Sentences with phrase «as general chairman»

From 1995 to 1997, he served as General Chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

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This pronouncement, along with Johnson's (and executive chairman Howard Schultz's) apology, meetings with community leaders, and enlisting the guidance of civil rights leaders such as former Attorney General Eric Holder and the NAACP's Sherrilyn Ifill, ensures that this incident and the specter of racial bias will remain in the public's mind beyond a few days.

Woods spoke in conversation with Salesforce's Benioff, as well as Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka, Reliance Industries managing director Mukesh Ambani, General Motors CEO Mary Barra, and Shu Yinbiao, chairman of China's State Grid Corporation.

Four of the names had previously been reported in the press: attorney Nicole Seligman, a former president of Sony Entertainment; BuzzFeed chairman Kenneth Lerer, a co-founder of the Huffington Post; former Discovery Communications CEO Judith McHale, a former undersecretary of state who also served as general counsel for Viacom's MTV Networks division; and Bank of America (bac) director Thomas May, a former CEO of Eversource, a New England energy company.

The other is General Joseph Dunford, who has shown remarkable staying power as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

«I have decided to step down as Chairman of the Group and retire from the position of Executive Director at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting of the Company,» Li said in a statement.

He served as chairman of General Mills from 1995 to 2008.

We'll start with a little shame-less plug — as General Electric Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt will be on «Squawk Box.»

Jeff Immelt, former CEO of global conglomerate General Electric, brings star power and a wealth of experience to his new role as chairman of the maturing health - care firm Athenahealth, analysts say.

On February 9, 2006, after many scandals regarding financial mishandling at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Corzine nominated Robert Del Tufo, the former Attorney General of New Jersey and U.S. Attorney, as chairman of the board of trustees.

Business Experience: Mr. Sanger has served as Chairman of General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota (packaged food producer and distributor) since May 1995, and as a director since 1992.

In addition to the awards Gala, this year's event will include the Meet the Innovators Forum, featuring presentations and panel discussions with 2017 Edison Achievement Award Winners Jeffrey R. Immelt, Chairman of the Board and CEO of General Electric, and Astro Teller, Captain of Moonshots (CEO) of X, as well as several of the world's top innovators.

Elie Wurtman, a serial entrepreneur who co-founded and ran three NASDAQ - traded companies and a former General Partner at Benchmark Capital, serves as Vroom's Chairman.

That includes Mark Holden, Chairman of the Board, who is Senior Vice President of Koch Industries, Inc., as well as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary.

As for inflation in general, Fed Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer has said that there is «good reason» to believe that inflation will move back up to the Fed's annual target of 2 % as the US economy's untapped capacity gets used up and as the effect of the big dip in oil prices in the second half of 2014 wears ofAs for inflation in general, Fed Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer has said that there is «good reason» to believe that inflation will move back up to the Fed's annual target of 2 % as the US economy's untapped capacity gets used up and as the effect of the big dip in oil prices in the second half of 2014 wears ofas the US economy's untapped capacity gets used up and as the effect of the big dip in oil prices in the second half of 2014 wears ofas the effect of the big dip in oil prices in the second half of 2014 wears off.

Mr. Dexter has also served as Board of directors for the Victorian Order of Nurses Dartmouth Branch, Member of Dartmouth General Hospital Commission, and chairman of the Dartmouth Waterfront Development Task Force.

The bishop's principal associates at that period were «elders» and «deacons»; so that these three constituted a kind of multiple - staff ministry, but with the bishop as clearly the general coordinator or chairman.

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine General Peter Pace, answered: «I would describe it as a violation.»

He is a member of the board of directors of the General Electric Company and also serves as chairman of the board of trustees of his alma mater, Hamilton College.

Group chairman Paul Rayner used the firm's annual general meeting to warn that demand for its wines in China was «softening, as a result of the leadership change and well - documented government austerity measures».

This year's award was given to Powell, who retired earlier this year as the president and CEO at General Mills, and Mariano, the former Roundy's chairman, president and CEO.

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi Bosiako, popularly known as Chairman Wuntumi, has disclosed that the New Patriotic Party NPP, is poised and have advanced plans to rig the upcoming general elections.

During her signing out on her flagship programme; Burning Issues, Wednesday on Adom FM, the Multimedia journalist indicated, the host of Kokrokoo on Peace FM, Kwame Sefa Kayi popularly referred to as Chairman General was above the award and therefore did not deserve it.

It will amaze you to know that ever since he was elected as the flagbearer, he has continuously targeted the National Chairman Hon. Paul Afoko, the General Secretary Mr. Kwabena Agyapong and some party faithful perceived to be supporters of our former President John Agyekum Kuffuor who is a party member and represents as the father of the party.

They both were accused by the General Secretary and others to have opened a bank account on behalf of the party without the former's consent and authority of the chairman as required by the Party's Constitution.

In such matters, one would have thought that the Disciplinary Committee would exhaust the process of ensuring that the petition was properly filed in the records of the General Secretary as well as ruling on the preliminary objections as raised by the lawyers of the National Chairman.

The NRC later metamorphosed into the Supreme Military Council (SMC), but a palace coup saw General Acheampong being replaced by Lieutenant - General F.W.K. Akuffo in I978 as the Chairman of the SMC and Head of State of Ghana.

