Instructors
Joe
Connelly
Regional
and Center Director
Joe Connelly is a 7th
Degree Black Belt Martial Arts educator. His
Martial Arts Academy, Connelly's Academy, provides 23
community-based programs, serving 600 students on a
weekly basis. He has designed and taught programs
that empower populations with special needs since
1981. He is a special consultant to the Evanston
Mental Health Association and National-Louis University's PACE
Program. His background
includes 15 years of work experience in business
education with IBM and The Fortune Group International,
a training firm serving Fortune 1000 companies.
Joe has an MS in Human Services from National-Louis University.
Anne
Mason
Anne
Mason received her BS from Michigan State University in
Earth Sciences and Mathematics and did her graduate work in Systems Project
Management. She is a systems
consultant to the construction industry. Anne is a
3rd Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and a Program Leader in Connelly's Academy,
working mainly with elementary school children. She has designed and supervises martial
arts programs for Special Needs populations. She has been a certified,
full-force self defense and Kidpower instructor since 1990. She
was one of the original center heads for
KIDPOWER Chicago
and is now
active as an instructor, teaching
supervisor and trainer. Anne is also a licensed massage therapist and Certified Structural Therapist.
Richard
Marberry
Richard J. Marberry has a background in corporate law and children's legal
and social issues. He is currently a Cadre Substitute teacher at Evanston
Township High School and is interested in bringing
KIDPOWER programs to
schools to address bullying, peer aggression and student safety issues.
Suzanne
Burns
Suzanne
earned a BA in Child and Family Development. Her background includes caring for children and
adolescents with behavioral problems in residential
facilities as well as serving as a Student Life Instructor at
the PACE Program at National-Louis
University. At the PACE Program,
Suzanne coordinated activities for college aged students
with multiple learning disabilities.
Currently, Suzanne is the owner of a pet sitting
company called WatchDogs and actively assists in
Tae Kwon Do school programs in
Evanston.
Cecelia
Keleher
Cecelia
Keleher is an effective
KIDPOWER instructor who is
certified in programs for all ages, from preschool to
seniors. In addition to being a Kidpower instructor for over 15 years, Cecelia is a
senior Human Resources Manager who has
experience in training and change
management. She has brought the
KIDPOWER training into corporate
organizations as a family benefit to employees, as well
as to enhance the development of corporate employees.
Cecelia is currently a Sr. Manager HRIS with ITW and continues to be a strong advocate and trainer for the KIDPOWER organization - partnering with groups to bring this positive training to various communities.
Sterling
Goodrich
Sterling Goodrich has been teaching self-defense internationally to people of
all ages since 1992. He has a 4th Degree Black Belt
in Tae Kwon Do and a 2nd Degree Black Belt in
Hapkido. Sterling earned his BA in
Communications from Northwestern University and has a
background in both corporate and community, not-for-profit
work. He is also bilingual in English and Spanish.
Timothy Peebles
Tim Peebles is a graduate student in theology at the University of Chicago, a home schooling father and a Tae Kwon Do practitioner and program leader. He does church-related community development work with at-risk youth, using Tae Kwon Do and Kidpower. He received his Kidpower instructor training in January 2009. Since then, he has been apprenticing as a workshop and padded-suit instructor with senior Kidpower staff.