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We are located at 910 E Broadway, Suite 208, Columbia, MO 65201 and can be reached by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or by phone at (573)447-0499.

Ms. Read (Resume) is the president of the Communications Center, Inc.  She provides consulting and facilitation services for organizations and governmental entities and also provides communications training and coaching for individuals and organizations.  She has more than 25 years of experience in the fields of conflict resolution and dialogue.  She has presented programs throughout the country and worked with both large and small organizations. She received her B.A. degree, cum laude, from Yale University in 1978, and her Juris Doctor degree with the Order of the Coif from the University of Wisconsin in 1981. She also received training from the Center for Conflict Resolution in Chicago, attended the MIT-Harvard Public Disputes Program and is, through her law office, an active mediator.  She is now serving on the Missouri Supreme Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission.

Dave Overfelt (Resume) is an Associate at The Communications Center, Inc. and works primarily with business and government entities.  He is also a Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Rochester Institute of Technology, working with the Urban and Community Studies program.  He received is B.A. in sociology, Magna Cum Laude with honors, his M.A. in sociology, with honors, and his Ph.D., with honors, from the University of Missouri.  Dave works with dialogue based urban development processes and his research emphasizes the need for the sciences to engage with their broader communities.  In addition to being experienced in teaching, researching, and survey design practices, Dave is a trained mediator and has spent the last several years working as a facilitator for community dialogues, strategic planning processes, diversity programs, and other complex engagement processes involving small and large groups.  For The Communications Center, Dave researches cutting edge dialogue practices, keeps the websites up to date, develops new programs, and facilitates dialogues in a variety of formats.

The Communications Center, Inc.
910 E Broadway, Suite 208
Columbia MO, 65201
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
573-447-0499