What is Mediation?

Logan Prushansky serves as Tri Community Mediation’s Executive Director. Logan began her tenure at TCM in 2022 as the center’s Mediation Program Coordinator. Logan completed her Basic Mediation Training, also known as BMT, when she was a teenager in a teen mediator program. Having the opportunity to receive this unique education so early in life allowed her the opportunity to apply this skill set in many different environments before returning to TCM after completing college. Logan is deeply invested in the communities TCM serves and other underserved populations, which makes for an extremely reliant, dutiful and understanding Executive Director. She strives to reinvigorate Tri Community Mediation by engaging more community members and volunteers to propel the mediation movement forward.

Missy Joy serves as Tri Community Mediation’s Mediation Program Coordinator! She is a Salisbury University Alumni who graduated in 2017 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Conflict Analysis and Dispute Resolution. During her previous employment, Missy helped others resolve situational and personal conflicts making her knowledge and experience advantageous for our team. In her free time, Missy likes to stay at home with her best friend and their three cats and two dogs. Spending time weeding her flower beds is her way of unwinding and easing stress. Her seven grandchildren are some of her biggest blessings, so she has dedicated a lot of her free time into making her home and backyard their home away from home.

Tonya Jones serves as the Program Manager at Tri Community Mediation. With a diverse background that began at the age of 15, she possesses a unique skill set that enhances her professional capabilities. In 2019, Tonya proudly became a First Generation College Graduate, earning her Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education. Subsequently, she dedicated three years to teaching at a local elementary school in her hometown of Berlin MD, where she made a substantial impact on her students. Outside of her professional responsibilities at TCM, Tonya enjoys spending her leisure time on her farm, engaging in activities with her pets, a cat named Marilyn and a dog named Mona. As she embarks on her journey in the field of mediation, Tonya is eager to expand her knowledge and skills, aiming to make a positive contribution to her community in a new and impactful manner.

Web Smith serves as Tri Community Mediation’s Re-Entry Program Manager. Web brings an atypical (for a mediator) set of skills and experience from his time as a Principal Analyst with Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) where he was an actual Rocket Scientist early in his career.   He was able to retire from that position after 33 years, however he has not slowed down and remains a “Temp-On-Call”  Staff  Member at JHU/APL, a Volunteer and Board Member for the American Red Cross Delmarva Chapter and Bio-Med Committee Chair, as well as an active Mediator! He began his mediation career in 2019 and has amassed a total of 350+ Mediation Sessions since that time! Web has been awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the Delmarva Chapter of the American Red Cross, the Volunteer Leadership Award in 2023, and is a two-time recipient of the Carroll County Community Mediation Center Volunteer of the Year, 2019 and 2024. Web hopes to Live Long and Prosper by enjoying his hobbies of photography, cooking, and pickleball and by also completing 500+ mediations and donating 30+ gallons of blood (not all at once though)!

Maddie Shenasky serves as an AmeriCorps Member at Tri Community Mediation! After interning as a Case and Marketing Manager over the summer, she is thrilled to transition into the role of Intake and Mediation Specialist. Currently a senior at Salisbury University, Maddie is studying Conflict Analysis and Dispute Resolution with a minor in Communication. She also holds leadership positions as the Health and Wellness Director on the Executive Council for the Student Organization and as the Honor Committee Chairwoman for Phi Mu Phi Delta. In her free time, Maddie enjoys crafts, walking, exploring new adventures, and spending time with friends. A fun fact about her is that she has a lizard named Rhino, who brings her immense joy! Maddie is eager to embark on this new journey and looks forward to meeting everyone!