A number of non-voting, ex-officio members also attend Commission meetings and share their expertise with the larger group. Counted among the Commission's ex-officio members are representatives of the North Carolina Bar Association's Dispute Resolution Section, the Judicial Support Staff Conference, the North Carolina Industrial Commission, the Mediation Network of North Carolina, and the federal courts. Current ex-officio members are:
Robert A. Beason, Esq.
Beason & Ellis Conflict Resolution
P.O. Box 52270
Durham, NC 27717-2270
Lori Cole
NC Administrative Office of the Courts
P.O. Box 2448
Raleigh, NC 27602
George Doyle, Chair
NCBA Dispute Resolution Section
P.O. Box 24
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-0024
Frank Laney, Esq.
Office of the Circuit Mediator, US Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
300 West Morgan Street, Suite 500
Durham, NC 27701
Jody Minor
Mediation Network of North Carolina
P.O. Box 648
Siler City, NC 27344
John Schafer, Esq.
NC Industrial Commission
209 Homestead Drive
Cary, NC 27513
The Honorable Sanford L. Steelman, Jr. (Chair Emeritus)
N.C. Court of Appeals
P.O. Box 888
Raleigh, NC 27602
Karan B. Whitley
NC Judicial Support Staff Conference Liaison
P.O. Box 1736
Concord, NC 28026-1736