Virginia is the director of the Dispute Resolution Centre at Massey University, New Zealand. She is the co-author (with Boulle and Green) of the 2nd edition of "Mediation: Principles, Process, Practice" published by LexisNexis 2008. She is a Fellow of the Arbitrators' and Mediators' Institute of New Zealand and a member of the AMINZ mediation panel. She has also been a practicing mediator since 1994.