Many people contributed to the creation of this book, but it would not exist without ten people:
• My daughter Ava Franklin, who had the idea for a safety program for girls her age and served as a peer instructor at the programs;
• My daughter Virginia Claire Franklin, who had the next idea for a safety program for girls her age and served as a peer instructor at the programs;
• My daughter Charlotte Franklin, who had the next idea for a safety program for girls her age and served as a peer instructor at the programs;
• Walter Sorensen, Head of School at Alcuin School, one of the most innovative and supportive schools in the country, who allowed us to develop and refine the program at Alcuin School;
• Gil Harrington, tireless advocate for protecting young women and founder of my favorite advocacy group, Help Save the Next Girl, who introduced our program to the state of Virginia;
• Karla Gravitt, Supervisor of Secondary Instruction for Halifax County Public Schools, who was the first to give us an opportunity to implement our program at a public school in Virginia;
• Curtis Hicks, Assistant Superintendent at Salem City Schools, and Spencer Niles, Dean for the School of Education at The College of William & Mary, who thought the program should be in every school in Virginia and took action to help that happen;
• Vanessa Wigand, Coordinator, Health, Physical, Driver Education & Athletics for the Virginia Department of Education, who worked tirelessly to make sure our program conformed with Virginia standards and was appealing to Virginia public schools; and
• My wife Jennifer Franklin, who puts up with what has become a very expensive hobby.
Countless professionals and students have volunteered their time and energy to the program, foremost among them being those who have taken the time to not only contribute their knowledge to the program, but to also instruct at our trainings and appear in our videos:
Master Buddy Hudson
US Olympian Jonathan Johnson
Dr. Wilfredo Rivera
Ava Franklin
Charlotte Franklin
Virginia Claire Franklin
Alondra Rivera-Diaz
Natalia Rivera-Diaz
Maddie Stout
Georgie Thomason
Margo Thomason
Tatum Thomason
Many, many others volunteered their time to provide us a forum to test our program, give us some needed publicity, or speak with us about their research or relevant experience, imparting some critical nugget of invaluable information that helped make the program so balanced, rich, and informative. None of them have seen this book prior to publication, and if I got anything that they told me wrong, that is my fault and not their fault.
I say this in all sincerity to each of you individually: Putting a program together of this scope and detail would have taken more than a lifetime without your assistance, and I am confident that each of you, by giving your time and energy, will ultimately have saved someone’s life. Abbreviated bios of many of those who have so generously given of their time and assistance follow. I am also certain that I have inadvertently omitted some people, and for that I deeply apologize.
Kris Ahrend, J.D., Senior Vice President, Warner Music.
Jovita Alphonse, Employee Relations Manager/Consultant, NIKE, Inc.
Peter Anderson, J.D., Shareholder, Beveridge & Diamond P.C.; Chairman, Men for Change.
David M. Baccile, C.F.A., Chief Investment Officer, NCMIC Group, Inc.
Mike Barrett, Vice Chair, Board of Selectpersons, Belgrade, Maine.
Benjamin Bassichis, M.D., FACS, Advanced Facial Plastic Surgery Center.
Michelle Mantel Bassichis, M.D., Advanced Facial Plastic Surgery Center.
Christina Bearce, teacher, Loudoun County Public Schools.
Brandon Birmingham, J.D., Judge, 292nd District Court of Dallas County.
Kathryn Bennett, J.D., Attorney, Reed Smith LLP.
Sara Rachel Benson, L.L.M., J.D., M.S.L.I.S., Assistant Professor, University of Illinois.
Paul Berkner, M.D., Medical Director & Research Scientist in Biology, Colby College.
Ann Beytagh, J.D., Associate University Counsel, Southern Methodist University; Interim General Counsel, Susan G. Komen Brest Cancer Foundation.
Alexander Boone, J.D., President, Boone Homes.
Jennifer Boysko, Virginia House of Delegates.
