«When I was a kid, I used to have this fantasy that I had
a board of advisors who used to give me life advice.
Get a seasoned investor on
your board of advisors who can vet such offers and consult with an attorney before signing anything.
Not exact matches
The best advice I can give you is to try to make sure that you've got some
board members and other
advisors (not investors)
who've actually run businesses to help take your side in some
of the silliest
of these arguments.
Cornell's emphasis on analytics appealed to Target's
board as it looked for a new CEO, according to the director
who oversaw the search, Roxanne Austin, head
of Austin Investment
Advisors, a private investment and consulting firm.
«We need to look no further than our nation's 20 million veterans, 20 %
of whom, according to a 2017 American Legion survey, reportedly use cannabis to self - treat PTSD, chronic pain, and other ailments,» said Boehner and former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld, a libertarian
who is also joining Acreage's
board of advisors.
Scaramucci,
who is widely known for his explosive 10 - day tenure as President Donald Trump's White House communications director, also happened to be a member
of the
board of advisors of the Tufts Fletcher School
of Law and Diplomacy.
IAC Chairman Barry Diller,
who is on the
board of Coca - Cola, reacts to Wintergreen
Advisors» David Winters assault on the beverage giant's compensation plan.
The new
board is comprised
of Holmes, Theranos Chief Operating Officer Sunny Balwani, construction executive Riley P. Bechtel, retired Marine Corps General James N. Mattis, and David Boies,
who has been the startup's outside legal
advisor and is new to the
board.
Fishback,
who is also an angel investor
who serves as an
advisor and
board member
of several start - ups (and
who previously served as the vice president
of entrepreneurship for the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation) has plenty
of experience working with celebrity - status
board members.
Chief Executive Officer, The Value Alliance [and] Corporate Governance Alliance Recognized internationally as an expert on Corporate Governance and a pioneer in the area
of Economic Value Management, Ms. Bloxham is an author, speaker and
advisor who provides advisory and education services for organizations, their CEOs and
Board members.
Personal Capital has two economic luminaries on its
board of academic
advisors: Shlomo Benartzi,
who co-authored the book «Save More Tomorrow» and Harry Markowitz, a 1990 Nobel Prize winner in Economics.
Thom has been a member
of the Camp Kesem - University
of Wisconsin
Board of Advisors, and has a daughter
who is a Camp Kesem camper, «Bear».
Advisors who do cutting - edge research in hot fields, have been awarded prizes, have published extensively, and sit on editorial
boards of journals are more likely to spawn the next generation
of faculty.
She leans, continually, on the advice
of her
advisor, Fritz Beebe (a great Tracy Letts),
who speaks up for her in a
board meeting when she can't, and whose eventual advice (which she almost takes) is to just forego this Pentagon Papers thing.
The story
of how this happened starts with Edmund G. Brown, the state's 77 - year - old governor and Michael Kirst, the 75 - year - old Stanford emeritus professor
who heads the state school
board and is his principal education
advisor.
The costs for the early phases
of the Framework 2021 project were minimal; tasks were carried out by volunteers, including the CO ASCD
Board members
who managed the project, the teachers in the development group
who developed the initial categories
of the Framework, and other
advisors to CO ASCD
who assisted with project planning.
The processes and protocols used for empowering the committee to define the Educators Rising Standards were borrowed from the National
Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS),
who served as a partner and
advisor at every stage
of the project.
«A national movement needs people like Eva
who are willing to take it to the streets and stand up and defend her position and ours,» said Nelson Smith, a senior
advisor to the National Association
of Charter School Operators and a member
of the Broad Prize's review
board.
Additional speakers include Gary Chartrand, chairman
of the Florida State
Board of Education; Frank Biden, the president
of Mavericks in Education and the brother
of Vice President Joe Biden; Jeanne Allen, pioneering education reform champion and founder
of The Center for Education Reform; Wendy Howard, the founder and executive director
of the Florida Alliance for Choice in Education; Christie Bassett, 2015 Florida Teacher
of the Year and a teacher at Highlands Park Elementary School in Polk County, Florida; Jason Fischer, member
of the Duval County School
Board; Lisa Graham Keegan, senior
advisor to National School Choice Week and the former superintendent
of public instruction for Arizona; and Randan Steinhauser, an
advisor to National School Choice Week,
who will join the event live via satellite from Austin, Texas.
