Sentences with phrase «global ambassador of»

The singer was appointed Global Ambassador of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) in September 2016, and has tweeted politicians around the world seeking funds for the organisation to be pledged during its financing conference currently being held in Dakar, Senegal.

She serves on the board of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF), and was named Global Ambassador of Avon Products in 2007, serving as honorary chair of the charitable Avon Foundation.

Marian's life is an eclectic mix: child of the Great Depression, mother of seven, global ambassador of a fledgling breastfeeding support organization, during a time period when most women were either stay - at - home mothers or were working as teachers, secretaries, or factory workers.

Founded in 1957, it offers a wide range of products divided in 3 pillars: Italian dairy, Italian Healthy Food and Italian Specialty Food and has mission to be a global ambassador of Italian agri - food products worldwide.

In a larger country with a smaller population, Canadian evangelicals are more likely to support sharing resources and welcoming immigrants and refugees; they are less likely to feel a sense of «manifest destiny» or to see their country as a Christian nation, according to Brian Stiller, the Ontario - based global ambassador of the World Evangelical Alliance.

Ann Romney, Global Ambassador of the Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston Interviewer: Nina Easton, Fortune

Chickpeas: Also known as garbanzo beans, these round little guys are the global ambassadors of legumes.

Not exact matches

Prime Minister Stephen Harper spent the first years of his mandate shunning China on human - rights grounds, but as the global economy has shifted he has become «Mr. Panda Man» — a reference to the PM's fawning over two cuddly Chinese ambassadors.

(She, for the record, swears by the EIMI Thermal Image Heat Protection Spray from Wella Professionals, of which she's the global brand ambassador.)

Olde is also a passionate global advocate for the advancement of women and gender equality and a TiFF Share Her Journey Ambassador.

The Thrive Global founder has since become an outspoken ambassador of self - care and being present in the moment, two behaviors that directly relate to good parenting.

Apparently unsure of their own taste in such things, they also appointed rapper Drake as a «global ambassador» — Rolling Stone described it as a «consulting gig» — to lend a hand.

Canada's ambassador to the United States, David MacNaughton, warned that a positive finding of material harm to Boeing by the ITC could represent a possible violation of World Trade Organization agreements and prompt a more formal complaint with the global trade group.

She is an Australia Day Ambassador for Western Australia, sits on the Board of Directors of the Museum of Freedom and Tolerance Western Australia, and is the Founding Director of the Whande Group, a premier diversity consultancy and program development organisation specialising in global diversity.

Cook, a tentative speaker who had toiled in the shadow of Jobs for years, has grown into a confident world leader and global ambassador for Apple.

Launching her personal finance company, LearnVest in 2006, Alexa was inaugurated by President Obama as a member of the Presidential Ambassadors for Global Entrepreneurship early this year.

New World Health Organization director - general Tedros Ghebreyesus announced in a recent speech that Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe — who has faced allegations of human rights violations and «crimes against humanity» — would be a «goodwill ambassador» to the global health agency.

In an effort to find their next Global Brand Ambassador, the liquor company is ditching the traditional cover letter and resume submission process by asking all whisky lovers to enter a contest that allows them to travel the world as part of their interview process.

If the U.S. doesn't set the rules of the road in the global economy, China will, Ambassador Michael Froman tells CNBC.

His experience includes four years with HB Global Advisors Corporation, the international consulting firm of Heenan Blaikie LLP (2010 to 2013), and almost four decades with the Government of Canada where he served in a number of key diplomatic posts, including Ambassador to the People's Republic of China (2001 to 2005), Ambassador to Japan (2005 to 2008) and High Commissioner to the Republic of India (2008 to 2010).

The Honorable Christy Clark, Premier, Province of British Columbia Janet Kennedy, President, Microsoft Canada Karina LeBlanc, Retired Canadian Goalkeeper, UNICEF Ambassador Emily Naing, Co-Founder, Swave Moderator: Jill Krop, News Director and Station Manager, Global BC

To run the Department of Energy, Trump chose former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who took the job «believing he was taking on a role as a global ambassador for the American oil and gas industry that he had long championed in his home state.»

According to China's ambassador to the U.S. the response could include scaling back purchases of Treasuries, something global macro bears have been warning about for years.

Inga Ernstsone, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Latvia, and Chair, Committee on Budget, Finance, and Administration, WTO Tina Fordham, Managing Director and Chief Political Analyst, Citigroup Miriam González Durántez, Partner, Dechert LLP Moderator: Ngaire Woods, Inaugural Dean, Blavatnik School of Government; Professor of Global Economic Governance, University of Oxford

Release International is an advocacy movement on behalf of the persecuted church, formerly known as Christian Mission to the Communist World which is part of the International Christian Association, a global alliance of fifty ministries working among the persecuted church These organisations will often urge readers to write to their MP or the appropriate ambassador to register concern at the way human rights are being flouted.

In 1993 there appeared two books with a similar theme, Out of Control: Global Turmoil on the Eve of the Twenty - first Century by Zbigniew Brzezinski and Pandaemonium: Ethnicity in International Politics by Daniel Moynihan, who had had a distinguished career as a Harvard professor, US ambassador to the UN, president of the Security Council and then senior US senator.

(CNN)- The deaths of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans amid protests against a film that denigrates Islam has sparked global discussion and debate about whether there is a line between free speech and hate speech and, if so, where it lies.

