Janet and Laura Greenwald are one of the only mother/daughter writing teams in the entertainment industry. They were introduced to emergency preparedness the hard way, when a jumbo-jet crashed across the street from their home. But it was a medical tragedy that took the life of their mother/grandmother, Elaine Sullivan - that propelled them into new territory.
After uncovering a loophole in the laws which regulate the notification of the next of kin of hospital patients, Laura & Jan joined forces with legislators in Illinois and California to enact three Next of Kin Laws, before creating Notify In 7, a training program that provides hospital professionals with the skills they need to notify and reunite trauma victims with their loved ones, quickly and easily, as well as the upcoming Call My Family App. Hoping to keep other families from experiencing the same thing they had, they turned their story into a screenplay called Without Consent, now in development as a feature film.
Between their books, blog and website, over 325,000 people have used Jan and Laura’s shortcut sheets, action plans and materials to keep themselves, their homes, their families and the things that they love, safe and secure.