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GRACE PLAY USA, 370 Old Country Rd., Suite C-10, Garden City, NY 11530

Advisory)Board)

of#Healing#Visionaries#

For the Prevention of DiseaseA Whole Wellness Approach...

516-992-3493


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Joan Bucchino, MSEd, CLC, Community Wellness Consultant Garden City, NY 11530 [email protected]

I am committed to sharing the lessons of healing I have received as the Mom of Grace, my very special 13- year old daughter who recently passed away due to a rare, untreatable, degenerative genetic disorder called Sanfilippo Syndrome.

Unfortunately a cure for Grace's disease was not possible soon enough, but Grace left us with a very special gift. Inspired by Grace's daily, goal oriented work with a wonderful team of behavioral teachers and therapists in our home, I developed a fun learning tool that empowers young children to take charge of their own health.

"It is easier to teach a child than it is to fix a broken adult."

GRACE PLAY USA PROUDLY PRESENTS OUR ADVISORY BOARD OF EXTRAORDINARY HEALING EDUCATORS. This group of accomplished, inspired experts care deeply about social reform. They study and promote holistic wellness on a grand scale. Our board consists of some of our nation's leading medical research doctors, “Green Schools” National Movement leaders, cutting edge curriculum and school building designers, technology leaders, and social/emotional learning experts Separately we envision solutions for a healthier world. Together with you, and our heart-powered team of young change leaders, we transform those visions into reality.

And we do all it ...with grace.

Join us! We are on a kid powered "whole-health" mission!!

I partner with extraordinary national leaders who specialize in public health, whole-child education, and "Smart" technology. I empower children, and they empower "their" adults.

People, process, technology and play.

Graceplay, USA.

Our patented, experiential learning system is called The "SmartGAME® Method." Simply and naturally, everyone comes together to support children's healthy behaviors. Parents, teachers, and community merchants unite, ultimately enhancing the whole-health of the entire environment! We focus largely on energy savings and other sustainability projects to protect our communities. Everyone WINS!

Together, we are taking the actions necessary so that common childhood diseases such as obesity, diabestes, asthma and depression will be considered rare, and all rare diseases, such as Grace's are a thing of the past.

DISEASE ELIMINATING VISIONARIES

David L. Katz, Derby, CT www.davidkatzmd.com

David L. Katz MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP, is the founding (1998) director of Yale University's Prevention Research Center. He received his BA from Dartmouth College in three years (1984; Magna Cum Laude); his MD from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1988); and his MPH from the Yale University School of Public Health (1993). He is a two-‐time diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, a board-‐certified specialist in Preventive Medicine/Public Health, and a clinical instructor in medicine at the Yale School of Medicine.

Dr. Katz is the Editor-‐in-‐Chief of the journal Childhood Obesity, President-‐Elect of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, founder and President of the non-‐profit Turn the Tide Foundation, and medical director for the Integrative Medicine Center at Griffin Hospital in Derby, CT. He is the principal inventor of the NuVal nutritional guidance system, currently in roughly 1700 US supermarkets in more than 30 states, coast to coast.

Dr. Katz has published over 150 scientific articles and textbook chapters; innumerable blogs and columns; nearly 1,000 newspaper articles; and authored or c-‐authored 15 books to date, including multiple editions of textbooks in both Nutrition and Preventive Medicine.

He is the recipient of many awards for his contributions to public health and medical education. He has been named one of America’s Top Physicians in Preventive Medicine three times by the Consumer’s Research Council of America. In 2009, he was a widely supported nominee for the position U.S. Surgeon General. He was named one of the 25 most influential people in the lives of children by Children’s Health Magazine. In 2012 he was cited by Greatist.com as one of the 100 most influential people in Health and Fitness (#19: http://greatist.com/health/most-‐influential-‐health-‐fitness-‐people/). He has been honored for career accomplishments by numerous organizations including the Association of Yale Alumni in Public Health; the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics; and the American College of Preventive Medicine.

Dr. Katz has an extensive media portfolio, having worked for ABC News/Good Morning America as an on-‐air contributor, a writer for the New York Times syndicate, and a columnist to O, the Oprah Magazine. Currently, he is a blogger/medical review board member for the Huffington Post, a health contributor to US News & World Report, and one of the original 150 ‘thought leader’ bloggers for LinkedIn.

