Jim Melamed founded The Oregon Mediation Center in Eugene in 1983 and has been mediating ever since. Jim was CEO of Mediate.com for 25 years (1996-2020). Mediate.com received the American Bar Association (ABA) Institutional Problem Solver of the Year Award for 2010. Jim is former Executive Director of the Academy of Family Mediators (AFM - 1987-93) and former Chair of the Oregon Dispute Resolution Commission. In 1987, Jim was the founding President and Executive Director of the Oregon Mediation Association. Jim was recipient of: the first APFM "Getting to Yes" Award in 2012 and Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020; the Association for Conflict Resolution's (ACR) 2007 John Haynes Distinguished Mediator Award; the Oregon State Bar DR Section's 2006 Sid Lezak Award of Excellence; and the 2003 Oregon Mediation Association's Award of Excellence and 2020 Lifetime Achievement Awards.