Jermaine Bouyer, Health & Wellness Director, White Rock YMCA.
Charles T. Brereton, Public Policy Specialist, Squire Patton Boggs LLP.
Arthur Brown, M.D., MACP, FIDSA, FSHEA; Chief and Medical Director, Employee Health & Wellness Services, Memorial Sloan Kettering; Professor of Clinical Medicine & Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University.
Danielle Brown, student, Duke University.
Shannon Brown, of counsel, Talcott Franklin P.C.
Jennifer S. Boswell, Assistant Academy Director, Sergeant, Roanoke Police Department.
Linda Carlson, Physical Education Teacher, Oak Park & River Forest High School.
Joel Caruso, teacher, Loudoun County Public Schools.
Ginger Cavanaugh, Chief Operating Officer, Talcott Franklin P.C.
Scott H. Christensen, J.D., Partner, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP.
David Clarke, M.D., President, Psychophysiologic Disorders Association; Assistant Director, Center for Ethics, Oregon Health & Science University.
Barbara Comstock, U.S. House of Representatives.
Mackenna Conway, Store Manager, ivivva.
Shannon Conway, J.D., managing shareholder, Talcott Franklin P.C.
Jason Curtis, Director of Technology and Information Resources, The Hockaday School.
Stacy Cushing, Director of Programs, Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas.
Cynthia Deitle, J.D., FBI agent (ret.); Programs and Operations Director, Mathew Shepard Foundation.
John Destefano, teacher, Loudoun County Public Schools.
Larry Doane, Court Coordinator, Dallas County Mental Illness Court.
Darlene D. Ellison, Senior Vice President & Community Development Executive, Veritex Bank.
Chi Ewusi, J.D., Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
Sean Fenton, Corporal, United States Marine Corps (Honorable Discharge); Combat Veteran, Afghanistan; 2nd degree black belt; 2015 National Fighting Champion; Nationally Certified Instructor in TaeKwon-Do.
Laura Worley Fornash, Senior Vice President, McGuireWoods Consulting LLC, Former Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Anne Forsyth, Front End Manager / Community Relations Liaison, The Fresh Market.
Markus Forsythe, M.D., FACEP, FAARM, Physician Consultant; emergency room physician; Sexual Assault Response Team, South West Washington Medical Center.
Ava Franklin, certified third degree black belt.
Charlotte Franklin, certified second degree black belt.
Jennifer Franklin, shareholder, Talcott Franklin P.C.
Virginia Claire Franklin, certified first degree black belt.
Kay Frapart, Senior Paralegal, Talcott Franklin P.C.
Becky Freemal, WFXR News, Roanoke, Virginia.
Josh Friesen, Assistant Director of Athletics, St. Mark’s School of Texas.
Michele Gibbons, teacher, Loudoun County Public Schools.
Misty Gilmore, Girl Scout Troop Leader.
Bridget Graf, Reporter, Dallas Morning News.
Karla Gravitt, Supervisor of Secondary Instruction for Halifax County Public Schools.
Sarah Green, JD, Title IX Coordinator at Gonzaga University, Boise State University, U. Mass. Amherst, & East Carolina University.
Charles (Rick) Gressard, M.Ed., Ph.D., Chancellor Professor, Counselor Education Program, College of William & Mary; Interim President/CEO, Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs; Founding Director, New Leaf Substance Abuse Clinic.
Daniel Gutierrez, M.A., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Counselor Education Program, College of William & Mary; Faculty Director, New Leaf Substance Abuse Clinic.
Krista Haab, J.D., attorney, Norfolk Southern.
Gil Harrington, R.N., Co-Founder, Help Save the Next Girl, author, Murdered Dead and for Good.
Molly Boeder Harris, Founder & Executive Director, The Breathe Network.
Heather Hayes, FOX4 News, DFW.
Mike Heino, Lt. (ret.), Maine State Police.
John Helms, J.D., former Assistant U.S. Attorney; criminal defense attorney.