Dr. Katz speaks routinely at conferences and meetings throughout the United States, and the world, and has delivered addresses in at least 7 countries. Widely recognized as a gifted public speaker, Katz has been acclaimed by peers as the “poet laureate of health promotion.”

Dr. Katz and his wife Catherine live in CT; they have 5 children.


OUR ADVISORY BOARD OF ACCOMPLISHED VISIONARIES (Advisory Board members have to fiduciary responsibilities)


Dr Joel Fuhrman, Flemington, NJ – www.drfuhrman.com

Joel Fuhrman M.D. is a board-‐certified family physician, NY Times best-‐selling author and nutritional researcher who specializes in preventing and reversing disease through nutritional and natural methods. Dr. Fuhrman is an internationally recognized expert on nutrition and natural healing, and has appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows including The Dr. Oz Show, the Today Show, Good Morning America, and Live with Kelly. Dr. Fuhrman’s own hugely successful PBS television shows, 3 Steps to Incredible Health! and Dr. Fuhrman’s Immunity Solution! Brings nutritional science to homes all across America.

Dr. Fuhrman’s #1 NY Times best-‐selling book, Eat to Live (Little Brown), originally published in 2003, has sold over 1,000,000 copies and has been published in multiple foreign language editions. In October 2012, Super Immunity (HarperOne) became a NY Times best seller and in January 2013, his latest book, The End of Diabetes (HarperOne) also reached The NY Times list. In addition Dr. Fuhrman has written several other popular books on nutritional science which include: Eat for Health (Gift of Health Press), Disease Proof Your Child (St. Martin's Griffin), Fasting and Eating for Health (St. Martin's Griffin), and the Nutritarian Handbook (Gift of Health Press).

Dr. Fuhrman has worked on several scientific journal publications which include:

• Dunaief DM, Fuhrman J, Dunaief JL, Ying G. “Glycemic and cardiovascular parameters improved in Type 2 Diabetes withthe high nutrient density (HND) diet.” Open Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2012 Aug;2(3):364-‐371

• Fuhrman J, Sarter B, Glaser D, Acocella S. “Changing perceptions of hunger on a high nutrient density diet.” NutritionJournal. 2010 Nov 7;9:51.

• Fuhrman J, Ferreri DM. “Fueling the vegetarian (vegan) athlete.” Current Sports Medicine Reports. 2010 Jul-‐Aug;9(4):233-‐41

• Fuhrman J, Sarter B, Calabro DJ. “Brief case reports of medically supervised, water-‐only fasting associated withremission of autoimmune disease.” Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine. 2002 Jul-‐Aug;8(4):112, 110-‐1.

• Fuhrman J, Selzer ME, Kaplan FS. “A shoulder-‐facial synkinesis in normal human subjects.” University of PennsylvaniaOrthopaedic Journal 1991;7:43-‐45.

• Sarter BS, Fuhrman J. “Effect of a high nutrient density diet on long-‐term weight loss: a retrospective chart review.”Alternative Therapies 2008;14(3):48-‐53


John J Ratey, MD, Cambridge, MA www.johnratey.com

John J. Ratey, MD is an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Research Synthesizer, Speaker, and Author. He has published 60 peer reviewed articles on the topics of Aggression, Autism, ADHD, and other issues in neuropsychiatry. Dr. Ratey has authored A User's Guide to the Brain(2000) and co-‐authored Shadow Syndromes(1997) with Catherine Johnson, PhD. From 1994 to 2005 he co-‐authored Driven to Distraction(1994), Answers to Distraction (1995) and Delivered from Distraction (2005) with Edward Hallowell, MD, all published by Pantheon/Random House. Additionally, he has edited several books including The Neuropsychiatry of Personality Disorders (1994), published by Blackwell Scientific. Most recently, Dr Ratey has penned, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain published by Little Brown. In Spark, Dr. Ratey guides the reader to an understanding of neurobiology and inspires the reader to reach for their potential, and embrace exercise that is crucial for the brain and body to operate at peak performance.

Each year since 1995, Dr. Ratey has been selected by his peers as one of the Best Doctors in America. He is Reebok's Ambassador for Active Kids and Advisor to the California Governor's Council on Physical Activity and Sport.

