With a background in broadcast journalism and public information, Elise has clear and concise communication skills, the ability to quickly identify and resolve issues, build consensus where possible and ensure all involved are heard.

Elise uses a common-sense approach to make people feel comfortable making it easier to design reasonable alternatives to difficult problems.

There is no one-size-fits-all answer for timesharing. Elise’s mediation skills are in high demand due to her ability to help flush out creative timesharing solutions to meet family’s unique individual needs. When it comes to child support and parental timesharing, there are guidelines that must be followed, but mediation allows flexibility when appropriate. Elise has been involved in hundreds of cases and helped parents craft parenting plans that allow children to have the best of both parents. A mediated agreement takes into account the family’s special needs and builds on their strengths.

Elise began her career mediating dependency cases where children had been removed from their homes following allegations of abuse, neglect or abandonment. She has mediated successful outcomes between the Department of Children and Families, the Guardian ad Litem Program, and Parents and their attorneys.