Curtis Hicks, Assistant Superintendent at Salem City Schools.
Ashley Hodge, Reporter, The Gazette Virginian.
Dan Hostetler, M.N.M., C.A.D.C., Executive Director, Above and Beyond Family Recovery Center.
Jordan Hoyer, J.D., Oppenhuizen Law Firm, PLC.
Buddy Hudson, certified eighth degree black belt; International Karate Hall of Fame; 7-time National Fighting Champion; World Silver Medalist; Owner, Professional Black Belt Academy.
Jonathan Johnson, B.A., U.S. Olympian (Athens, 2004); U.S. Olympic Trials & NCAA Champion, 800 meters; Texas Tech Hall of Fame; 4 Big XII Championships; nine-time Collegiate All-American; owner and CEO, Run Speed Performance and Flex 8 Fitness.
Nancy Johnson, Senior Vice President, Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate.
Sheila J. Jones, Supervisor, Driver Education, FLE, Health, Physical Education, and SRTS, Loudoun County Public Schools.
Catheleen Jordan, Ph.D., 2017 NASW Social Work Pioneer; Cheryl Milkes Moore Professorship in Mental Health at The University of Texas at Arlington, School of Social Work.
Ann Killian, Parent Representative, National Charity League.
Jack Kingston, former member, United States House of Representatives, Principal, Squire Patton Boggs.
Andrew Kolodny, M.D., Co-Director, Opioid Policy Research Collaborative, Institute for Behavioral Health, Schneider Institutes for Health Policy, Heller School for Social Policy & Management, Brandeis University; Executive Director, Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing.
Chris Kopf, Global Luxury Property Specialist, Coldwell Banker Bighorn Realty.
Linda Kramer, Head of Middle School, The Hockaday School for Girls.
Clay La Grone, Lt. Col., US Air Force (Ret.); Vice President, Fortress Investment Group.
Kevin Lamasney, J.D., paratrooper, 82nd Airborne Division, United States Army (Honorable Discharge); Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, SBLI USA.
Jennifer Lane, certified fourth degree black belt; 2015 National Fighting Champion; Vice President of Operations, Professional Black Belt Association; Nationally Certified Instructor in TaeKwon-Do and American Karate; Corporate Relations and Development, Salvation Army.
Darold Larson, Executive Director, Acacia Fraternity Foundation.
Camille Liebbe, Publisher, White Rock Life.
Ashley Lockhart, Coordinator for Academic Affairs, Virginia State Council of Higher Education.
Greg Loughlin, Men Stopping Violence.
Amanda K. Lyons-Archambault, J.D., LLM, Senior Associate, WNTS M&A Tax at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Patrick McGovern, Executive Director, Acacia Fraternity.
Sharon W. Moore, Supervisor, Office of Health and Physical Education, Portsmouth Public Schools.
Mark Moran, J.D., Chairman, Large Loss Subrogation Section, Munck Wilson Mandala.
Kathleen Murphy, Virginia House of Delegates.
Silvester Mwanza, counselor to the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Zambia to the United Nations.
Spencer Niles, Ph.D., Dean and Professor, School of Education, The College of William & Mary.
Scott Nole, teacher, Loudoun County Public Schools.
Jodi O’Brien, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Seattle University; Director, Wismer Office for Faculty Diversity, Equity, and Inclusive Excellence.
Marty Om, certified fifth degree black belt; Nationally Certified Instructor, Professional Black Belt Academy.
Patty Purish O’Neill, Ph.D., Director of Development, William & Mary School of Education.
Lauren Ortega, M.D., Girl Scout Troop Leader and physician.
John Page, V.P. Sales, Quick Search.
Frank Paone, Chief Financial Officer at Cedar Hill Capital Partners, LLC.
Lynne Pearo, Director of Alumni Relations and Special Events, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine.
Warren Pelton, Emergency Response Plan Facilitator, Loudoun County Public Schools.
