Lynn P. Fried’s professional background includes more than 25 years of experience in key leadership positions at major national and international organizations, including Oxford University (U.K.), Yale University, Metropolitan Opera Association and public broadcasting’s Thirteen/WNET. Her areas of expertise include fundraising, strategic planning and building consensus among diverse constituencies. It was over this period of her career that she honed her listening skills and ability to bring people together.

On a personal level, Lynn’s experience with her own family opened her eyes to the challenge of handling loss, stress and change of circumstances as loved ones age. She observed that for many adult siblings, conflict over agonizing decisions regarding aging parents often seemed unresolvable.

The desire to help families come together and make shared decisions, and to apply her experience and current interests to accomplishing that goal, inspired Lynn to enter the mediation field. After completing professional mediation training, she formed LPF Mediation, specializing in elder and adult family conflict resolution.

Education and Training

• Professional mediation training completed:
  Basic Mediation Training: Conflict Resolution Theory and Techniques (New York City Bar)
  Selected Ethics Issues in Mediation and Settlement Negotiations (New York City Bar)
  The Basics of Mediating Trusts and Estates Disputes (New York State Bar Association)
  
  
• Mediation apprenticeship program completed under the auspices of New York State certified mediation trainer, Elizabeth A. Clemants, MSW
  
  
• Advanced Elder/Adult Family mediation training completed under the auspices of Elder Decisions, a division of Agreement Resources LLC (Norwood, MA)
  
  
• Master of Arts with Honors from The New School for Social Research
  
  
• Bachelor of Arts from Syracuse University

Professional Affiliations

• Member, Association for Conflict Resolution
• Member, Association for Conflict Resolution-Greater New York Chapter
• Member, The Orion Resource Group