Members to Assist in Protecting Children From Bullying and
Internet and Cell Phone Harassment
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Nov. 4, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Safe
Communications, Inc., (Pink Sheets: SGTB.pk) today announced the
formation of its Child Cyber-Safe Advisory Board to advise the
company and its users on various security issues associated with
children being on their cell phones and computers. The Board,
made up of prominent experts in the field, will review the various
threats facing children today and provide advice for prevention and
possible recourse.
In addition, the Board will make recommendations to Safe
Communications, Inc., regarding its child protective web site and
email and text filtering service, www.MouseMail.com. The Board will
also provide suggestions and specific action to state and federal
legislators and policy makers. The Board members will be a
valuable resource for schools, youth clubs, faith-based
organizations, parenting groups and other profit and nonprofit
organizations.
The distinguished list of Advisors is as follows:
Charles "Chuck" Vance, Advisory Board Chairman
A graduate of the University of California,
Berkeley, Mr. Vance spent 14 years as a Special Agent of the
U.S. Secret Service during which he served under four presidential
administrations, protecting Presidents, Vice Presidents and
numerous foreign heads of state. His specialty, for which he
received many in-service awards, was for leading and coordinating
the security for complex overseas trips including trips to
Kabul, Afghanistan; Rabat, Morocco; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Saigon, Vietnam; Tokyo, Japan; and many others. He also led
over 100 security advances for U.S. Secret Service protectees in
the United States.
In 1984, Mr. Vance founded Vance International, Inc., a major
international security firm. Vance International operated
throughout the world and provided highest quality security
services, including executive protection; facility security;
investigations; security training; strike security; and security
consulting. Mr. Vance grew the company to over 3,000
employees with offices throughout the U.S. and in Mexico City, Sao
Paulo, London, and
South Africa. His company
had an international reputation as one of the premier security
companies in the world. Mr. Vance sold this company in 2004
to a multi-billion dollar conglomerate.
Mr. Vance has appeared on both U.S. and international television
and print media, including "Good Morning America," "Today," "Night
Line," "Larry King Live," "Crossfire," BBC, and German television,
commenting as an expert on security incidents occurring throughout
the world. He has testified, as an expert witness, before a Senate
fact-finding committee on Presidential Security.
Mark J. Cheviron, Advisory
Board Member
As Vice President of Corporate Security and Services at Archer
Daniels Midland, Mr. Cheviron is responsible for all security
functions at ADM locations and its subsidiaries worldwide, which
includes over 1,700 locations in 73 countries. He also serves as
the corporate liaison with all federal, state and local law
enforcement personnel. Prior to his employment with ADM, Mr.
Cheviron was Operations Commander and Chief of Detectives of the
Macon County Sheriff's Office. He was employed at the Sheriff's
Office from 1971 until 1980.
Mr. Cheviron was the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC)
Private Sector Co-Chair 2007 for the U.S. Department of State. Mr.
Cheviron is also a founding member of the Domestic Security
Alliance Council (DSAC), which is partnered with the Federal Bureau
of Investigation, and chairs the Continuing Education Committee. He
is a committee member of the Food Products Association Security
Council, the Private Security Advisory Group and the Global
Strategy Institute Advisory Council for the Center of Strategic and
International Studies (CSIS), the National Grain and Feed
Association Bioterrorism Task Force, the Illinois Terrorism Task
Force, the Business Roundtable Security Task Force, the
Agro-Terrorism Advisory Council and the U.S. Department of Justice
Executive Board of Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council (ATAC).
Mr. Cheviron is registered with the State of Illinois Department
of Professional Regulations as a Private Investigator, a Polygraph
Examiner and a Certified Physical Evidence Technician. He is also a
Certified Fraud Examiner and still holds his commission with the
Macon County Sheriffs' Office. He has been named in "Who's Who" of
the National Security Institute, the "Who's Who" in the National
Register and "Who's Who" as a Security Executive.
Mr. Cheviron is a member and past president of the FBI National
Academy Associates of Illinois, a
member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the
Illinois Sheriffs' Association, the American Society of Industrial
Security and the International Security Management Association
where he has served as a board member.
