SoulPhone Foundation Board

Mark Pitstick, MA, DC, directs The Soul Phone Foundation, founded Greater Reality Living groups, and assists Dr. Schwartz as a research assistant.  Dr. Pitstick has forty-seven years’ experience and training in hospitals, pastoral counseling settings, mental health centers and holistic wellness clinics.  His training includes a premedical degree, graduate theology / pastoral counseling studies, masters in clinical psychology, and doctorate in chiropractic health care.  After working in hospitals with many suffering and dying adults and children, he was motivated to find sensible, evidence-based answers to the tough questions that people ask.  Mark has given many workshops on spiritual awareness and wellness and is the author of Soul Proof, Radiant Wellness, and The Eleven Questions.  He and Dr. Schwartz co-authored Greater Reality Living and wrote The Big Picture of Life with Katta Mapes MEd, MA.  To learn more about Dr. Pitstick, visit www.soulproof.com

Brian Smith, BSChE, grew up in Columbus, OH and attended The Ohio State University where he earned a degree in Chemical Engineering. After graduation Brian worked for a short time in engineering before transitioning to computer sales with IBM, Sun Microsystems and computer resellers.  After a nearly 25 year career in Information Technology sales, Brian and his wife Tywana launched an on-line retail store. Brian has spent the last 15 years as the owner and operator of that store. For most of his life Brian suffered from thanatophobia (an extreme fear of death). To overcome that fear at the age of 40 Brian began studying everything he could find on the subject of the afterlife.  Ironically, one of the first books he read was Dr. Gary Schwartz’ “The Afterlife Experiments”.  After the sudden and unexpected transition of his 15 year old daughter, Shayna, in June of 2015, Brian accelerated his afterlife studies, joined Helping Parents Heal, and is assisting with the SoulPhone Foundation as part of his effort to help others overcome the fear of death and understand that we truly never die.

Terry Christman, CPA, CSA, CGMA. Founder and current owner of Christman and Company, a full-service local public accounting firm providing tax and accounting services to closely-held businesses and their owners. His area of expertise includes individuals, corporations, tax pass-thru entity tax planning and compliance as well as business succession and strategic planning, buying and selling businesses merges and acquisitions, and special emphasis on tax and financial consulting to not-for-profit organization industry.

Prior to forming his firm in 1995, Terry spent the first few years of his professional career with various local public accounting firms. He is currently licensed in Pennsylvania and Maryland.  He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, PA Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and AICPA division of the Certified Global Management Accountants.

Terry’s son and only child Matthew passed on at the age of 29. Matthew’s was a police officer and his ambitions were bountiful. Terry currently serves on the Board in honor of his son with the anticipation that the SoulPhone Project will help others. Terry and his wife Marge reside in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Joanne King, BA, is the Secretary for the SoulPhone Foundation board of directors.  She is an award winning author, wife, and mother of three beautiful girls.  She has a BA in English and Speech Communication from the University of South Florida.  Joanne has  worked at IBM and Sony Corp of America.  She began her journey researching the after-life in her early 20’s.  In the early 2000’s Joanne created her own Grief and Signs from the After-Life website.

She is the author of Answers: A Guided Journal from Parents to Their Children.  When Joanne was five months pregnant, she was scheduled to be around the corner from the World Trade Centers on the morning of Sept, 11, 2001.  After a series of unusual events, the plans were changed and she was outside the city.  This prompted her to keep journals of her life-long parental advice for her girls, and help others do the same.  Her book gave peace of mind to parents who were crossing over that their love and advice would still guide their children.  Answers has won several awards including the Mom to Mom Foundation Gold Award and the Dove Family Seal of Approval.

Joanne has appeared on various radio shows and television programs promoting her book.  On a fun note, Joanne appeared in an episode of SCRUBS in 2004.  She is currently the media manager and coordinates social media for the SoulPhone Foundation, Greater Reality Living, Dr. Mark Pitstick, and Dr. Gary Schwartz.

David Sloan, BS, is a veteran research consultant for oncology clinical trials, and brings 25 years of scientific experience to afterlife study.  He graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in physics, and later enthusiastically dropped out of a MD program in his third year.  He then composed several music albums and read hundreds of deeply unique books from his previous studies. One early read during that time was Robert Monroe’s ‘Journeys Out Of The Body.’  He discovered with practice he could actually do what Monroe wrote, and thus realized existence is more than the scientific material paradigm he grew up knowing.  David’s research is driven by strict processes and tangible results whenever possible: accurate, actionable information from divination tools and profitable remote viewing projects among them.  He is working with the Greater Reality Living team and with Dr. Schwartz on technology to enhance signal strength in instrumental transcommunication.