Community Spotlight:
Dr. Ludy Green
Second Chance Employment Services;

Dr. Ludy Green is one determined woman. As founder of Second Chance Employment Services, a non profit organization dedicated to helping domestically abused women get back into the workplace, she has seen her organization grow to become one of the most well known in the DC area in a little over six years. Dr. Green started her career working at the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and Smith Bucklin where she was the associate director of Human Resources. She also worked for congress, and holds a PhD in Industrial Organization Psychology.

Her interest in domestic abuse started around 20 years ago when she saw an ad in a local newspaper requesting volunteers for a local shelter for abused women. As she started volunteering with the shelter on a regular basis, she realized that in spite of all the wonderful services offered by the shelter, it was only a temporary solution: the victims would almost always return back to their abusive spouse upon leaving.

Thus the idea of Second Chance Employment Services was born. Dr. Green firmly believed that the only real solution to the problem is to empower these women, and get them to a point where they could be financially independent. Taking a leap of faith, she quit her job and founded SCES in 2001. SCES helps the victims of domestic abuse in all aspects: image consulting, image management, job interview coaching, and even offers them temporary housing until they are able to find a job.