Carolyn E. Hansen specializes in commercial mediation and has been an active mediator for since completing the New York State training program in early 2001.

Since there she has also completed a number of specialized and advanced trainings through the State of New York. Since 2002 she has been serving on the Board of the New York State Dispute Resolution Association which oversees mediation and arbitration in New York State. She is also on the board of the International Alliance of Holistic Lawyers, Treasurer of the Mid-Hudson Chapter of the New York Women's Bar Association and Secretary of the Board of the Hudson Valley International Trade Association.

Ms. Hansen brings to commercial mediation her 30 years of experience on commercial and corporate law focusing on international transactions. She is an expert in cross cultural communications. Her law degrees are from the US and Europe; JD, the University of Michigan and an LL.M. with honors from the University of Brussels, Belgium. Ms. Hansen's law career includes 14 years as in-house, international counsel to major US corporations; Johnson's Wax: A Family Company; Schering-Plough Corporation; and Ralston Purina Company. At the latter she headed the law department of Ralston Purina International. She then lived in Taiwan for 12 years where she had her own firm specializing in international business and investment and representing clients ranging from well-known multinational corporations to entrepreneurs and government agencies. In June 2003 she completed a four year training program in Western psychology and Asian concepts of the human energy system. Ms. Hansen speaks Mandarin Chinese, has a working knowledge of Spanish and reading knowledge of French.