about the authors

Richard A. Panzer, Ph.D., is the founder and Executive Director of Free Teens USA, Inc., which educates more than 10,000 youth each year in New York and New Jersey. A public speaker and developer of family life educational programs, he has spoken to public officials, educators, social workers, parents and community groups all over the U.S., and in Beijing, Antigua, Trinidad, Montreal, Toronto, Frankfurt, Istanbul, London, Paris, Prague, Seoul, Sydney, Okinawa, Osaka, and Tokyo.

Dr. Panzer is the author of the Free Teens Living in the Age of AIDS/Deciding Your Future multimedia program, which exists in ten languages and has been used in 38 states and many countries around the world, and the Relationship Intelligence curriculum, described by the Institute for American Values as “One of the top three curricula on marriage and relationships in the country!”

He is also the writer/director of The Real Deal about Love, Relationships, and Marriage and LoveSmart DVD series. A graduate of Yale University, Dr. Panzer has been married to his wife, Miho for 27 years and is the father of 4 children. He has a Doctorate in Educational Communication and Technology from New York University.

With a degree in Public Communication, Mary Anne Mosack applies her passion for effective persuasion to the areas of education, business and leadership training. She is president of Mosack Communication Consulting and the author of Well Said: Using Language that Leads, a communication enrichment seminar designed for abstinence education providers. With fifteen years experience in the advocating for youth and families, she continues to promote abstinence education as sound public health policy on the local, state and national levels.

Mosack is the former Executive Director of Operation Keepsake, a large abstinence program serving over 150 schools in the greater Cleveland, Ohio area. As a result of her leadership, the implementation of rigorous program evaluations provided one of the first peer-reviewed, published studies showing the effectiveness of abstinence education for high-risk teens.

Mary Anne Mosack is a frequent speaker for educational and professional organizations and consults with groups across the country on effective communication and messaging strategies. She resides in Cleveland, Ohio with her husband Tony and is the mother of three grown children.

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