From left, Founding
Director and Professor Emeritus of Sociology
Louis Kriesberg (1986-1994),
Professor of Anthropology Robert Rubinstein
(1994-2005),
Director of PARCC and Associate Director
of Executive Education Catherine Gerard
(2005-Present), and
Distinguished Professor of Public Administration
and former Co-Director of PARCC
Rosemary O'Leary (2005-2009).
HISTORY
PARCC was established in 1986 with a grant
from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Its founding
director was Professor Emeritus Louis Kriesberg, who continues
to make important intellectual contributions to PARCC and to the
field of conflict resolution. Professor Robert A. Rubinstein was
director from 1994-2005. Under Robert’s leadership, PARCC
expanded both its domestic and international reputation in the
field of conflict resolution. In July 2005, Rosemary
O'Leary and Catherine Gerard became Co-Directors of the PARCC
program and in 2009 Catherine Gerard became
the Director.
PARCC DIRECTOR

Catherine Gerard
PARCC Director
Associate Director, Executive Education Programs
M.A., University of Toronto
M.P.A., Rockefeller College
Catherine M. Gerard
serves as Associate Director of Executive Education Programs and
Director of the Program for the
Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration (PARCC)
at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and
Public Affairs. In that role, she manages the
Executive Master of Public Administration degree program,
serves as graduate course professor for the Department of Public
Administration, and designs and delivers executive education
programs for domestic and international customers.
Before joining Syracuse, she was Assistant
Director for the New York State Governor’s Office of Employee
Relations where she led a consulting and training organization
devoted to statewide training and organizational effectiveness.
Throughout her State government career, she specialized in assisting
leaders with organizational change and in the design and development
of training programs. In addition, Ms. Gerard was a key
architect of the State’s total quality management program and served
as adjunct faculty member at the Rockefeller College of Public
Affairs at SUNY Albany.
Ms. Gerard teaches leadership for managers at
many levels. Her graduate course at the Maxwell School is
targeted for mid-careers managers from public and nonprofit
organizations in the United States and abroad. She recently
conducted leadership training for Senior Executives in the
Department of Defense and New York State government. She
co-developed and delivered a workshop, entitled, “Leadership and
Learning,” for almost 8,000 managers in federal and New York State
agencies. A recent project was leadership development for
school superintendents and Board presidents through the Central New
York School Boards Association.
Ms. Gerard has consulted with public and
non-profit organizations in the areas of strategic planning,
leadership/management, organizational change, team-building and
conflict resolution, labor-management partnerships, and total
quality management.
Her current government customers include the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office and the New York State Department of
Health. Her most recent public sector projects include
curriculum development of a multi-day leadership program and a
year-long Certificate Program in Advanced Public Management.
Selected strategic planning clients include Arise and Child and
Family Services, Onondaga Citizen’s League, Rape Crisis Center,
Fabius-Pompey School District, Jordan-Elbridge Central School
District, the City of Syracuse Board of Education, and Onondaga
Central School District. She recently completed a major
facilitation project for the Salvation Army.
PARCC STAFF
Administrative Assistant
Administrative Assistant: Responsibilities
include program budgets, payroll, reimbursements, travel and speaker
arrangements, grant writing, grant administration, coordinating the
Summer Institute for Creative Conflict Resolution, assisting PARCC
co-directors with the day-to-day administration of the Institute,
and assisting PARCC faculty with various research and course related
activities.
Records and
Publications Coordinator
Records and Publications
Coordinator: Responsibilities include keeping PARCC records,
running the certificate of advanced study in conflict resolution
program, advising students in the certificate program, serving as
webmaster for PARCC, and crafting the institute's annual report.
In addition, she assists the PARCC Director
with the day-to-day administration of the institute,
and assists PARCC faculty with various research and course related
tasks.
Contact Debbie Toole at:
datoole@syr.edu
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