In 1976 after serving as a Public Defender in California, Shonholtz established and served as President of Community Boards one of the first community and school mediation initiatives that brought conflict resolution skills and processes into neighborhoods and schools throughout the U.S. and internationally [REF].
In 2008, Shonholtz served as a Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., working on foreign assistance recommendations for the incoming Obama administration [REF].