Lucia Kanter St. Amour

Under the Sisterhood

UTS is a social impact company that addresses the critical gaps in women’s health education, diagnosis, and treatment. As CLO, I'm responsible for: legal guidance on general business operations, partnerships, and organizational practices; contract review and negotiation with vendors and partners; policy development ensuring legal, ethical, and privacy compliance; risk awareness and mitigation; recommending practical strategies that project the organization’s integrity and vision; addressing potential legal issues related to employment and board members; liaising and supervising outside counsel; partnering with cross-functional teams to effectively communicate the organization’s mission, support its programs, and amplify its social justice initiatives.

Chief Legal Officer

Pactum Factum

Chief Legal/Negotiation Officer for various corporations, NCAA athletes, and organizations; U.S. mediation liaison to Supreme Court of India 2022-2023; have mediated/negotiated 1000+ cases; host of "Forces of Good" podcast. Seasoned employment law and negotiation expert. Pactum Factum Press publishing.

Attorney | CLO | Publisher

UN Women

VP, San Francisco  - the birthplace of the United Nations in 1945. UN Women USA is the official, membership-based non-profit organization that raises funds and awareness for UN Women, the United Nations agency that advances gender equality and female empowerment globally.  Events and projects include: Cities for CEDAW a nationwide, grassroots effort to encourage local governments to become more gender equitable; EVAW - an effort to End Violence Against Women; The Gender Equal Pay coalition; HeForShe, a social movement campaign providing a systematic approach and targeted platform through which men and boys become agents of change for the achievement of gender equality; Women In Climate Change Gender Action Plan; Bi-annual Global Voices Film Festival

Vice President - UN Women USA

Spectrum Strategies for Autism

501(c)(3) non-profit organization providing sibling programming; and rescue dog matching, placement and training to families with children with Autism and other special needs.

University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings)

Teaching:  Negotiation / Mediation Clinic / Mediation Certification for Professionals / Special Education  Law. 2003-2012 taught regular course(s) on-site each semester. I tried to retire, but noooooo. They wouldn't let me 😂 2013-present continue on faculty as hybrid (remote and on-site) coach and instructor

Law Professor (Adj.)

International Chamber of Commerce

Serving as judge and mediator for ICC mediation competition in Paris, France

Mediator and Judge

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

Teaching Negotiation practical skills course and supervising independent studies

Lecturer

EEOC

One of the small team of original designers of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s pilot mediation program in 1996 for the San Francisco Regional Office, and later mediated EEOC cases from San Jose to Sacramento

Mediator

Judicial Council of California

In-house employment law attorney for the Judicial Council of California, Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC), the policymaking body for the entire California court system for 58 counties and the Supreme Court of California. I advised the Judicial Council, the Chief Justice of California, and trial and appellate court judges and court officers, contributing to major policy and legal decisions on employment and labor issues that affect the entire judicial branch of California. During that time, I was also selected by the California Division for Judicial Education and Research (CJER) as a representative attorney for the judicial branch to conduct ongoing discrimination and harassment training through live, televised, satellite broadcast programming to court employees statewide. The target 20,000-member audience consisted of judges, human resources professionals, court directors and court staff. Broadcasting live with a studio audience, I also co-hosted CJER’s production of “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.:  A Celebration of Justice,” as part of the Division’s Continuing The Dialogue television series. The content of many of the broadcasts drew upon expertise in the field of Civil Rights and various discrimination and fair employment laws.

Attorney - Office of the General Counsel

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Upon dissolution of boutique labor & employment firm in San Francisco, joined Orrick's Employment Law group and handled all aspects of litigation and client counseling. Closest clients I worked with included Gap, Apple, Oracle, Electronic Arts

Employment Litigation Attorney

VP Emerita UN Women | Attorney Action Figure 🦸🏻‍♀️ | Arresting Author | Chief Negotiation Officer | Plucky Podcast Host | Irreverent Int'l Keynote | "What Box?" Bellwether

📚 World domination through literary seduction. Elegant. Defiant. Irresistibly true. Are you ready for what's next (October 13, 2025)? MY WRITING IS ORGANIC USING REAL INTELLIGENCE (AI wishes it could write like me)

I'm not bossy. I'm BOSS. A UN Women VP, provocatrice, attorney/law professor turned negotiation GOAT . . .

