NVC Trainers
CNVC Certified Trainers
Jerry Koch-Gonzalez
Jerry is the founder of the Communicating with Compassion project and co-founder of its parent organization, the Institute for Peaceable Communities. Jerry first learned the skills of Nonviolent Communication from Marshall Rosenberg in the late 1970s, rediscovered their importance in 2003, and has been learning more ever since to apply it to his own life, work, and to become a certified NVC trainer. Jerry Koch-Gonzalez has been organizing, educating and consulting for social justice for more than 25 years. Jerry’s areas of expertise include organizational development, diversity in organizations, communication skills, and conflict resolution. Jerry has a particular interest in the methods of Appreciative Inquiry and Nonviolent Communication. Jerry holds a M. Ed. in organizational development from the University of Massachusetts. He served on the board of United for a Fair Economy for many years, and currently serves on the boards of Class Action, and the Institute for Peaceable Communities.
Jerry is Cuban of European heritage and lower middle class background, identifies as bisexual, and lives with his family in a cooperative housing community (co housing) in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Communication with Compassion www.communicatingwithcompassion.org
Registered Candidates for CNVC certification
Pan Vera
Pan is an expert facilitator with the ability to help you get to the core of your communication issues. Establishing a tone of respect and care, he opens his workshops and private sessions to the unique, healing dynamics that arise spontaneously in the presence of heartfelt exchanges.
Expanding your capacity for mutual, heartfelt exchanges based on the principles of Nonviolent CommunicationSM, Pan is an expert facilitator, with four years of experience teaching NVC, with the ability to help you resolve communication issues at their core. During workshops and private sessions, he provides tools designed to transform judgment and blame into a more compassionate framework of observations, needs, feelings, and requests that allows you to avoid conflict.
Training and Experience
PSNCC Certified NVC Trainer, Candidate for Certification in Nonviolent Communications Training with the Center for Nonviolent Communication; Advanced Training in Neurolinguistic Programming and Active Listening.
20+ years in Information Systems with companies including British Petroleum, Citibank, SImmons, Associated Grocers, specializing in group ware and 15+ years in Sales Consulting in insurance, real estate, and financial planning and investments, including three years with Merrill Lynch.
Learn more at www.compassionatecommunications.us