ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This video toolkit would not exist were it not for the efforts of dedicated community partners. The Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence (MCEDV) particularly thanks Ellen Ridley, formerly of Family Crisis Services, for her vision of the role employers can play in the coordinated community response to domestic violence. Through her efforts, along with the collaborative team, employers now have the tools to respond more effectively and safely to domestic violence abusers and to support a culture change regarding domestic violence in the workplace.
The Best Practices principles are the heart of this project. This work was accomplished through Ellen’s leadership with a subcommittee of advisory committee members who addressed the challenges that employers face when domestic violence abusers are present in their workforces. Thanks to:
Tracey G. Burton, Esq., General Dynamics Corporation, (Baath Iron Works)
Kate Faragher Houghton, JD, consulting in violence prevention, formerly of Family Violence Project
Joyce Oreskovich, Esq., Office of Employee Relations, State of Maine Bureau of Human Resources*
Tim Parker, L.L. Bean, Inc
Wendy Scribner, Hancock Lumber Company, Inc.
Francine Garland Stark, Hope and Justice Project, MCEDV, and formerly of Spruce Run
Thanks to the Advisory Committee and to the additional employers who participated in the video:
Robert Cornett, Wright Express
Laura Fortman, former Commissioner, Maine Department of Labor
Rebecca Henry, Esq., American Bar Association
Susan Herman, Esq., Maine Office of the Attorney General
Gary Hammond, Hammond Tractor
Anne Jordan, Esq., former Commissioner, Maine Department of Public Safety
Veronica Lakner, Esq., American Bar Association’s Commission on Domestic Violence
Catherine Lamson, Maine Employers Mutual Insurance Company
Meg LePage, Esq., Pierce Atwood
Cynthia Lobikis, General Dynamics Corporation (Bath Iron Works)
Mary Lucia, Maine Department of Public Safety
Faye Luppi, Violence Intervention Partnership, Cumberland County Government
Leslie Manning, formerly of the Maine Department of Labor
Jessica Maurer, Esq., formerly of the Maine Office of the Attorney General
John Rioux, Maine Department of Labor
Robin Runge, Esq., University of North Dakota
David Scheidt, University of Maine at Orono
Laurel Shippee, Office of Employee Relations, State of Maine Bureau of Human Resources
Kate Simmons, Esq., Maine Office of the Attorney General
Sue Strasenburgh, Peerless Painting
MaryAnne Turowski, Maine State Employees Association SEIU
Kim Wells, Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence
Nicky Blanchard, formerly of MCEDV
Julia Colpitts, MCEDV
This video toolkit is a project of the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence: script and toolkit writer Kate Faragher Houghton, project manager Faye Luppi, video editor Dan Osgood, Department of Labor liaison, Adam Fisher.
Grant funding for this project was provided by the Maine Department of Labor, Bath Iron Works, the Maine Women’s Fund, Verizon, and Wright Express. Filming and editing services for this video were donated by Time Warner Cable including the efforts of Scott McIlwain and Peter DeWitt.
