Co-Founder & Ceo
CurrentCo-founder, CEO and Board Director of one of the nation’s leading school safety organizations. SHP educates and empowers youth and adults to prevent violence in schools, homes and communities. Through our proven, evidence-informed Know the Signs programs, complemented by our bipartisan school and gun safety legislation, we teach how to recognize, intervene, and get help for individuals who may be risk of hurting themselves or others BEFORE violence can occur.Sandy Hook Promise is a national non-profit with both C3 (Foundation) and C4 (Action Fund) arms. Sandy Hook Promise currently has 140 staff living in 26 states, and a combined revenue of $78M+. We are still growing and scaling both our reach and impact, providing our programs at no-cost to schools across the country. Our purpose is to save lives and transform our tragedy into positive cultural change for a safer future - and we’re humbled to do this work every day. $0.88 of every $1 donation supports our programs, provided at no cost to schools. Some highlights of our impact:• 22+ million youth/adults have participated in Know the Signs nationwide• 5,500+ youth-focused SAVE Promise Clubs• 249,000+ tips anonymously reported – creating upstanders and saving lives• 16 credible planned school shootings averted• 653+ known youth suicides prevented• 3,500+ mental health interventions• 275+ acts of violence with a weapon prevented• 10.3M supporters that have made the Promise• 23,000+ Promise Leaders (our volunteer super-ambassadors)• Passed 4 federal laws in support of mental health, school safety and gun safety (two of which were devised of and written by the SHP policy team)