{"id":60,"date":"2016-09-09T15:34:41","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T15:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mediationnyc.org\/?page_id=60"},"modified":"2024-07-01T18:07:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T18:07:10","slug":"about-your-mediator","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mediation-nyc.org\/?page_id=60","title":{"rendered":"About Your Mediator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CARI-ANNE FRANCIS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rye Brook, New York | 347.604.4777 | <a href=\"mailto:mediationnyc@gmail.com\">mediationnyc@gmail.com<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/mediation-nyc.org\">http:\/\/mediation-nyc.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW YORK STATE MEDIATOR<\/strong> \u2013 Transformative Mediation | Divorce Mediation | Custody &amp; Visitation Mediation | Community Mediation | Parent\/Teen Mediation<\/p>\n<p><strong>WORKPLACE MEDIATION\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TRANSPORTATION SECURITIES ADMINISTRATION (TSA) Consultant, 2011 \u2013 present<\/p>\n<p>Employed by Koniag Government Services (2019 \u2013 present) and Beacon GROUP L.L.C. (March 2011 \u2013 2019)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provide Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and non-EEO mediation services to employees and managers of TSA throughout the northeast region<\/li>\n<li><em>Pre-Mediation Coach<\/em>: Provide new TSA mediation clients with overview of mediation process and answer questions before first session; set expectations for client settlements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, New York, NY, EEO Mediation Consultant, June 2008 &#8211; present<\/p>\n<p>Employed by USPS REDRESS mediation program<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mediate employee\/management EEO cases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (VA), Workplace Mediation Consultant, May 2017 &#8211; June 2020<\/p>\n<p>Employed by Resolution Group<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provide EEO and non-EEO mediation services to employees and managers of the VA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SCHOOL MEDIATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CLUSTER, Inc., Westchester Mediation Center, Yonkers, NY<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Supervisor, School Mediation Program, September 2008 &#8211; September 2009<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Led conflict resolution teacher training seminars, providing teachers with basic skills to mediate conflicts between students; Led monthly meetings with school mediators; Provided monthly reports to New York State regarding number of school mediations, demographic information and types of mediation conducted in Yonkers, Peekskill and Lakeland School Districts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>XX MEDIATION CERTIFICATION, Institute for Mediation and Conflict Resolution, Inc., Bronx, NY, May 2007<\/li>\n<li>EMPLOYMENT LAW MEDIATION CERTIFICATION, Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution, Cornell University, November 2011<\/li>\n<li>TRANSFORMATIVE MEDIATION CERTIFICATION, Training conducted by United States Postal Service<\/li>\n<li>DIVORCE MEDIATION CERTIFICATION, Center for Divorce and Family Mediation, 60 hour\/20 week supervised apprenticeship with Ken Neumann<\/li>\n<li>CUSTODY &amp; VISITATION MEDIATION CERTIFICATION<\/li>\n<li>COMMUNITY MEDIATION CERTIFICATION, including small claims court and landlord tenant issues<\/li>\n<li>PARENT\/TEEN MEDIATION CERTIFICATION<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Training for latter three conducted by Jenny Besch, Director of the Westchester Mediation Center of CLUSTER, Inc., State Certified Trainer<\/p>\n<p><strong>EDUCATION<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, Teachers College, Certification &amp; Advanced Degree in Conflict Resolution, May 2007<\/p>\n<p>LESLEY UNIVERSITY, M.Ed., Elementary Education, May 2002<\/p>\n<p>SKIDMORE COLLEGE, B.A., Sociology, May 1999<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARI-ANNE FRANCIS Rye Brook, New York | 347.604.4777 | mediationnyc@gmail.com | http:\/\/mediation-nyc.org &nbsp; NEW YORK STATE MEDIATOR \u2013 Transformative Mediation | Divorce Mediation | Custody &amp; Visitation Mediation | Community Mediation | Parent\/Teen Mediation WORKPLACE MEDIATION\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TRANSPORTATION SECURITIES ADMINISTRATION (TSA) Consultant, 2011 \u2013 present Employed by Koniag Government Services (2019 \u2013 present) and Beacon GROUP [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-60","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediation-nyc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediation-nyc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediation-nyc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediation-nyc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediation-nyc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediation-nyc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":203,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediation-nyc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60\/revisions\/203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediation-nyc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}