Mariana Gonstead

Mariana H.C. Gonstead is a leading global expert with two decades of experience in cross-cultural negotiation, conflict resolution, and mediation, with a passion for unifying stakeholders. She is recognized for developing executive capacities to strengthen business relationships through participatory processes that maximize synergies, encourage cooperation, and foster innovation/growth. Her global consulting work includes capacity building, coaching, and serving as a mediator and facilitator in consensus building processes. Additionally, she specializes in designing processes and systems for dispute prevention. Professor Gonstead serves on the Panel of Conciliators for the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) as one of ten conciliators appointed by the President of the World Bank. She is a Professor of Law, Executive Director of the International Dispute Resolution Research Network, and Deputy to the Dean for International Legal Studies at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She holds 2 law degrees from Harvard Law School (a J.D. and an LL.M.) and a civil law degree from UCAB. She has publications in English, Spanish and Portuguese.