LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Lake County Mediations is pleased to announce that two new board members were elected to the board of directors at its annual meeting on June 28.

The new board members are Elisabeth Fitzgerald of Lakeport and Reiko Hittori of Clearlake.

Fitzgerald and Hattori will fill the seats of two retiring board members, Catherine Elias Jermany of Lakeport and Glenn Trumble of Nice.

Catherine Elias Jermany has provided leadership and mediation services for Lake County Mediations since its inception in 1992 and has acted as the organization’s vice president for a number of years.

Glenn Trumble has been a board member and treasurer for Lake County Mediations for more than five years.

The Lake County Mediations officers for the 2012-13 fiscal year also were elected.

They include President Mary Heare Amodio of Lakeport; Vice President Gladys Rosehill of Clearlake Oaks; Secretary Linda Garcia-Eckert of Lakeport; and Treasurer Reiko Hattori of Clearlake.

Lake County Mediations is a nonprofit organization formed in 1992 by a coalition of community members and members of the legal community.

The mission of the organization is to advance community-based dispute resolution in Lake County.

The organization provides dispute resolution services to a culturally diverse public through its community mediation program, election monitoring services for tribal governments and mutual benefit corporations, and basic and advanced mediation skills training.

It also provides trained mediators to the weekly Lake Superior Court unlawful detainer (eviction) and small claims court calendars.

For more information visit www.LakeCountyMediations.org or call 707-263-6800 to discuss if Lake County Mediations’ services would be useful to you to settle a dispute or to get on our mailing list for future training programs.