Nancy Wiegers Greenwald
BIO
Ms. Greenwald holds a Doctor of Law (JD) from Harvard Law School and has more than 37 years of experience in the industry as an attorney and a business executive, including as in-house counsel and CFO of a successful design-build company.
Ms. Greenwald is a conflict management consultant and trainer, a mediator, and an arbitrator, lending her expertise to solve conflicts and to train others in effective problem-solving. She serves on the American Arbitration Association's Construction Industry Panel of Arbitrators as well as the AAA Mediation Panel. She has been the Executive Director of the Construction Institute since 2015.
Ms. Greenwald speaks, writes and teaches frequently about construction best practices, dispute systems design, arbitration, mediation, and complex construction contracts. She is active on the American Bar Association’s Forum on Construction Law as well as the Dispute Resolution Section.
Specialties: Best practices in construction project communication, dispute systems design, negotiation, conflict resolution, and construction technology and the law.
WHAT MAKES NANCY SPECIAL
One of Nancy's many unique talents is her astounding ability to connect people: she is able to assess skills, needs, and interests and put people together. She doesn't just connect people; Nancy is able to take complicated academic research (e.g. neuroscience, psychology, sociology, etc.) and apply it in new ways to everyday situations professionals in our industry face.
Nancy demonstrated two key behaviors on a large virtual networking event: inclusion and respect for the knowledge and expertise we all possess. We had to invite Nancy to join The Zip Syndicate when we saw her moderate this 20+ person event. Nancy introduced every single person in a way that showed she cared about their knowledge and expertise, she wanted everyone else to see the value of that person as part of that group, and she wanted each person to know they were welcome, valued, special and important.
As well educated, written, studied and connected as Nancy is she never dominates a conversation and is always funny, open, candid, listening, and welcoming.
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