MR. RICHARD W. NAIMARK is the founder and former Executive Director of the Global Center for Dispute Resolution Research which conducted research in arbitration and ADR for business disputes in cross-border transactions.

He has served as a neutral in a wide variety of business and organizational settings including work with the United Nations (UNCITRAL); government; universities; corporate; construction; computer; real estate; land use; insurance; and non-profit subject areas. Mr. Naimark is also responsible for legislative monitoring functions and has held positions responsible for Strategy, Outreach and Public Relations, e-Commerce, Administration, Human Resources, Accounting, Information Technology and Elections.

Mr. Naimark is co-editor of the book Toward a Science of International Arbitration and has published various articles on ADR. He has been selected for inclusion in Who’s Who in the East, Who’s Who in Finance and Industry and Who’s Who in Emerging Leaders in America.

Mr. Naimark earned a Masters of Science - Business Policy in 1983, from Columbia Business School and is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island (B.A) 1975.