(Buckle up. This is ..."a lot")

🦸🏻‍♀️ I help women harness the power of everyday negotiation—from conning a toddler into eating peas to running the boardroom. I authored the Little Black Dress of negotiation books. Why?

Because negotiation isn’t just for business. It’s everybody’s business 🧐

(But you don’t need me to “empower” you. Nor do I sell a “masterclass” or certification from my own “institute”)

🌍 World Mediation Peace Activist. Benevolent & incurable explorer (dubbed “creative savant”—you know who you are). A bit wild at ❤️‍🔥, I struggle with purpose and disrupt with goodwill—through advocacy, teaching, writing, broadcasting, philanthropy, art & sports.

🗣️ Polyglot. Passionate about people & social progress. JEDI agent (not a Star Wars ref). I’ve practiced law in private, public & non-profit sectors; have taught internationally, including over two decades as faculty at two University of California law schools.

I get that people are messy multitudes—and how they actually behave in conflict & decision-making.
What makes me next-level? Decades of deep experience in negotiation, behavioral economics, game theory, plus dope training in:

✔️ Emotional micro-expressions
✔️ Lie detection
✔️ Neuroscience & decision analysis

Oh, and I know the #1 most stealth negotiation skill. 😎

(Kinda like x-ray vision. Hint: it’s NOT “speaking your truth.”)

WHAT I’M NOT:

❌ A sales/marketing bro who built my expertise off a “masterclass”
❌ A brand
❌ Your income stream
❌ After your 💰 or approval
❌ One to trademark words. Ahem™ 🙄 (you know the type)

Special needs parent & dog whisperer—chaos doesn’t faze me, and persistence is my default setting. CEO of a 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing dogs & sibling support for families with special needs kids.

🫶 Turn-ons: Cake, shoes, pour-over coffee, decent literature
🤢 Turn-offs: NIMBYism, vapid buzzwords, elitism, posers

💡 Meyers-Briggs type? ENFJ-A (same 2% club as Obama & Oprah).

🕸️See more on pactumfactum.com, but TLDR: 
I’m 95% human Labrador (begs the question: what’s the other 5%?). Find it endearing or annoying. That's on you. Either way, I’ll be me because, as Oscar Wilde said, “Everyone else is taken.”

P.S.
❌ I don’t do casual Zoom coffee chats
✅ I’ve already overpaid it forward

Podcast Host

"Forces of Good" podcast - Click here to listen and subscribe for free: https://pactumfactum.substack.com

S. Lucia Kanter St. Amour

VET S.O.S.

Providing a lifeline to veterans, transitioning service members, and military spouses through the sharing of information and resources about veteran support organizations and key personnel in the veteran support community who are helping our community succeed.

CEO, Co-Founder & Co-Host

Operation Barnabas

Serves directly under the Chairman and assists in all duties that may be required of him or her. In the absence of the Chairman the Vice Chairman shall preside over the Board of Directors meetings. The Vice Chairmen shall also supervise the formal assessments of the Board of Directors at least annually.

Vice Chair Board of Directors

- Duty of Care: Take care of the nonprofit by ensuring prudent use of all assets, including facility, people, and good will;
- Duty of Loyalty: Ensure that the nonprofit's activities and transactions are, first and foremost, advancing its mission; Recognize and disclose conflicts of interest; Make decisions that are in the best interest of the nonprofit corporation; not in the best interest of the individual board member (or any other individual or for-profit entity).
- Duty of Obedience: Ensure that the nonprofit obeys applicable laws and regulations; follows its own bylaws; and that the nonprofit adheres to its stated corporate purposes/mission.
- Provide guidance to organization by contributing to the organization’s culture, strategic focus, effectiveness, and financial sustainability, as well as serving as ambassadors and advocates.

