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STATE OF NEW JERSEY
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

RESUME OF PANEL ARBITRATOR
Sarah Miller Espinosa
Stafford County, VA

Arbitrator & Mediator
GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:
Panel Memberships: American Arbitration Association Labor Arbitration Panel; Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Labor Arbitration Panel; National Mediation Board Arbitration Panel; New York Public Employment Relations Board Public Sector and Private Sector Voluntary Grievance Arbitration Panels New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission Labor Arbitration Panel; Cornell University Roster of Neutrals; Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York and the United Federation of Teachers, Local 2, AFT, AFL-CIO §3020-a Teacher Tenure Panel (2014-2019; 2021- Present); Maryland Transportation Administration & Amalgamated Transit Union; Montgomery County Government and International Association of Fire Fighters Local 1664; United State Postal Service (USPS) and the National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO NALC Region 13/USPS Atlantic Panels (Regular Contract, Regular Discipline, LMOU Impasse); City of Baltimore Civil Service Commission Chief Hearing Officer; Montgomery County Labor Relations Administrator (MCG and MCGEO, UFCW).

Types of Issues: contract interpretation/application; compensation; classification; discrimination; discipline; performance; teacher tenure.
MEDIATION AND FACT-FINDING EXPERIENCE:
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Early ADR Mediation Panel; EEOC RESOLVE Mediation Panel; District of Columbia Public Employee Relations Board; former full-time mediator at the State of Connecticut Department of Labor, State Board of Mediation & Arbitration; Co-Instructor, Employment Law Mediation Training, Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution, Cornell University ILR School.
INTEREST ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:
Public sector interest arbitration and/or fact-finding experience in Maryland and Connecticut, as well as federal sector interest arbitration.
EDUCATION:
Cornell University, School of Industrial & Labor Relations, BS
University of Connecticut School of Law, JD
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
National Academy of Arbitrators, Member; Association for Conflict Resolution, Co-Chair of ACR Ethics Committee; Labor & Employment Relations Association; Virginia Chapter LERA, president; Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution, Cornell University ILR School, Advisory Board member; RCI Board, secretary; International Ombudsman Association; American Bar Association (Labor & Employment Law section & Dispute Resolution section); Society of Federal Labor and Employee Relations Professionals
OTHER RELEVANT OR EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE:
Contributing Educator, Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution, Cornell University ILR School (Ethics in Mediation & Arbitration and Employment Law Mediation Training); Prince William County Public Schools Impartial Ombudsman (8/19-7/21); Montgomery College impartial ombuds/special assistant(8/13-6/17); Montgomery College vice president of human resources/director of employee engagement and labor relations (4/09-7/13); Montgomery County Government chief negotiator/labor relations manager (2/06-4/09); State of Connecticut Department of Labor assistant general counsel, state board of labor relations/mediator, state board of mediation & arbitration (1/04-2/06); SEIU Locals 511 & 506, chief negotiator/general counsel (9/99-12/03); Legislative Assistant, AFSCME DC 37 (1/96-7/96); Helsby Intern, NYS PERB
(8/94-12/94).
PER DIEM FEES:
GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION $2,000INTEREST ARBITRATION $
CANCELLATION NOTICE AND FEE (if any): 30 calendar days. Postponements and Cancellations: The full per diem rate for scheduled hearing dates is payable if notice of cancellation or postponement is received less than 30 calendar days prior to the scheduled hearing date.
Travel Time and Expenses: No charge for travel time for hearings conducted in New Jersey. Reasonable charges may be made for actual and necessary expenses of travel, mileage, lodging and incidentals that are incurred as a result of the hearing.