PBN Best Places to Work Awards 2021
Midsize Companies #14. Rhode Island Parent Information Network
Employees in R.I.: 106
Executive Director Sam Salganik
Questions answered by Sam Salganik
What three words best describe your staff? Knowledgeable, compassionate, peers.
Did your organization offer funding or other assistance to the community during the pandemic? Distance learning hit families of children with special needs particularly hard. Our special education team helped parents in every school district in the state access the services and supports their children needed to continue to learn.
How would you describe the culture of your workplace? RIPIN is an inclusive, welcoming, supportive workplace. Nearly three-fourths of our staff are parents or caregivers of a loved one with special needs. Their experience as peers is a huge part of the foundation of empathy and understanding upon which RIPIN’s culture is built.
What was a new employee benefit(s) or initiative(s) in the past 12 months? RIPIN peer professionals formed a permanent steering team to spearhead efforts to promote racial justice, both in our workplace and in our community.