Debi Slate is the Co-Founder, President and Chief Operating Officer for Dispute Resolution Data (DRD), which is an online research resource providing the first-ever access to closed commercial international arbitration and mediation data. DRD aggregates case data provided from institutions worldwide and separates the information by 7 geographic regions and 28 different case types.

Prior to co-founding DRD, Ms. Slate worked at the American Arbitration Association (AAA) as a National Vice President in charge of organizational strategy, marketing and business development of the technology services sector of the AAA. One of her main achievements while there was creating an e-commerce initiative to provide online conflict management services both nationally, as well as, worldwide. Her expertise relating to marketing via the internet led this initiative through substantial growth and continues to be a significant contribution to the AAA and its repertoire.

Additionally, Ms. Slate was responsible for overseeing the post Hurricane Katrina mediation for the states of Louisiana and Mississippi when approximately 18,000 cases were mediated over a two-year period.

Prior to working at AAA, Ms. Slate was a Regional Vice President for the South Carolina Council for Mediation. While there she founded a statewide NGO providing mediation and dispute resolution training for lawyers and judges and eventually grew the organization to five locations within the state.

She has spoken widely in the United States and Europe on arbitration and mediation.

Ms. Slate has authored articles on mediation, organized and served as faculty educator on arbitration/mediation programs, as well as, serving as a mediator on diverse matters including human resource disputes.

She formerly served as an advisory board member for CyberSettle, Inc., an online settlement company, and is past co-chair of the ABA Dispute Resolution Section committee on ODR. She was also featured by the ABA in an article on leaders in the field of online disputes.