Board Member

The Haskell Company

Leads project safety & health program in direct coordination with the project superintendent and assigned Regional Safety Supervisor.   Maintains a safe project environment to ensure the protection of all who engage the property including Haskell, contract partner, client and the general public personnel. Coordinates project activities to comply with rules, regulations, and policies applicable to project safety. 
- Actively participates in all site safety orientation efforts, daily/weekly team/subcontractor 
meetings, scope preconstruction meetings, and daily/weekly craft safety meetings. 
- Provides both monitoring and coaching related to the required daily Safe Work Plans. 
- Participates in project safety audits and communication of findings to the project team on a frequent 
basis to foster hazard recognition training.
- Maintains all project safety related documentation including Safety Data Sheets (SDS), trade safety 
programs, project postings, competent person /training data as required.  
- Actively participates in accident/incident investigations and assists project superintendent in the 
prompt reporting.  
- Administers and maintains all work permit programs in cooperation with Project Superintendent 
- Coordinates and/or conducts safety training as required on the project 
- Actively promotes and enforces the Haskell Code of Safe Practices and related safety policies 
- Accompanies any site visitors or authorized persons in project visits as coordinated with the Project 
Superintendent. 
- Supports the Project Superintendent in safety preplanning efforts prior to commencing work activities.  
- Should hazards classified as imminent danger or serious be identified, immediately take action to stop work and protect others from the hazard. 
- Maintains frequent communications with Regional Safety Supervisor regarding project safety issues, 
concerns and upcoming activities.   
- Maintain competency in the safety field through annual continuing education.

Project Safety Coordinator

Haskell Emergency Response Team is designed to respond quickly to an incident location to provide consultation and expertise in order to accomplish three specific tasks:
i.	Recommend specific actions to render safe the incident site
ii.	Assess site damage utilizing Business Resiliency (BRS) data and tools
iii.	Provide recovery recommendation plan to customer

Responsible for Boots on Ground Response program development and implementation. 
- Responsible for developing deployment, operation, and recovery plans 
- Developing and conducting training for team member 
- Coordination of response efforts
- Manage program budget

Emergency Response Project Manager

Member of the Business Resiliency Services Team.  Responsible for development of deployment operations plan.

Hiring Our Heroes Fellowship

Maxwell Leadership

Certified Coach, Speaker, and Trainer

Maxwell Leadership Certified Team

Veterati

Veterati is an innovative mentorship platform that makes being a mentor and finding mentors effortless. Connecting job-seekers to mentors at scale is phase 1 of Veterati’s greater mission: to transform job search from a painful experience into an inspiring journey.

My Veterati Mento Profile:  https://go.veterati.com/WxMrsn

Volunteer Mentor

The Association of Continuity Professionals

Secretary to the Board

BUZZ TV - IWANTABUZZ.COM

Conduct 5-7 minute interviews with veterans in the Jacksonville area.  Highlighting the great work that veterans are doing in and around Jacksonville, FL.

https://iwantabuzz.com/category/veterans/5-minutes-salute/

Host - 5 Minute Salute

US Army

•	Manage, track, and process security clearance paperwork for 600+ personnel within organization.
•	Responsible for onboarding new personnel.  Implemented lean processes to improve onboarding process increasing efficiency and decreases amount of time between onboarding and reporting to work.
•	Execute security inspection for 5 different organizations.  Ensures organizations are implementing proper security processes and following local laws and regulations.
•	Provide professional mentorship to 30 personnel within organization.  Lending years of experience in military to assisting others grow within and plan out their careers.

Battalion S2 (Intelligence) Noncommissioned Officer in Charge (NCOIC)

Intelligence Analyst

•	Responsible for overall well-being of 90 personnel and their families.  Managed daily training, scheduling, travel, pay and benefits, and daily production for 90 personnel.
•	Responsible for planning and executing logistical operations to include movement of six vehicles, 90 personnel, and multiple equipment containers.  Successfully managed this process five times in one year without loss or damage.
•	Supervised over $5 million in military assets and equipment.  Ensured proper tracking of property and scheduled maintenance.  
•	Redistributed and updated enlisted manning in the G2 resulting in improved efficiency in the OPS section and higher morale
•	Developed and streamlined a division-wide intelligence manning tracker increasing command visibility on critical shortfalls

G2 (Intelligence) Analysis Control Element (ACE) NCOIC

•	Senior advisor for operations.  Managed ten person section responsible for all operations within a 300+ person organization.
•	Supervised the planning, resourcing, and execution of intelligence and logistical operations for 300+ person organization.  Operations included coordination with and support to multiple outside organization across the Korean Peninsula.
•	Responsible for overall well-being of 10 personnel and their families.  Managed daily training, scheduling, travel, pay and benefits, and production.
•	Devised planning tools to assist battalion operations and training in identifying potential problems for resolution prior to execution
•	Established an effective and efficient S3 team of cross-trained personnel capable of executing the most complex of tasks

