Sunny Sassaman grew up in Southern California and arrived in Portland, Oregon after 20 years of residing in Hawaii. Always passionate about fairness and access to justice, she became a volunteer mediator with Mediation Services of Maui before founding Common Ground Mediation Services LLC in 2001. She has a Master’s in Negotiation and Conflict Management from Cal State Dominguez Hills, is a former board member and president of the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR), currently serves on the Oregon Mediation Association (OMA) board, is a member of the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network (OEN), works in and provides services to private, non-profit and governmental agencies, has served as a lecturer for UH Manoa and WSU-Vancouver, and is a Reservist ADR Advisor for FEMA.