The Hechinger Report spoke with Babak Mostaghimi, primary
advisor to the Midtown Public Charter School
board of trustees within Midtown Partners, Inc., the non-profit group
who filed the school's charter application.
«The amount
of testing was at the top, followed closely by concerns around charter schools,» Colleen Grady, the former Strongsville school
board member
who is now a senior policy
advisor for the Ohio Department
of Education, told the
board then.
Use your
advisor as a sounding
board As you consider your decision, talk to your financial professional,
who can help explore the financial and personal impact
of entering retirement with or without a mortgage as part
of your overall retirement planning strategy.
Ackerman,
who is a member
of the
board of advisors of www..
The Island transfer boat offers an on
board travel
advisor who can assist with making your island selections an booking accommodation for each
of your stays.
Nancy A. Nasher, the incoming chair
of the Nasher Museum's
board of advisors, and her husband David J. Haemisegger,
who also serves on the
board, have given the museum's largest single endowment since the museum's inception in 2005.
In conjunction with the video, the nascent institution also just announced the list
of art world heavy - hitters
who now sit on their new International
Board of Advisors.
FROM OUR BLOG / Congratulations to Blake Byrne, Chair Emeritus
of the Nasher Museum
Board of Advisors,
who was recently honored with Duke's 2013 Distinguished Alumni Award.
spellling) put great stock in independent
advisor boards or perhaps an authority
who is widely perceived as trustworthy e.g the surgeon general on the risks
of tobacco.
CFACT's
Board of Academic and Scientific
Advisors is a
who's
who of climate skeptics and industry - funded scientists.
Lord Turner,
who is also chair
of the Financial Services Authority, was a trustee
of the World Wildlife Fund, and a member
of the
Board of Advisors at Climate Change Capital, an «investment manager and
advisor specialising in the opportunities created by the transition to the low carbon economy».
A full - time staff
of 39 works with a 12 - member
Board of Directors, some 5,500 donors, some 500 academics and professional economists
who serve as Policy
Advisors, 33 senior fellows, and 275 elected officials
who pay dues to serve on our Legislative Forum.
In news that should bring solace to all lawyers
who fear losing ground to AI robot overlords, an artificial intelligence contract - review company has announced the addition to its
board of advisors of a distinctly non-artificial intelligence in the area
of legal contracts.
That came from serial tech entrepreneur Ali Riaz, an
advisor and investor
who is now chairman
of the
board of AltaClaro.
LawSites - In news that should bring solace to all lawyers
who fear losing ground to AI robot overlords, an artificial intelligence contract - review company has announced the addition to its
board of advisors of a distinctly non-artificial intelligence in the area
of legal contracts.
School
boards require
advisors who are sensitive to the issues and cultures
of their communities,
who are available 24/7 whenever legal needs rise, and
who recognize that governance and taxpayer accountability require school
boards to make prudent choices in legal services.
Much to our delight, Mr. Born,
who is a member
of the Arbitrator Intelligence
Board of Advisors, spoke about AI and its benefits in his keynote speech.
According to Tokenmarket.net, the
board advisor of EcoBit is Tang Too Siah,
who is also the CEO
of Climate Protector Sdn Bhd, a Malaysian carbon credit firm.
Payment Rails, a Canadian startup building an API - first payouts platform for businesses, has won a high - profile backer in the shape
of ex-PayPal president Scott Thompson,
who has invested in the firm and signed on as a
board advisor.
Nishit Desai,
who happens to be at the same time a member
of the
Board of Advisors to the Indian bitcoin startup Zebpay, which organized the conference, gave a talk about the results
of recent research by his law firm, stating that «Bitcoin is legal in India».
The «National
Board of Examiners»
who is in charge
of a lot
of nationalized examinations for many doctors and physicians acts as a test
advisor for the CMA (AAMA) certification examination.
She also serves on the
Board of Advisors for CommissionTrac, an Atlanta based company
who delivers cloud - computing solutions for CRE commission tracking.