Mr. Cheviron received his Baccalaureate Degree in law
enforcement administration at Western Illinois
University in 1970 and received his Master of Arts degree in
social justice professions from the University
of Illinois-Springfield in 1976. He also is a graduate of
the FBI National Academy, where he was elected speaker of his class
(106th session).
Donna Rice Hughes,
Advisory Board Member
Donna Rice Hughes, President of
Enough Is Enough (EIE), is an internationally known Internet safety
expert and advocate. As a respected leader of national efforts to
protect children from sexual predators and Internet pornography,
Donna has championed EIE's mission to make the Internet safer for
children and families since the group's formation in 1994. In
September 2005, EIE, a non-profit
educational organization (www.enough.org), launched The National
Internet Safety Awareness and Parental Empowerment Program with the
U.S. Department of Justice and other partners. The Program educates
and empowers parents and other adult caregivers to protect the
children in their care from Internet dangers. Donna also created
and developed the Internet safety website, www.protectkids.com.
Donna is frequently sought out by the media, educators, policy
makers, law enforcement officials, and industry leaders for her
expertise on solutions for ensuring that children have a safe and
rewarding experience online. Her book, Kids Online: Protecting Your
Children In Cyberspace (Revell, September
1998), was heralded by the media, parents' groups, industry
leaders, and Congress as a "powerful tool for parents." In response
to the worldwide interest in the topic of Internet safety, the book
has been translated into Spanish and Korean. Steve Case, Founder of America Online, applauds Donna as a "leader" and
"effective advocate on behalf of children's online safety." He
credits her with helping build the Internet into a "medium of which
we can all be proud."
Donna has been interviewed on most of the leading national news
broadcasts as an acknowledged expert on Internet safety issues. She
has given over 3,000 media interviews and is a regular commentator
on Internet safety issues on CNN, Fox News and MSNBC. She has been
a featured guest on "Dateline," "The Today Show," "The Oprah
Winfrey Show" and "20/20." She co-wrote the story for the
May 2000 season finale episode of
"Touched By An Angel" that brought the message of Internet dangers
and online safety to prime-time television and won the Nielson
ratings for its time slot during the May sweeps period. Her views
have been featured in publications including The Wall Street
Journal, The New York Times,
The Washington Post, USA Today, The San Francisco
Chronicle, The San Jose Mercury News and People
Magazine. Additionally, she has authored numerous articles and
editorials that have been published in USA Today, The Los
Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and
McCall's Magazine. In August of 2006, "Dateline NBC" called
upon Donna to provide her expertise, via webcast, to viewer
questions in response to its "To Catch a Predator" series.
Donna has also spoken extensively on the subject of Internet
safety in educational and professional forums across the country,
including Johns Hopkins University,
MIT, American
University, University of
Houston Law School, The Freedom Forum, and The National
Press Club. She has testified numerous times before the United
States Congress, both House and Senate, on the issues surrounding
Internet dangers and safety solutions. Her presentation at the
Federal Prosecutors' Obscenity Symposium was applauded as a
"highlight" of the 2002 meeting by Andrew
Oosterbaan, chief of the Child Exploitation and Obscenity
Section, where Donna served as the Department's only
non-lawyer/non-law enforcement instructor.
Donna was a member of the Child Online Protection Act (COPA)
Commission formed to examine technological solutions to protect
children online. In July 2000, she
served as co-chair of the COPA Hearings on
filtering/ratings/labeling technologies. Additionally, Donna
assisted the Japanese Ministry of Education in developing child
safety online programs and provided expertise and resources for
their report, "Children and the Internet." In 2002, she received
the National Law Center for Children and Families Annual
Appreciation Award and the coveted "Protector of Children Award"
from the National Abstinence Clearinghouse. She was also the
recipient of the 2004 Media Impact Award from the National
Abstinence Clearinghouse and the 2005 Lifetime Child Protector
Award from WiredSafety.org.
