T. Zane Reeves, Regents' Professor Emeritus in the UNM School of Public Administration (SPA), was recently inducted into the National Academy of Arbitrators (NAA) at its Fall Education Conference held in Miami, Fla. Reeves, who has served as an arbitrator, mediator and fact finder for more than 20 years, becomes only the fourth member in the state of New Mexico to be recognized as a member of the prestigious Academy.
Two of the other arbitrators in the state of New Mexico recognized as members of the Academy include Patrick Halter and Don Petersen. Both serve as adjunct faculty members in the SPA, while Reeves is currently a “working retiree.”
Reeves has published numerous journal articles and consulted with private and public sector organizations in areas of performance appraisal, discipline, grievance handling, dispute resolution and labor-management relations. He serves on labor and employment arbitration panels of the American Arbitration Association, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, US Postal Service/APWU, Tinker Air Force Base/AFGE, US Postal Service/NALC and Rio Grande Credit Union.
He is an arbitrator and grievance hearing officer for the City of Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Rio Rancho, Albuquerque T-VI, Gallup, Roswell, Lake Havasu City, as well as the County of Bernalillo, Curry, Dona Ana, and Maricopa. Reeves has also provided consulting services to the governments of Kazakhstan, Hungary, Somalia, Oman, Brazil, and the Navajo and Jicarilla Apache nations.
The National Academy of Arbitrators began in Chicago in 1947. The non-profit professional and honorary organization of arbitrators is dedicated to maintaining and enhancing the highest professional standards of practice, including integrity, competence, honor and character among in the field of labor and employment arbitration.
For more information on the National Academy of Arbitrators visit: NAARB.
Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; e-mail: scarr@unm.edu
Posted by scarr at October 4, 2007 03:18 PM