B.E. CPR was the brainchild of Tali Orad after she was part of a potentially tragic situation when her friend's baby was choking. Thankfully, Tali was able to save the child's life. And this was all due to just a short class for infant & child's CPR. It had come to her attention that too many parents do not have the understanding of the necessity of CPR and the potential risk of not having the skills could be fatal.

B.E. CPR , founded in 2009, is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization that stands for Become Educated in CPR.

Our Mission

Our mission is to save children's lives by growing the awareness of the need for parents and caregivers to be educated in Infant/Child CPR and Abdominal Thrusts by increasing the accessibility to courses and educational material through multiple mediums.

The following actions will be taken to accomplish that:

• Bring CPR classes and public events to promote CPR recognition to the community, thus growing the awareness to Become Educated in CPR.
• Having a website that compiles course information and vital educational material for CPR and Abdominal Thrusts, thus removing barriers to becoming educated in CPR for those who are seeking the information

Our Board

Tali Orad, President / Founder

Tali Orad is a B.E. CPR founder and Director.

After saving the life of a choking one year old that was already unconscious, stopped breathing and practically clinically dead, Tali decide to quit her job and focus 100% of her time promoting CPR for kids.

Prior to founding B.E. CPR Tali been working as a software engineer for over 10 years at multiple international software companies. In addition to her long career in the hi-tech industry Tali is a certified interior designer with experience in designing private and small business spaces in the New York area.

Tali holds a combined degree in Computer Engineering and Technological Education - Magna Cum Laude from Tel Aviv University in addition to her design education at The Sheffield Interior Design School.

Tali a mother of two, cherishes every person's life and took it as a mission to help prevent un-necessary injuries/death among children.

Judy L. Hsu, Vice-President/ Treasurer

Judy Hsu is B.E. CPR's co-founders and has been involved in B.E. CPR since its inception.  Judy brings different facets of experience to B.E. CPR.  She is a physical therapist for Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation and has also been involved in commercial real estate at CB Richard Ellis in the past and currently runs her family's business. 
With her history in the medical field, Judy believes strongly in our mission. 

Melissa K. Waugh, Secretary

Melissa is the CEO of Elcare Innovations, Inc., and President of Trainikins, Inc., she has been responsible for all areas of business management including financial (including maintaining Quickbooks files), legal, strategic planning, product development, marketing, PR, and sales. As Interim Executive Director of my local Red Cross chapter, she worked with the Board to restructure and streamline operations (including closing one office and consolidating into one location as well as a 50% reduction in staff), managed all service delivery areas as well as all financial management, budgeting and reporting, and submitted various grants and grant final reports. As a former health law attorney, her practice focused on Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement issues, fraud and abuse, privacy, and health care legislation. Before entering the practice of law, she was employed in the health care industry for six years and have experience in group and individual physician practices, hospital laboratories, academic research and medical sales.

Linda A. Santora, Officer

Linda is the Director of Early Childhood Education Programs for the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) since 2000.
She has developed more than a dozen of ADL's early childhood anti-bias programs, including print, video, online and musical resources, some in partnership with outside organizations including Sesame Workshop, We Are Family Foundation, Families and Work Institute and Teach More, Love More. Linda also helped raise more than $3.5 million to sustain and expand ADL's early childhood efforts.

Prior to her work with ADL, Linda directed a NAEYC accredited Children First, Inc. early childhood center, coordinated curriculum reform for Weill Cornell Medical College, managed the Children's Aid Society's Project LIVE Mentoring Program and taught in New York City Public Schools. She earned a master's degree in Art Education from New York University and a bachelor's degree from Skidmore College.