Dayle E. Spencer

Dayle E. Spencer "is best known for having been the founding Director of the Conflict Resolution Programs at the Carter Center of Emory University. She worked with former President Jimmy Carter for almost ten years to develop his approached to negotiating and mediating international conflicts, including civil wars.

"She was instrumental in founding the International Negotiation Network (INN), a flexible, informal network that coordinates third-party assistance, expert analysis and advice, media attention and funding to bring about the peaceful resolution of conflict.

"Ms. Spencer is a lawyer/negotiator who has organized negotiations between numerous governments and revolutionary leaders in civil war situations, including Ethiopia and Eritrea, Sudan and the Sudanese People’s Liberation Front, and Liberia and the National Patriotic Front of Liberia. She is one of the few Americans to have negotiated with the government of North Korea and was instrumental in arranging for peace initiatives undertaken by President Carter in that region. Her work in conflict resolution has taken her to over fifty countries on five continents where she has had hands-on involvement in a myriad of issues.

"Prior to her pioneering work at the Carter Center, she served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama and was law clerk to Chief Judge John R. Brown of the Fifth US Circuit Court of Appeals in Houston, Texas. Additionally she has served on a number of boards including: The Center for Ethics and Public Policy at Emory University, Security Dialogue (a scholarly journal published in Oslo, Norway), Internews (an international news organization using television to enhance democracy), the Pocket Ranch Institute (a transpersonal psychological institute), and Habitat for Humanity Maui.

"For the past ten years she has been a Managing Director of the PANGAEA Group, Inc. where she has served as a consultant to many Fortune 500 companies. Additionally, she teaches courses on negotiations and leadership at the University of Hawaii in the MBA program. Certified to administer and interpret the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, she has used the tool with over 2,000 clients in helping them understand their personality preferences. Her Myers –Briggs Type is ENFP.

"In her own life, Dayle has experienced a number of transitions including: career changes, launching a new business, divorce, single-parenting, moving, prolonged illness and death of parents, blended family, empty nest, and menopause. She draws on these personal experiences in her work with clients in The Maui Transitions Center."

"Dayle Spencer is best known for having been the founding Director of Conflict Resolution Programs at the Carter Center of Emory University. She worked with former President Jimmy Carter for almost ten years to develop his post-presidency approach to negotiating and mediating international conflicts including civil wars. This work won Carter the Nobel Peace Prize. She is a lawyer/negotiator who has organized negotiations between numerous governments and revolutionary leaders in over a dozen civil wars, and is one of few Americans to have negotiated with the government of North Korea. Her work in conflict resolution has taken her to over fifty countries where she has had hands-on involvement in peace issues."

• Managing Director, Rocky Mountain Leadership Institute