Karen Cole has
recently joined the Northern Community Mediation (NCM) staff. As a Case
Manager, she is responsible for cases involving divorce, guardianship,
victim-offender reconciliation, child protection, and parenting time.
Karen is well known
to the mediation community for her ten years of volunteer services to NCM. In
2006, she was the recipient of the Rookie Mediator of the Year Award, and in
2012, she received the Veteran Mediator of the Year Award.
Karen brings with
her a broad range of experience in teaching, social work, and the retail
community. She is a native of Charlevoix. She graduate from Central Michigan
University with a degree in education and has done extensive graduate work in
the field of education.