Board of Advisors

• Reed Hundt

  As former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Reed Hundt is known for his leadership on children's education. Hundt received the "Distinguished Service Award" from the National Association of Elementary School Principals and the National Association of Secondary School Principals "for his ongoing commitment to education - both through connecting schools to the information superhighway and improving children's television;" the "Public Service Award to Children" from Parents' Choice for being "A staunch advocate for children...[with] the foresight to work towards access for all children to educational television, computer skills, and 21st century technology." In addition to serving on SocialShield's Board of Advisors, Reed Hundt is a senior advisor on information industries to McKinsey & Company, a worldwide management consulting firm in Washington, D.C. He also serves on the board of Intel Corporation and other high-technology start-ups.

• Dr. John Trent

  World renowned speaker and author of more than thirty bestselling books, Dr. Trent has devoted his life to helping people build strong families. As President of strongfamilies.com, John has spoken before more than a million people in thousands of churches and secular venues around the world. Dr. Trent regularly consults with the U.S. Department of Defense helping servicemen and women re-integrate into their families after long, difficult deployments.

• Jodee Blanco, "The Voice of America's Bullied Students"

  Jodee is one of the nation’s pre-eminent authorities on school bullying. She is the author of the New York Times Bestseller, Please Stop Laughing At Me…One Woman’s Inspirational Story, referred to by many as the “anti-bullying bible,” and its award-winning sequel Please Stop Laughing At Us… One Survivor’s Extraordinary Quest to Prevent School Bullying, both of which are required reading in many schools and universities coast to coast.

  A former victim of bullying who’s dedicated her life to turning her pain into purpose, Jodee travels across the country sharing her story to motivate change at the behest of Federal, state and local governments, schools and parent organizations. Her work has been recognized by the National Crime Prevention Council, The US Department of Health and Human Services and the PTA as the leading curriculum on bullying in the United States.

  A respected media expert, Jodee has appeared in USA Today, Newsweek, CNN, NBC, FOX and hundreds of other outlets both nationally and internationally. For more information on Jodee or to contact her directly, visit www.jodeeblanco.com

• Robert Cohen, Ph.D

  For more than twenty years, Dr. Cohen has researched the causes and effects of aggression between children in schools. His ground-breaking work in cyber aggression has led to many advances in the seriousness with which bullying and cyberbullying are taken by schools and law enforcement across the country.

• Steve DeWarns and Curtis Selseth

  As career law enforcement officers Steve DeWarns and Curtis Selseth specialize in the field of Online Child Exploitation Investigation and Prosecution. They have worked with both the FBI and the US Secret Service. For the past six years, they have dedicated their off-hours to teaching online safety to parents and children. Officer DeWarns is the founder of website Internet Child Safety. His most recent appearances were on the NBC Today Show, Dr. Phil and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Media Safety Guide.

• Joelle Gropper Kaufman

  Joelle is a full-time senior marketing executive in Silicon Valley who is also the mother of three children. She has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelors from the University of Michigan. She's also a mommy-blogger at www.practical-parent.com.

• Rick Thompson

  Rick is a very successful serial entrepreneur. Recently, Rick founded and invested in Playdom (sold to Disney). Rick also co-founded and served as CEO and/or chairman of two successful Internet technology companies, Adify and FlyCast Communications. Rick was also on the founding team of Octel Communications, a leading manufacturer of voice information processing systems. Rick is a well-known angel investor as well, currently active in several companies.

• Larry Braitman

  Larry is an online advertising veteran who most recently co-founded Adify. Larry also co-founded Flycast Communications where e served in marketing, sales, and business development roles. Prior to Flycast, Larry was a business law partner at a major Philadelphia law firm. Active on the boards of several early-stage ventures, Larry was a founding investor in Flixster.

• Gian Fulgoni

  Gian is Executive Chairman and Co-founder of comScore Inc. (NASDAQ:SCOR), the global leader in measuring the digital world.

  Prior to Comscore, Gian was President and CEO of Information Resources, Inc. (IRI), the leading global supplier of retail scanner data to the CPG industry, He also served as a member of the board of Platinum Technology, Inc., during which time the company grew from $80 million to more than $1 Billion. Currently, Gian serves on the boards of PetMed Express (NASDAQ:PETS), the nation’s largest pet pharmacy; InXpo, the leading supplier of technology for hosting virtual events; Prophet, a brand and marketing consultancy; Dynamic Signal, an Internet marketing services company, the Advertising Research Foundation (ARF); The Lancaster University Management School (LUMS) and the North American Foundation for the University of Manchester (NAFUM).