The Be a Safety Kid curriculum is the result of the contributions of numerous individuals. Meet our Safety Kids Team:

Diane L. Brown, founder and director of Safety Kids, Inc., has worked on the issue of personal safety for children since 1982. She is a certified International Crime Prevention Specialist through the International Society of Crime Prevention Practitioners. After teaching elementary education for seven years, she created Friends of Child Find, Inc. in Pennsylvania to address the issue of missing children. She has taught personal safety to hundreds of thousands of children and adults, has appeared on numerous television and radio programs, and also worked with Sesame Street Live and the Harlem Globetrotters to present child safety programs. In 1998 she created Safety Kids, Inc. to broaden the scope of child safety and include topics such as abuse, exploitation, and violence.

Her work has been recognized with the following awards: the FBI Director's Community Leadership Award, The Pennsylvania Governor's Award for Citizen Crime Prevention, Crime Prevention Member of the Year Award from the Crime Prevention Association of Pennsylvania, JC Penney Golden Rule Award, Eckerd Drug Award for Outstanding Women, Girls Scouts Distinguished Women honorable mention, Jefferson Award nominee, and several Citizen of the Year awards. Diane has appeared as a speaker on the local, state, and international levels, has trained hundreds of crime prevention practitioners and educators in the use of this personal safety curriculum, and serves on the Advisory Board for the FBI Adopt-a-School Initiative.

The following teachers and guidance counselors contributed to the Charlie Check-First unit:

Diane Brown
Laura Bryant
Lori Galanter
Christine Hamilton
Valerie Mastandrea
Beth Patrizio
Sherry Yohe

The following teachers and guidance counselors contributed to the KC Koala unit:

Diane Brown
Roberta Schwarzbach
Tanya Smith
Sherry Yohe

The following teachers and guidance counselors contributed to the Ima STAR unit:

Diane Brown
Jane Fogle
Tracie Hess
Michelle Krogh
Lori Pash
Dr. Victor Zakowski

Educational Evaluators

Carnegie Elementary School, Carnegie, Pennsylvania
Chartiers Valley School District, Chartiers Valley, Pennsylvania
Dible Elementary School, Penn Hills, Pennsylvania
Dr. Vincenne Revilla, Department of Education, Point Park State          College, Pennsylvania
First Street Elementary School, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
Gillett Elementary School, Gillett, Wisconsin
Lino Lakes Elementary School, Circle Pines, Wisconsin
McNaugher Eucation Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Parkview Elementary School, Cedarburg, Wisconsin
Parkway School, Glendale, Wisconsin
Randolph Elementary School, Randolph, Pennsylvania
St. John the Baptist School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Stone Bank School District, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin

Crime Prevention Practitioners

Fran Ferragonio, former Crime Prevention Specialist, Penn Hills
        Police Dept.
Jim Howell, former Executive Director, International Society of
        Crime Prevention Practitioners
Crime Prevention Practitioners, across the country

Child Psychologists
Pat Piercy, Ph.D., DABPS, Duquesne University, Pennsylvania
Gloria M. Walton, NCSP

Artist
Mark Pie, mpie@claypots.com

Graphic Designer
Aaron Greer
Renee Christine Yates

Musicians
Amy Warner, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Audible Images Recording Studio, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Funding for Curriculum
KC Koala unit: Child Health Association of Sewickley,
        Sewickly, Pennsylvania

Ima STAR unit: District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala,
        Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Each year an Instructor of the Year award is presented to someone who has been nominated as an outstanding instructor of personal safety for children. The award winners are representative of the fine caliber of people who have been trained in the use of the Be a Safety Kid curriculum.