Battalion S3 (Operations) NCOIC

•	Planned and managed over 500 hours of training to 100+ personnel.  Training focused on personal growth, financial awareness, educational importance, and military tactics. 
•	Responsible for overall well-being of 100+ personnel and their families.  Managed training, scheduling, travel, pay and benefits, and production.
•	Coordinated equal opportunity and sexual harassment training for organization.  Serves as advisor to organizations leaders for all matters pertaining to equal opportunity and sexual harassment.
•	Developed strong team cohesion through realistic training opportunities, resiliency training, team building events, and organization family-oriented field days.
•	Increased medical readiness to 90% by holding NCOs accountable for readiness; improving medical readiness by 5%

First Sergeant

•	Planned and managed over 500 hours of training to 75+ personnel.  Training focused on personal growth, financial awareness, educational importance, and military tactics. 
•	Responsible for overall well-being of 75+ personnel and their families.  Managed training, scheduling, travel, pay and benefits, and production.
•	Coordinated equal opportunity and sexual harassment training for organization.  Serves as advisor to organizations leaders for all matters pertaining to equal opportunity and sexual harassment.
•	Developed strong team cohesion through realistic training opportunities, resiliency training, team building events, and organization family-oriented field days.
•	Established a monthly junior enlisted mentorship program; mentored 19 Soldiers in career development
•	Mentored 23 NCOs through monthly professional development program and morale building events; promoted a learning environment and help boosted high morale
•	Developed the Detachments troop to task tracker from scratch; helped visualize HHD's personnel during high demand tasking's
•	Created and led a seven man ADVON team during four BN EDREs; ensured preparation for the BN TAC deployment
•	Helped restructure the BN TAC; resulted in the realignment of personnel by MTOE positions and improved the vehicle load plan

Detachment Sergeant

•	Senior advisor for operations.  Managed ten person section responsible for all operations within a 300+ person organization.
•	Supervised the planning, resourcing, and execution of intelligence and logistical operations for 300+ person organization.  Operations included coordination with and support to multiple outside organization across the Korean Peninsula.
•	Responsible for overall well-being of 10 personnel and their families.  Managed daily training, scheduling, travel, pay and benefits, and production.
•	Implemented AtHoc in BN S3 Operations; resulted in a commendable rating during 8th Army's no notice EDRE
•	Developed BN Command Post layout; identified challenges and implemented solutions which enabled mission success
•	Tactfully proposed troop to task recommendation to the brigade S3 staff which resulted in a 25% decrease in garrison taskings
•	Devised planning tools to assist battalion operations and training in identifying potential problems for resolution prior to execution
•	Established an effective and efficient S3 team of cross-trained personnel capable of executing the most complex of tasks

•	Responsible for planning and executing plans pertaining to the consolidation of resources (personnel and equipment) across the Korean Peninsula.
•	Successfully planned and managed over 25 community operations and events involving multiple agencies and hundreds of personnel.  Agencies included (emergency services, recreation, public works, and safety).
•	Managed essential community services and facilities for over 24,000 military community in Republic of Korea.

Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobility, and Security (DPTMS) (Operations) NCOIC

DPTMS Installation Security Officer

Task Force 51 G2 (Intelligence) Officer

ARNORTH G2 (Intelligence) Watch NCOIC

Battalion S2 (Intelligence) NCOIC

Intelligence Sergeant

I help veterans, transitioning service members, and veteran/military spouses learn about the 40,000+ veteran support organizations available to assist with military and life transitions.  My mission is to support and empower the veteran and military community through education, advocacy, and mentorship.  I co-founded VET S.O.S. Podcast to help fill this void.  My co-host and I bring on organizations to talk about what they do for our community and how you can reach out to them to get the assistance and training you want and need.

Website: https://vetsospodcast.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vetsospodcast

Podcast Platforms: https://rss.com/podcasts/vetsos/

Contact Us: https://linktr.ee/vet_s.o.s._podcast

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