Barry, Douglas, Goldstein, Thompson and Giffin... New Leaders for Beat the Streets Wrestling Program

 

At the Bi-Annual Board meeting of Beat the Streets Wrestling Inc., Michael Novogratz - Chairman, announced a reorganization of the program administration and an expansion of the Board of Trustees.  He recommended the following new Board Members that were approved with overwhelming support by the Board.

 

Dave Barry, Donald Douglas, Eric Goldstein, and Noel Thompson will join the Board on September 1, 2008.  Brian Giffin will become the new full-time Executive Director - President who will report directly to the Board through Chairman, Michael Novogratz.  A copy of their individual biographies will be posted on the www.beat-the-streets.org.

 

Novogratz stated "the organization has grown quickly and that requires a full time Executive Director and President working day to day managing the expanded staff while fulfilling the mission of expanding wrestling from Youth through the Olympics". 

 

The Beat the Streets Wrestling Program began in 2005 with one middle school and 23 PSAL High School Teams.  As the 2008-2009 season unfolds, there will be 54 Middle Schools and 58 PSAL High School teams participating in wrestling.

 

Past President and Founder Al Bevilacqua expressed it best, "We have given the sport of wrestling over 4 million dollars of infrastructure and a real chance to succeed in America's largest city.  It is in the hands of wrestling people we recruited to prove to the 112 Principals and 58 Athletic Directors that wrestling is a worthwhile investment that help kids succeed through a wrestling life".

 

Board of Trustees

 

Michael Novogratz- Chairman

Al Bevilacqua- Founder-Trustee

Dave Barry- Trustee

Scott Beck-Trustee

Michael Bevilacqua-Trustee

Donald Douglas-Trustee

Eric Goldstein-Trustee

Richard Ranalli- Trustee

Rob Schoenberg-Trustee

Noel Thompson- Trustee

 

Brian Giffin – President and Executive Director