Donna is a member of the 2006 Virginia Attorney General's Youth Internet
Safety Task Force. She currently serves on the advisory board for
the GetNetWise initiative and the National Cyber Security Alliance,
as well as the National Center for Missing & Exploited
Children's advisory committee addressing social networking
issues.
Donna served on the steering committee for the Internet Online
Summit: Focus on Children in December of 1997 and America Links Up.
She proposed and led the Summit's adoption of an industry "ZERO
Tolerance" policy against child pornography, which was endorsed by
the White House and the Justice Department. She currently serves on
the board of directors for the National House of Hope.
Terry G. Hillard, Advisory
Board Member
Mr. Hillary is a founder and partner in Hillard Heintze, one of the leading private
strategic security advisory and management companies in the U.S.
Hillard Heintze has global headquarters in Chicago and has operations in Washington, DC, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Pittsburgh, Raleigh and Miami, as well as operating capabilities in
the Middle East and both South and
Central America.
The 35 years that Mr. Hillard spent protecting and serving the
citizens of Chicago, including a
distinguished tenure as superintendent of police, were marked by a
compassion for individuals and a commitment to offer creative
programs that made the community safer. Today, he draws on his
leadership abilities, remarkable expertise and concern for each
person he meets in his role as a security advisor.
As superintendent of police, Hillard led more than 13,500 sworn
officers who comprise the nation's second largest police department
and earned a national reputation as a results driven police chief.
Prior to that, he earned accolades as the first African American
chief of detectives and deputy chief of patrol in Area Two on
Chicago's South Side.
Mr. Hillard's accomplishments reflect his extraordinary
sensitivity to individuals. When he established a new Domestic
Violence Program, he took steps to reduce the burden on crime
victims by creating a policy in which the same detective was always
assigned to investigate repeat reports from the same victim. He
also opened new lines of communication with the public as part of
the Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy (CAPS) program.
Mr. Hillard was one of the architects of the Enhanced Drug and
Gang Enforcement Program. In this program, drug trafficking areas
were saturated with police, and crime statistics quickly dropped.
He also established special teams to combat gang problems in
schools, reduce the backlog of criminal investigations and protect
community assets by lowering the incidence of vandalism and
graffiti.
In all of his endeavors, Hillard's remarkable accomplishments
are underscored by a genuine sense of compassion. "It is that sense
of caring that is the most important to me," he explains. "In the
end, success is about integrity, morals and loyalty to the
organization where you work and to the men and women on your
team."
Mr. Hillard enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1963, served 13
months in Vietnam and received
four medals and a Presidential Unit Citation. He entered the
Chicago Police Training Academy in
1968 and served as a police officer in several districts and as a
specialist in the Gang Crimes Unit. In 1975, he was shot twice and
seriously wounded while apprehending a suspect who had shot four
suburban police officers. He subsequently received the Chicago Police Medal, an Award of Valor.
Mr. Hillard holds Bachelor and Master degrees in Corrections
from Chicago State University. In
addition, he has completed training through the Police Executive
Research Forum (PERF), the FBI National Academy, the FBI National
Executive Institute and the U.S. Secret Service Dignitary
Protection Course.
Lewis University, Saint Xavier University and Calumet College of St. Joseph have bestowed
honorary doctoral degrees on him. He holds a Top Secret Security
Clearance.
About Safe Communications, Inc.
Safe Communications, Inc. provides open and secure family
communications that are in step with today's advances in the social
media. While protecting our most precious asset, our children, our
systems are designed to enhance the quality and frequency of
day-to-day communications among family members. We allow users to
experience the marvel of advanced technology without fear or
danger.
Safe Communications' products, led by MouseMail.com, are
designed for the modern family on the go. Early detection devices
warn parents of potential abuse and inappropriate content allowing
secure, open exchange with loved ones and friends.
Just as your child is not allowed to enjoy a ride in the car
without a seat belt, Safe Communications designs products so that
your children can enjoy the electronic ride without being exposed
to potential harm or abuse. For more information, contact:
info@safecommunications.com.
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