Spark is fueling a movement to re-‐engineer school practices and medical recommendations to establish curriculum, lifestyles and corporate practices based on scientific principles. Providing the scientific foundation and research data, Dr Ratey has been drafted into the groundswell of those whose mission it is to revitalize schools, combat the obesity crisis, stave off the encroaching epidemic of sedentarism, by returning to evolutionary principles of physical exercise and proper diet.

HEALING VISIONARIES IN SUSTAINABLE “GREEN” PRACTICE AND HOLISTIC EDUCATION REFORM

WILLIAM “BILL” ORR, C.E.G. CHPS: Collaborative for High Performing Schools, Executive Director

William "Bill" Orr became the Executive Director of CHPS in July 2009 to transition CHPS from a regional organization to a national program. Bill is a leader in the high performance schools field and is dedicated to making all schools better places to learn. During his tenure, CHPS has expanded regionally-‐based initiatives to more than a dozen states, and developed a more consistent, streamlined process for bringing high performance school resources to new states. Under his leadership, CHPS launched a high performance product database, and the Operations Report Card, a web-‐based benchmarking and continual


improvement tool for existing schools.

Before coming to CHPS, Bill worked for the state of California for almost thirty years. For a majority of career in state government, Bill worked for the California Integrated Waste Management Board where he managed their Green Building and Environmentally Preferable Purchasing programs from 2000-‐2007. Bill served on the national LEED for Schools committee and was inducted into the California Green Schools Hall of Fame in 2007. Bill is a registered Engineering Geologist in California. On weekends, he enjoys geocaching and the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright.

JIM McGRATH, Minneapolis, MN, Green Schools National Network -‐ President/Executive Director & Co-‐founder/MN

Jim is the President/Executive Director for Green Schools National Network and Executive Producer for www.greenschoolsnationalconference.org. Jim was the founding principal of Oakwood Environmental Education Charter School and EAA STEM Aerospace Charter School. As the Dissemination Coordinator for both charter schools he has worked with Green Environment Focused Schools and STEM Schools across America and developed “How To Become a Green School” online graduate course. He was awarded the Wisconsin Environmental Education Administrator in 2004. He holds a B.S. in Environmental Education; M. S. in Health & Physical Education; M.S. Educational Administration; Specialist Certification in Education Leadership.

JENNY SEYDEL, Madison, WI – Green Schools National Network Secretary/Treasurer

Jennifer Seydel, Ph.D. is a School Designer with Expeditionary Learning, www.elschools.org. Expeditionary Learning is a national EL school reform model contributing to positive results at scale across urban, rural, and suburban schools, both district and public charter. EL schools’ curriculum has just been chosen for city-‐wide use by the NYC BOE. She has a B.A. in Education, an M.S. in Environmental Education, and holds her Ph.D. in Environmental Studies from Antioch Graduate School of New England. Prior to her role with EL, Jennifer was on the faculty at Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts and was the director the S.A.G.E. Project, an education reform collaboration among local, state and national organizations

From www.elschools.org:

(New York, NY, Feb 28, 2013) The New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) today named Expeditionary Learning’s (EL) English Language Arts and Literacy Curricula as a preferred curricula for selection by principals across the City in Grades 3-‐8. The Department of Education announced, that “the selected programs represent the highest quality Common Corealigned curriculum materials currently available. They include brand new curriculum materials that are being updated to fully reflect the shifts required by the Common Core standards.”


Robin Organ, MA in Ed, Mansfield, MA – Green Schools, Founder/Executive Director

Robin Organ is the Founder and Executive Director of Green Schools, a 501(c) 3, nonprofit organization, whose mission is to create greener & healthier learning environments through Education, Awareness, and Action. Green Schools provides a number of Environmental Education and STEM-‐based programs to schools and communities looking to make The Green Difference! Robin has been responsible for developing and implementing Green Schools' Programs and has developed more than 150 Green Schools' strategic Partnerships across the Commonwealth and our Nation. Robin was recently invited as one of 100 women across our nation to attend the White House Women & the Environment Summit. Last year, she was invited to participate in the 1st White House Summit on Environmental Education, as Robin is a true leader in Environmental Education across our nation.

Robin was also recently named Chair of SAGEEE [Secretaries Advisory Group on Energy & Environmental Education] and Project Manager of the MA ELP [Environmental Literacy Plan].

