SEDRS Staff
Marc Stanley, JD, MPP
Executive Director
Marc has an extensive background in Public Administration, Leadership, and Policy. He received Degrees in Political Science, Economics from Alma College, followed by a Law Degree and Public Policy Masters from Michigan State University. He was raised by two educators and was made to understand that respect and relationships were the cornerstones to one’s professional and personal wellbeing. He has been able to work for Think Tanks in Washington DC, within the city government of Southfield, for the House of Commons in Ottawa Canada, and now Executive Director of a very successful Non-Profit Agency, Southeastern Dispute Resolution Services. He began his legal career in Alternative Dispute Resolution in 2004, when SEDRS was a program with the Community Action Agency of Jackson, Lenawee, and Hillsdale County. As Director of SEDRS, Marc has had the opportunity to be President of Aware, Inc, Chair of the Effective Practice and Procedures Committee of the ADR Section of the State Bar, a board member of the Michigan Association of Infant Mental Health, Co-Chair of the Michigan Community Mediation Association, and had the opportunity to sit and lead on many other planning and policy commissions.
Tiffany Stanley
Operations Manager
Tiffany Stanley has been a certified mediator through the Michigan Supreme Court Administrative Office since 2015 when she began her work with SEDRS. Ms. Stanley’s prior career encompasses 20+ years in the fields of Human Resources, Operations, and Finance, and she has held her Professional in Human Resources certification since 2012. She is the Lead Trainer for all Mediation and Restorative Practices with SEDRS, and serves as the Lead for SEDRS’s Eviction Diversion Programs with several District Courts in the SEDRS Service Region and the primary liaison for program community partners. In addition to General Civil and Domestic mediation certifications, Ms. Stanley has completed specialized mediation skill trainings in Eldercare, Child Protective Services, Behavioral Health, Special Education, Adult and Minor Guardianship, and Abuse and Neglect mediation and faciliation. She is also certified as a Restorative Practices Circle and Conference Facilitator as well as certified to train other facilitators of Restorative Practices through the International Institute for Restorative Practices. Ms. Stanley earned her Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Alma College and her Master of Laws in Dispute Resolution from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Jack Brown
Outreach Coordinator
Jack Brown earned a B.S. degree in Biology from Grand Valley State University and an M.A. degree in Educational Leadership from Michigan State University. He has over 40 years of experience working in the education market. Jack started as a teacher/coach for Birch Run Area Schools and moved into executive sales and sales management for such publishing companies as McGraw-Hill, NCS, and Pearson.