Staff
Northern Community Mediation (NCM) has three full-time employees.
Dr. Jane Millar
Jane became the Executive Director of NCM in July 2003.
She has a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Albion College with a major in English and minors in Business & Economics, Psychology and Spanish. Her Master of Arts Degree is in Child Psychology from St. Lawrence University, and her doctorate degree is from Eastern Michigan University in the field of Leadership.
Jane is active in the community. In Rotary, she is District Governor Elect and will serve as the District Governor in 2011-2012. She serves on both the Visioning Committee and the Leadership Institute, has chaired the District World Community Service Committee and District Conference Committee, and was president of her local club. She is a past president of the Women's Resource Center, as well as Crooked Tree Arts Center. In 2005, she was the recipient of the prestigious Athena Award.
Roberta "Bert" Rousseau
"Bert" began working for NCM in February 2006.
She was born and raised in the small town of Hardin, Montana, which is 50 miles from Billings. After high school, she moved to Helena where she worked in Vocational Technology.
Her career then took an unusual turn. She moved to Bozeman and joined the United States Army Reserve, and then was transferred to Virginia. With the Army, "Bert" worked as a cook, worked in the Fort Eustis military hospital, and trained to be with the Military Police.
Her credentials then found her being involved with the United States Navy. While in England, "Bert" handled shipping and receiving. She will never forget the time that a co-worker and she accidentally uncovered a top secret crate that had not been properly labeled. What she remembers most about the incident is the interrogation by NIS.
While in Chicago, she was involved with the military entrance processing command. One of her fondest memories was a philanthropic one. For six months on Saturdays, the staff of her command took on building a Habitat for Humanity home. "Bert" missed only two Saturdays.
Most recently and prior to coming to NCM, "Bert" worked for the Women's Resource Center and Northern Michigan Regional Hospital.
As a trained mediator in general civil, Access & Visitation (parenting time), divorce and special education, "Bert" is responsible for the Victim-Offender Reconciliation and Special Education Programs, and handles divorce/domestic and parenting time cases.
Terri Sevener
Even though she is the newest employee at Northern Community Mediation (NCM), Terri brings a wealth of experience to NCM. Terri graduated from Petoskey High School and attended Central Michigan University.
Although she has worked in the banking as well as the insurance world, her primary focus has been with abstract and title companies. In fact, Terri has been the co-owner of Petoskey Title Agency, Inc. Becuase of this background, she is familiar with the legal system and knows many of the people in the courts.
Since Terri is a fifth generation Petoskey resident, she is well known around the community. Terri, her husband and their daughter own custom wood-working business.
Terri will be handling the following types of cases: general civil, divorce, domestic relations and small claims.