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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.