Heidi Peterson, Girl Scout Troop Leader.
Ellen Plummer, Ph.D., Associate Vice Provost for Academic Administration, Virginia Tech.
Karlynda Poage, Program Coordinator, Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas.
Jenna Quinn, author of Jenna’s law (TX); survivor; advocate; author of Pure In Heart.
Michael Raeber, J.D., General Counsel, University of Georgia.
Randal Rhodus, Head of Lower School, The Hockaday School for Girls.
Jason Rich, U.S. Navy (Ret.).
Cameron Ritsema, Corporal, U.S. Marines (Hon. Discharge); Attorney, Ice Miller LLP.
Wilfredo Rivera, M.D., FACEP, Associate Medical Director of Emergency Medicine, Presbyterian Hospital.; Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Toxicologist.
Alondra Rivera-Diaz, student.
Natalia Rivera-Diaz, student.
Jeff Roberts, hunter, outdoorsman, firearms specialist, serial entrepreneur.
Ava Robertson, certified second-degree black belt; student.
Scott Robertson, Ph.D., assistant professor, molecular biology, UT southwestern; certified first-degree black belt.
Mike Roy, City Manager, Waterville, Maine.
Brint Ryan, M.S., C.P.A., Chairman and CEO, Ryan LLC.
Michele Satterlund, Senior Vice President, McGuireWoods Consulting LLC, Partner, McGuireWoods LLP.
Jennifer E. Sayegh, Assistant Vice President, McGuireWoods Consulting LLC.
Howard Schubiner, M.D., Director, Mind Body Medicine Program, Department of Internal Medicine, Providence-Providence Park Hospital, Ascension Health, Southfield, Michigan; Clinical Professor, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.
Carolyn Sells, Head of Elementary, Alcuin School.
Alisha Seymour, Media Director, Talcott Franklin P.C.
Brian Shannon, J.D., Paul Whitfield Horn Professor of Law, Texas Tech University School of Law; Former Chair, Lubbock Regional Mental Health & Mental Retardation Center.
John Sharples, teacher, Loudoun County Public Schools.
Stan Sloan, Episcopal priest; CEO of Chicago House; Executive Director, Family Equality Council.
Bryan Smith, teacher, Loudoun County Public Schools.
Walter Sorensen, M.Ed., Head of School, Alcuin School.
Michael Spiegelberg, teacher, Loudoun County Public Schools.
Rick Stanford, certified seventh degree black belt, world record holder, instep board break.
Maddi Stout, certified second degree black belt, student.
George Tagtmeier, blogger; student.
Rick Talisman, J.D., Partner, Squire Patton Boggs.
Dennis C. Taylor, J.D., M.A., Vice Chancellor for Administration, West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission; Adjunct Professor, Marshall University.
Jeff Thigpen, Register of Deeds, Guilford County, NC.
Georgie Thomason, certified first degree black belt, student.
Jerry Thomason, Agent (deceased), Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Margo Thomason, certified second degree black belt; student.
Tatum Thomason, certified second degree black belt; student.
Christine Thompson, teacher, Portsmouth Public Schools.
Patricia Thompson, Curriculum Leader, Health and Wellness Education, Hampton City Schools.
Lara Travis, Travisdavid Furniture and Accessories.
Sarah Verdis, teacher, Loudoun County Public Schools.
Ann Vierkorn, teacher, Loudoun County Public Schools.
Bill Wadell, Good Morning Virginia.
Vivian Watts, Virginia House of Delegates.
Erika Weiss, J.D., Barnes & Thornburg LLP.
Vanessa Wigand, Coordinator, Health, Physical, Driver Education & Athletics for the Virginia Department of Education.
Ann-Kelley Winn, J.D., Deputy General Counsel, Prosperity Life Insurance.
Laura Anderson Wright, J.D., Associate General Counsel, University of Maryland, College Park.
D’Arcy Young, Norcliffe Capital.
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