About Mediator Chuck Boles 

     Much of my personal and professional life has been devoted to helping individuals, families, communities, and organizations build "argument-free lives."

     My work draws on advanced degrees in education and communications from Kansas State University, along with graduate studies in strategic planning, leadership, theology, and business coaching — paired with years of hands-on experience in corporate marketing, strategic planning, and small-business development. Much of that experience centered on developing dispute-prevention and leadership training for organizations across the country, including time as an Adjunct Professor of Justice Studies at James Madison University.

     Over the years, I've had the chance to work alongside professionals in business, healthcare, eldercare, non-profit, faith-based, civic, government, and academic settings, leading workshops on value-based leadership, strategic planning, and dispute prevention.

     My approach is shaped by where I come from: a rural Kansas wheat farm and a one-room country schoolhouse, where I was the only student in my grade. That upbringing keeps things grounded and human.

     At its core, this work is about helping people build lives — and relationships — rooted in respect, forgiveness, reconciliation, and peace.