals' Settlement Program. She has coached and trained court staff and community mediation center staff and has lectured at various bar associations and ICLE.. She was a charter member for the Southeast Michigan Association for Conflict Resolution and is a current member of Wayne County Family Bar Association, D. Augustus Straker Bar Association, and State Court Administrator Office's Friend of the Court Advisory Board.