In addition to her efforts with Green Schools, Robin serves on the Advisory Board for the Green Schools National Network, The Green Ribbon Schools Working Group, Partners In Prevention, and several other community groups.

Green Schools Awards: June 2012 Executive Director, Robin Organ was named 1 of 4 finalists in the MNN [MA Nonprofit Network] Awards in the category of Leadership. March 2011 + 2012 Green Schools Student Ambassadors [a program Robin created] awarded with PEYA [Presidential Environmental Youth Awards] Certificates at the MA State House. Sept 2011 Executive Director, Robin Organ received a President's VolunteerService Award [National Award] for completing more than 4,000 hours of service. April 2010 Green Schools was honored by Senator John Kerry for our commitment and encouragement of green education. June 2009 Green Schools "Environmental Education" programs received a Certificate of Honor under the MA Secretary's Award Program for Excellence in Energy and Environmental Education. April 2009 Most Valuable Teacher recognized by The MA Teachers Associationat Fenway Park November 2008 December 2008 MA Conservation Teacher of the Year by the MA Audubon Society September 2008 Woman of Achievement in the state of MA by The Center for Women & Enterprise (CWE)

Chris Castro, Orlando, FL -‐ Founder & Executive Director, Social Ecopreneur, IDEAS

Chris is a young social Eco-‐preneur with a passion with solving environmental problems and empowering youth to advance Sustainability and the Green Economy around the World. Chris graduated from the University of Central Florida (UCF) in December 2010 with a ‘B.S. Environmental Science’ and a minor in ‘Energy & Sustainability’. Through his years as an undergrad, he Co-‐Founded an environmental movement called IDEAS (Intellectual Decisions on Environmental Awareness Solutions) and through his non-‐profit -‐-‐ IDEAS For Us -‐-‐ continues to work with a network of youth leaders and green professionals across the nation and around the World to facilitate positive environmental change and sustainability. In 2012, Chris also partnered with professionals to create an energy efficiency start-‐up -‐ Citizen Energy -‐ that is helping to incorporate sustainability practices into our buildings throughout Florida.

Chris has developed professional experience working as the Outreach Coordinator for UCF Department of Sustainability & Energy; previously awarded a Youth Delegate for the Nation Wildlife Federation (NWF) and the Clinton Global Initiative; certified as an ‘Energy Specialist’ through Orange County Government (FL); Installer of Renewable Energy with over 107KW of Solar Photovoltaics; and assisted in the development of the U.S. Department of Energy’s university outreach agenda: the ‘Student Ambassadors Program’.

In addition, Chris has spoken at a number of conferences and has received numerous awards recognizing his effort as a social eco-‐preneur and steward of the environment; including the prestigious ‘Champions of Change' honorable mention from the White House & Obama Administration in 2011. Most recently, Chris gave an inspiring TEDx Talk in October 2012; was recently invited to speak at the United Nations (UN) World Youth Congress in Brazil for the Rio+20 Summit; and was a keynote speaker and panelist at the 2013 International Economics Congress in Berlin.

WHOLE-‐CHILD HEALERS FOR SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLNESS, SELF-‐CARE, COMPASSION, AND INCLUSION

Yoga Calm, Portland, OR www.yogacalm.org

Lynea Gillen, MS, LPC, is the cofounder of Yoga Calm®, a counselor with the The Children's Program in Portland, Oregon, a registered yoga teacher (RYT-‐200), and an adjunct faculty member at Portland State University. She has been practicing yoga since 1973 and has over 30 years of experience as a schoolteacher and counselor. Lynea is a licensed professional counselor and holds a Master of Science degree in counseling in education from Portland State University and is coauthor of Yoga Calm for Children: Educating Heart, Mind, and Body. To date, she has trained over 1,000 school teachers, yoga teachers, parents, and counselors in Yoga Calm and has presented Yoga Calm for Children methods at conferences in several states.

Jim Gillen, RYT-‐500, is the cofounder of Yoga Calm and director of Still Moving Yoga in Portland, Oregon. He is a registered yoga teacher (E-‐RYT-‐200 & RYT 500), ACE group fitness instructor and member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists. He has previously taught and developed youth programs for the National Science Foundation and the National Sports Center for the Disabled. Jim is coauthor of numerous education articles and Yoga Calm for Children: Educating the Heart, Mind, and Body.


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