Whilst the Acting General - Secretary of NPP, Mr. John Boadu, assured the Police of the full co-operation of his party in the atmosphere of fairness and impartiality, Nii Allotey Brew Hammond, the Chairman of the PPP, called on the agencies involved in the electoral process to commit to their responsibilities, as the process is an integrated affair.

Following last year's disastrous general election, the role of Tory chairman was seen as pivotal.

When Mahmoud Abbas, chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation and president of the Palestinian Authority completes his address to the UN general assembly, expected to take place on September 23rd, he will be calling for the admission of Palestine as a full member state of the United Nations.

The president described the FBI's raid last month on the home of his former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, as «pretty tough stuff,» but said he has not talked to the FBI or the attorney general about the matter.

This paper gathered that based on the arrangement with PAYMANEX, the General Secretary Kwabena Agyei Agyapong and National Chairman Paul Afoko prio to their suspension, launched the NPP membership platform and contribution platform; a situation that generated controversy in the party as loyalists of Akufo - Addo such as Bugri Naabu (the Northern Regional Chairman of the NPP) and Abankwa - Yeboah described the launch as illegal.

Acting General Secretary of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has described as unfortunate claims by the National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Portuphy that the militant goons in the ruling party are responsible for recent killing in the country.

In his remarks, Chairman of the occasion and General Secretary of National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), Pa Ayo Opadokun urged President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently recognize late Abiola as a former President of Nigeria and name a national monument after him.

The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, NDC National Chairman, Kofi Portuphy as well as former Speaker of Parliament, Edward Doe Adjaho and former Chief of Staff were all at the place.

From Acting NPP National Chairman, Freddie Blay, to Acting General Secretary, John Buadu, to Spokesperson for the flagbearer, Mustapha Hamid, to the Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wougon, Emmanuel Kyeremateng Agyarko, each of them have angrily lamented President Mahama's criticism of Akufo - Addo's leadership qualities as «intolerant» and «divisive» leaving the NPP in tatters.

Camara's endorsement comes just hours before district leaders will gather to vote on a successor to Lopez, who announced late last month he would not seek another term as chairman, thanks to the burgeoning sexual harassment scandal that has now enmeshed not only the once - powerful assemblyman, but three top state leaders, too: Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.

We get an incredibly high profile not just on phone hacking, we've done the BBC as well, I've got the chairman of the trust and the director general coming in and that's going to be a huge hearing as well... Because we have this power of summons, if there is a scandal, the great thing about a committee is that they can say «right I want every person who is involved in this in public, in front of this committee, answering why this has happened and what we're going to do about it».

Former President Rawlings has described as «false and malicious» claims by the Volta Regional Chairman of the NPP, John Peter Amewu, that he was called by Mr. Rawlings when results of the general elections started trickling in.

The immediate past National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr Kwabena Adjei has stated the party's defeat in the 2016 general elections did not come as a surprise to him as he knew the New Patriotic Party (NPP) would win.

As attorney general, Cuomo would be charged with appointing a special prosecutor (or appointing himself as special prosecutor) to probe Pigeon, the former Erie County Democratic chairman and now counsel to a top State Senate leadeAs attorney general, Cuomo would be charged with appointing a special prosecutor (or appointing himself as special prosecutor) to probe Pigeon, the former Erie County Democratic chairman and now counsel to a top State Senate leadeas special prosecutor) to probe Pigeon, the former Erie County Democratic chairman and now counsel to a top State Senate leader.

«From countering terrorism as President Obama's Director for Iraq to serving as a strategic advisor to General Petraeus in Afghanistan, Andy has worked tirelessly to keep our families safe,» DCCC Chairman Ben Ray Luján said in a statement.

Nex, which used to be known as Icap and is one of the world's biggest money - broking firms, is attempting to head off a rebellion at next week's annual general meeting by announcing its chairman will personally pay back the # 25,000 used to fund the candidates, including one who ran against Lib Dem leadership contender Sir Vince Cable.

Working recently with William Hague on Campaign North and the Northern Board as Deputy Chairman of the Party (North) the party has done well to promote a proven talent to another key role as we approach the General Election.

The Chairman reminded the journalists that the National Register of Voters had been used to conduct the 2011 and 2015 general elections, as well as several re-run and by - elections.

The Vice Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament, Samuel Atta Akyea, has described as disgraceful, the high level of financial impropriety uncovered in the accounts of the Savanna Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) by the Auditor General in 2013 and 2014.

Suspended General Secretary of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Agyepong, has withdrawn as a witness for Paul Afoko, the party's suspended National Chairman, who is challenging his suspension in court.

the legal firm of Lithur Brew and Company now representing the Plaintiff [Dominic Ayine] are also the lawyers for former President, John Dramani Mahama: the immediate past Attorney General, Marrita Opong Brew - Appiah was and is a member of the law firm as well as Tony Lithur who was also appointed by the former President as Chairman of the lucrative Ghana Airport Company Limited during his tenure of office and also holds himself out as the personal lawyer of the former President,» Martin Amidu noted.

On the Maina saga, the labour leader expressed support of labour for the action by President Buhari on Abdulrasheed Maina former Chairman of Pension Taskforce as well as the sack of former SGF, David Babachir and former Director - General of the National Intelligent Agency, Ayodele Oke based on allegations of corruption against them and their subsequent prosecution.

From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.