Our Staff

Meredith Bruch
Coordinator of Mediators and Training

Ms. Bruch joined the DRC staff in 2006. She has been an attorney practicing in the area of Indian law for 10 years and became a mediator in 2006. She hails from Ohio though has been in the NW and Yakima since 1995.

Matt Fairbank
Executive Director

Mr. Fairbank has been with the DRC since 1998. He has worked in not-for-profit agency management since 1981 and has been a mediator since 1991.

Evelyn Heflen
Kittitas County Victim Offender Meeting Coordinator and Outreach Worker

Evelyn Heflen has been with the DRC since 2004. She coordinates the DRC’s outreach work in Kittitas County, helping to inform the community and referring agencies about the DRC’s work and how to refer people to it and brings youthful offenders together to meet with the people victimized by their crimes.

Mary Kenny
Office Manager

Mary has been with the DRC since 2008. Mary initially took mediation training in 1996 after having provided office support as a volunteer. Since then she has managed a parent serving agency, worked as a program coordinator for a child welfare division of a nonprofit agency and currently is a real estate investor. She recently returned to Yakima from Hawaii to be near family.

Lowell Murphee
Coordinator of Mediation Services for Seniors

Mr. Murphree joined the DRC staff in 2006. He has been a minister for over 30 years and grant writer/fund development officer since 2001. For relaxation, Lowell serves as a volunteer puppy raiser for Guide Dogs for the Blind.

Lucy Urbina
Intake Specialist and Yakima County Victim Offender Meeting Coordinator

Lucy has been with the Dispute Resolution Center since summer 2010. She has more than 18 years of case management experience in job training and social service programs. She has lived in the Yakima Valley for most of her adult life.