Bathabile Mthombeni

Bathabile K. S. Mthombeni, J.D., MSLOD, PCC

Senior Mediator · J.D.

Bathabile K.S. Mthombeni, J.D, M.S., PCC is the founder of Untangled Resolutions, providing mediation and organizational ombuds services, workshop and process facilitation, leadership coaching, and organizational development services to organizations and communities. She is also the founder of Come Abide Here LLC, providing Racial Intelligence coaching and social justice dialogue facilitation services to organizations dedicated to taking their DEIJB goals from aspiration to action. She serves on the DEIB Experts Committee for Root & Shoot, a Research Coordination Network comprised of seven academic societies funded by the National Science Foundation and is currently providing the RCN with conference Ombuds services and consulting regarding developing inclusive and equitable community behavioral codes. She has also delivered DEIB-centered facilitation for organizations including Chicago-based theater organizations The Factory Theatre and The Conspirators as well as to The Botanical Society of America. Her most recent clients have included Cornell University, RadiaSoft, and Creatives Rebuild New York (CRNY). Ms. Mthombeni first trained as a mediator in the Small Claims courts in New York City. After two years as a litigation associate at a Wall Street law firm, she began her career as an Organizational Ombudsperson at Columbia University. There she served as the Associate University Ombuds Officer for four years. She spent a number of years serving on the roster of mediators for the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board where she mediated disputes between police officers and civilians. She taught mediation and negotiation at John Jay College in Manhattan and serves as the University Ombudsman at Binghamton University. She credits her time as a mediator and facilitator at Occupy Wall Street as a pivotal experience. In nearly 20 years as a speaker, mediator, dialogue facilitator, and coach, Bathabile has helped thousands of individuals to untangle their dilemmas and identify their best paths.