Sidekick Foundation, Inc.
Board of Directors
As of January 2003
Arthur
Pryor, B.A., M.B.A. - President, Director
7th Degree
Black Belt, Certified Master Instructor. Started training in 1966.
Owner of USK Karate Academies in Coral Springs, and Davie, Florida with 250 students.
Former Senior Vice President of North Ridge Bank, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
Greg
Lewen, Esq. - Vice President, Director
Father of two
martial arts students, extensive experience in community develpment and
strategic planning at the national, state and local levels. Previously
served at the U.S. Department of Justice's research and development
branch, the National Instutite of Justice, and the office of Senator
Arlen Specter. Mr. Lewen has served on the Peer Review Panels for the
U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance and has assisted
numerous child-oriented not-for-profits.
Rose
Sheehan, Esq. - Secretary, Treasurer, Director
2nd Degree
Black Belt and certified Assistant Instructor. Mrs. Sheehan's background
is in real estate law, title insurance and business practices and has
extensive experience in organizing fund raising activities
Gerald
Gluck, Ph.D. - Director
Licensed marriage
and family therapist with over 20 years of clinical experience. Former
full time faculty member at Montclair State University, Rutgers University,
New Jersey Institute of Technology. Published in academic journals.
Dr. Gluck was a martial arts students and all his children are black
belts.
Philip
Bartolacci, B.A. - Director
7th Degree
Black Belt, Certified Master Instructor. Master Bartolacci is
an official in one of the nation's oldest, largest, private, not-for-profit
martial arts associations. Master Bartolacci runs Ki Concepts, a full-time
martial arts studioi in Alpharetta Georgia with over 150 students.
Jennifer
Laufgas, Esq. B.A., J.D. - Director
Ms. Laufgas
is a 2nd degree Black Belt and certified instrutor. She serves as in-house counsel to an ocean exploration/salvage/archeological company in Tampa, FL
Barry
Streit, M.D., Director
Dr. Streit
is a 1st degree black belt, along with three of his children.
Dr. Streit is an internist with degrees in two other specialties.
Courntey Steiger - Student Director
Customer Service Representative, MetLife, Ft Lauderdale; 2nd Degree Black Belt, Currently
attending Florida Atlantic University and planning to go to law school.