Kimberly Best, RN, MA, is a Tennessee Rule 31 Listed Civil Mediator and Tennessee Rule 31 Trained Family Mediator, FINRA Arbitrator and owner of Best Conflict Solutions, LLC. Kim’s practice focuses on Healthcare, and Elder Care Mediation, Civil and Business Mediation, and personal and organizational Conflict Coaching and Conflict Consulting. She is immediate past president of the Tennessee Association of Professional Mediators and serves as Membership Chair on the Dispute Resolutions Section of the American Bar Association. Kim is also a volunteer Senior Mediator with the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office, Dispute Resolution Program and Community/Police Unification Program and a practicing facilitator for challenging business and social conversations.
In addition to nursing school, Kim attended graduate school at the University of North Carolina Charlotte in Clinical/Community Psychology. She obtained a master’s degree in Conflict Management from Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, a certificate in Conflict Management Consulting from Pepperdine University and a certificate in Leveraging the Power of Emotions as You Negotiate from Harvard Law School. Kim also trained in Transformative Mediation at Hofstra University, Healthcare Mediation at the University of South Florida, and Restorative Practices at the International Institute of Restorative Practices.
She is a working member of the Association of Conflict Resolution Elder Mediation Professional Development Group as well as a consultant for Mediators Beyond Borders, International. She is the author of “How to Live Forever, A Guide to Writing the Final Chapter of Your Life Story," She is a speaker and trainer on the topics of conflict management, dispute resolution processes, emotional intelligence, life transitions, relationships, organizational conflict management and how to make difficult decisions – including end of life issues.
She is the proud mother of 5 grown children and the grandmother of 4 lively little ones.