Dawn Martin is a seasoned professional with over four decades of experience in conflict management, coaching, organization development, and law. Through her partnership experiences in private law practice and multiple public-and private-sector initiatives, she has found that strong relationships, clear expectations, and equity are essential for individual and collective well being and effectiveness.  

Dawn specializes in facilitating dialogue, negotiations, and planning processes that support communication, foster collaboration, build trust, and prevent and resolve conflicts. To strengthen leadership self-awareness and equip partners to leverage workplace styles, she administers and facilitates numerous assessments. She has led multidisciplinary teams in Latin America, Eastern Europe, Africa, and Asia. Her work also has included designing and delivering trainings in mediation, negotiation, and leadership development in the United States and globally for a diverse range of clients, including lawyers, executives, and managers.

Among her professional experiences are:

• Consultant and facilitator, mediator, trainer, coach, 2025 – present.
• Organization Development Advisor, The KonTerra Group, 2014 – 2024.
• Consultant and facilitator, mediator, trainer, coach, 1996 – 2014.
• Attorney and Managing Partner, Martin, Bodley & Kraft, 1988 – 1996.
• Attorney, Law Office of David Goren, 1986 – 1988.
• Mediator and Trainer, District of Columbia Mediation Service, 1979 – 1983.

Education

• 1986, JD, Catholic University of America
• 1979, BA, Sociology, University of Maryland

Certifications

• DiSC, MBTI, Emotional Quotient Inventory, and other instruments
• Professional Coach Certification, International Coaching Academy
• Stakeholder Centered Coaching and Prosci Change Management