Teri M. Morrisse, Mediator, Facilitator, is the Director of Portsmouth Mediation. Teri is on The District Court Mediator Panel in Massachusetts and contracts with the courts in New Hampshire. The cases vary from business, family and housing disputes. She has worked for over 15 years in Labor Disputes, Corporate Mediation, and Contract Negotiation.

Teri has been selected to contract with the District Courts in New Hampshire. The State Of New Hampshire has initiated a new District Court Mediation program to offer the participants an alternative to the courtroom environment.  This small claims mediation program is the first of its kind in New Hampshire. 

Teri is a member of The Association of Conflict Resolution Washington DC, The New England Association of Conflict Resolution, Washington State ACR as well as New Hampshire Association of Conflict Resolution and AFCC (the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts) National and belongs to the MA chapter. Teri completed studies with Alhadeff Mediation Services in Seattle Washington, Mediation Works Inc. Executive Mediation Training, Summary Process, Small Claims, and Massachusetts Marital Mediation Advanced training in Boston. Teri has also studied negotiation under the instruction of Erica Fox, professor of negotiation at Harvard and will participate in the negotiation initiative at Harvard, June 2006. Teri is a paralegal and continues to study in the field. She continues mediator mentoring with Rose Hill-Bagley of New Hampshire, Rose Hill Mediation Services Concord New Hampshire.

Teri currently contracts with the State Courts of New Hampshire To mediate cases in the District Courts and remains a volunteer on the District Court Panel in MA. District Court work involves Summary Process, Housing & Eviction (small claims mediation to a maximum value of $5000.00), Mediation of Parental Rights and Responsibilities, as well as Domestic Disputes. She has been selected to participate and assist in the committee for continuing education in conflict resolution, New Hampshire.

Teri offers Marital Mediation to those who are looking for a peaceful resolution in all aspects of divorce. Teri currently offers post-marital mediation. Post-marital mediation has a focus on divorced couples who need assistance with parenting agreements. Mediation services for clients sharing alternative lifestyles is available as well. Teri has also participated in Labor Dispute Resolution and contract negotiation in aviation. Employment mediation is offered to those who seek a neutral third party to help resolve workplace disputes.

Rose Hill-Bagley holds her BS from NH College and her MS from Springfield College. She began her career in mediation in 1983 as Director of the NH Mediation Program Inc. The agency served families experiencing conflict with adolescents, divorcing couples, Civil, small claims and probate, as well as offered training for volunteers to mediate with these families.

Over the last 20 + years she has mediate hundreds of cases, trained over 300 mediators and participated in many hours of training and workshops to refine, update, or learn new skills.

Rose currently contracts with the State Courts to mediate cases from the Probate, District and Superior Courts. Probate cases include guardianships, inheritances, estate trusts, care of parents, visitation of confined parties, termination of parental rights and adoption conflicts. Superior Court involves mediation of custody and parenting disputes. District Court work is for small claims mediation.

Over time Rose worked to begin the first school peer mediation program in New Hampshire as well as the first Victim Offender Mediation program. She worked with New Hampshire association and the legislature to promulgate marital mediator certification, and worked with other Parent/Child programs in the state to develop standards for training of mediators and client services. She has helped expand services into many arenas which include employee relations, human rights issues, real estate conflicts and other interpersonal conflict areas.

She conducted the training of mediators for the Department of Special Education, and was a member of the committee, which planned and implemented the Guardian ad Litem Foundation of Washington DC which holds a contract with the US Department of Justice to mediate Americans With Disabilities complaints. Most recently Rose participated in a training to facilitate Victim Offended Dialogue through the state prison and currently serves as facilitator for this new project.