About Us
Creative Conflict Management
Piedmont Peace Center empowers individuals, famillies, educators, groups and organizations to be their best selves through mediation services, educational initiatives and trainings, restorative justice services, and peace-building through community partnerships.
Our Staff
Brandon Bastian
Executive Director
Brandon is a certified mediator/mentor trainer who has been mediating with Piedmont Peace Center since 2013. He has also served as the Mediation Services Director of Prince William County’s Office of Dispute Resolution (2014-2023), administered by PPC and as a caseworker at Brigham Young University’s Center for Conflict Resolution (2012-2013).
Brandon holds a B.S. in Psychology from Brignam Young University and J.D., J. from Reuben Clark Law School.
Sylvia McDevitt
Director of Mediation and Administrative Services
Sylvia is a certified mediator who has been mediating wtih Piedmont Piece Center since 2021. She was formerly the Membership Director of the Fauquier Chamber of Commerce and was also an Advertising Executive with the Fauquier Times Newspaper. She is also a former owner with extensive business experience in the hospitality and catering industry.
She studied business at Piedmont Virginia Community College.
Brenda Rodriguez
Office Administrator
Brenda has been with Piedmont Peace Center since 2021. She has previously been an Office Associate with Food Lion.
Brenda holds a B.S. in Business Management from George Mason University.
Our Mediators
Sue Ballentine
Mediating with PPC since 2004. Teaching Co-Parenting Class since 2016
Sue Ballentine
Mediating with PPC since 2004. Teaching Co-Parenting Class since 2016
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Susan Buckley
Mediating with PPC since 2016
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Anna Dixon
Mediating with PPC since 2011
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Amos Hewitt
Mediating with PPC since 2017
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Tanya Hunter
Mediating with PPC since 2012
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Sylvia McDevitt
Mediating with PPC since 2021
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Susan Lease-Trevathan
Mediating with PPC since 1998
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Edward (Ned) Madden
Mediating with PPC since 2011
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A Blanton Massey
Mediating with PPC since 2011
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Lawrie S. Parker
Mediating with PPC since 1990
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Ron Williams
Mediating with PPC since 2013
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Our Board
Executive Committee
Rev. Dr. Louise Stowe-Johns
President
Warrenton
Tim Tate
Vice-President
Warrenton
Jont’e O’Bannion
Secretary
Bealeton
Noah Portugal
Treasurer
The Plains
Kristin Coleman
The Plains
Charlene Holland
Warrenton
Rev. Dr. James Kelly
Culpeper
Jean O’Brien
Warrenton
Sal Torelli
Culpeper
Melissa Webster
Midland
Piedmont Dispute Resolution Center: Our History
Founded in 1990 by a group of civic-minded citizens, the Center’s services promote justice, non-violence and the peaceful resolution of conflict.
The Center was initially established as a satellite office of the Rappahannock Mediation Center of Fredericksburg, Virginia, when the Fauquier County Department of Social Services requested local parent-teen mediation services for at-risk youth and families. A Citizens’ Advisory Board was formed and mediation services quickly expanded to include neighborhood and business conflicts and disputes involving divorce and separation. By 1993, with start-up financial assistance from the Piedmont United Way and Virginia Law Foundation and donated office space, the organization received its charter and officially became the Piedmont Dispute Resolution Center.
Over the years, the Center broadened and expanded its services to meet the expressed dispute resolution needs of our local communities and has served thousands of citizens. It has been actively involved in the statewide growth of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and is highly regarded throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia and the United States for its high caliber of professionalism and as a leader in innovative program design and implementation. Dedicated, well-trained staff and volunteers are the essence of the Center’s success.
Piedmont Dispute Resolution Center, renamed Piedmont Peace Center, is a non-profit IRS 501(c) (3) organization and contributions are tax deductible.
