Core Practice Areas
4 VerticalsAbout & Mediation Philosophy
Neutral ProfileMarilyn McKnight is a mediator, trainer, and author who has practiced exclusively in the field of mediation since 1977 after an extensive career in public social work. She received the Bush Leadership Fellowship Award for the study of mediation earning her M.A. in 1987 and is a leader in promoting the Client-Centered model of mediation. In 1988, Marilyn was elected to the Board of the Academy of Family Mediators where she began the movement toward the certification of mediators and later served as President of the Academy. In 1996, she and her partner, Steve Erickson, were awarded the Distinguished Mediator Award by the Academy for their outstanding contributions to the field of mediation. She served at president of ACR (the Association for Conflict Resolution in 2008. In 2012 she was a co-founder of the Academy of Professional Mediation. She is a founder and first president of the Professional Mediation Board of Standards in 2015 to the present. Marilyn and her partner Steve have co-authored six highly successful books on mediation. Marilyn is a former member of the ADR Section of the Minnesota Bar Association and has taught courses as an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota School of Social Work, at William Mitchell College of Law, and in the Master of Arts in Leadership program at Augsburg College.
Credentials & Institutional Standing
Primary VerificationsEducation
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
Masters · Human Development: Psychology and Mediation
Class of 1994
Augsburg University
Bachelor of Arts · Sociology and Social Work
Class of 1967
Work History
4 PositionsMediator
Erickson Mediation Institute
Adjunct Professor
University of Minnesota School of Social Work
Adjunct Professor
William Mitchell College of Law
Adjunct Professor
Augsburg College
Master of Arts in Leadership program
Honors & Recognition
2 HonorsDistinguished Mediator Award
Academy of Family Mediators
1996
Awarded for outstanding contributions to the field of mediation.
Bush Leadership Fellowship Award
1987
For the study of mediation.
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