Bragging Rights:
As the founder of Falmouth Mediation, Alan Jacobs brings over 25 years of experience helping individuals and organizations resolve conflict. Following a successful career fostering collaboration between senior-level officers at educational institutions, academic and professional associations and organizations, foundations and corporations, Alan drew on his unique talents and extensive interpersonal and communication skills to establish Falmouth Mediation. Alan professionally trained with MWI (formerly Mediation Works, Inc.) of Boston in 1997 and later with Cape Mediation. He has also completed advanced Divorce Mediation Training. Alan is a member of the Academy of Professional Family Mediators and a founder and director of the Cape & Islands Mediation Collaborative, Inc. Alan currently assists individuals, groups and businesses in resolving conflicts and legal disputes as a private mediator through Falmouth Mediation and the Cape & Islands Mediation Collaborative and in the Barnstable and Nantucket County Courts. Through his relationships with MWI, the Cape & Islands Mediation Collaborative, Cape Mediation, and adjunct professionals on the Upper Cape, Alan works in partnership with other experienced mediators and experts with diverse backgrounds including legal proficiency in family law, divorce, bankruptcy, litigation and probate matters, accounting and tax advising, financial planning, real estate, business evaluation, banking, mental health counseling, and agricultural, community and environmental issues to help his clients make their own responsible decisions to resolve matters and find the best solution for all concerned. Alan holds a Masters of Education and a Masters of Regional Planning from the University of Massachusetts and has had special training as a Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming. He is a third-degree black belt in Tang Soo Do and teacher at the Seven Stars Academy of Martial Arts, a member of the Falmouth School District's Technology Advisory Board, and the Mullen Hall School Council. Alan moved to Falmouth in1974 were he still lives with his wife and son.