CNN: Reaction to anti-Islam film fuels debate on free speech versus hate speech The deaths of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans amid protests against a film that denigrates Islam has sparked global discussion and debate about whether there is a line between free speech and hate speech and, if so, where it lies.

Many of the key contributors became high ranking officials in the subsequent Bush administration, including the vice president, secretary of defense, deputy secretary of state, under secreatary of state for global affairs, the president's chief of staff, the president of the World Bank and the US ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq and to the UN (amongst others).

The Azusa Street revival had global reach through Apostolic Faith, the popular religious press, missionary correspondence and personal ambassadors who, emboldened by their religious experiences, traveled the globe to announce firsthand the revival's urgent message of spiritual empowerment in the last days.

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has named a serving British Ambassador, Sarah Dickson, as its new director of global affairs, responsible for the trade body's international and European Union business.

CHAMPIONS INCLUDE: Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Gilbert Houngbo, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Former White House Chef, Founder of TROVE and Venture Partner, Acre Venture Partners Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Rajiv Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

We spoke with Tim Jarvis, an environmental explorer and global brand ambassador for Shackleton Whisky, who in 2013 led an authentic retracing of Shackleton's journey, and Whyte & Mackay Single Malt Specialist Jason Moore about the new whisky.

The nine finalists from around the world competed for a grand prize of $ 10,000 and a year - long contract as Angostura's global brand ambassador.

The invitation - only Ambassadors Club includes a global membership of more than 100 pastry chefs and chocolatiers from more than 20 countries.

Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Senior Food Analyst at NBC News and former U.S. White House Chef Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

After careful deliberation by an esteemed panel of judges including — Bombay Sapphire Global Brand Ambassador, Raj Nagra, master mixologist, Tony Abou - Ganim, Bombay Sapphire Brand Ambassador, Gary Hayward and special guest judge for the evening, Celebrity Chef Tom Colicchio — Julio's «Queen Victoria» was announced as this year's «Most Imaginative» Bombay Sapphire cocktail.

I love the idea that we can harness the power of social media and combine it with a grassroots, community - based distribution model, including a network of home - based Ambassadors as well as retailers and schools, to create a global lifestyle brand around the concept of living Barefoot, and bringing art and story to children from all walks of life.

The Founder / President, Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA) and Global Goodwill Ambassador for the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), Mrs Toyin Saraki has advocated for digitalization of Personal Health Records in order to improve quality of health care services to Nigerians.

There is no better indicator of how we are viewed globally, and the reach of our soft power, than by the thousands of students who continue their careers around the world as ambassadors of a truly Global Britain.

Thirdly, the Ambassador argued that the US needed to recognise the interlinked and webbed nature of contemporary global security challenges and to modify its policies accordingly.

According to him, the country is fully back on the global stage, particularly with the assumption of duty of its ambassador and permanent representative to the UN, Prof. Tijjani Bande.

President Buhari charged the Ambassadors - designate to change the narrative of Nigeria outside the country by playing up the positive values and outstanding contributions of Nigerians in the global arena.

The World Health Organization appointed the philanthropist and former mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg as a global health ambassador to help governments tackle chronic diseases such as diabetes, stroke, cancer and heart disease.

The Global AIDS coordinator works out of the U.S. State Department and has the rank of ambassador at large.»

Featuring Ambassador Jimmy Kolker, Visiting Scholar in the AAAS Center for Science Diplomacy, and former Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Last week, the co-founder of a U.S. startup company that is trying to solve that supply chain problem was named one of seven «invention ambassadors» in a new program that highlights the value of technology - driven solutions to global problems.

Michele Flournoy, Senior Advisor, Boston Consulting Group; Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, US Department of Defense Banning Garrett, Director, Strategic Foresight Initiative, The Brent Scowcroft Center for International Security, Atlantic Council Stephen J. Hadley, Principal, RiceHadleyGates LLC Chuck Hagel, Chairman, Atlantic Council Mikael Hagstrom, Executive Vice President, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific, SAS Annette Heuser, Executive Director, Bertelsmann Foundation Robert Hormats, Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and Environment, US Department of State David Ignatius, Associate Editor, Washington Post James L. Jones, former National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama Robert Kagan, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe, Brookings Institution Hisham Kassem, Founding Publisher, Al - Masry Al - youm Newspaper Frederick Kempe, President & CEO, Atlantic Council Christopher A. Kojm, Chairman, US National Intelligence Council Marne Levine, Vice President of Global Public Policy, Facebook George Lund, Chairman, Torch Hill Investment Group H.E. Ashok Kumar Mirpuri, Ambassador to the United States, Republic of Singapore Moises Naim, Senior Associate, International Economics Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Chief International Columnist, El Pais Barry Pavel, Director, The Brent Scowcroft Center for International Security, Atlantic Council Paul Saffo, Managing Director of Foresight, Discern Analytics; Senior Fellow, Strategic Foresight Initiative, The Brent Scowcroft Center for International Security, Atlantic Council Brent Scowcroft, former National Security Advisor to Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush James Steinberg, Dean, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University Philip Stephens, Associate Editor, Financial Times Christopher Williams, President, Christopher A. Williams, LLC

Prior to the newly selected class there have been three cohorts and 24 Ambassadors selected that meet the program's» vision to «showcase the human face of inventors in order to inspire, inform and influence thought leaders and global community.»

IASLC would like to thank the patient advocacy organizations that have collaborated on this initiative: American Lung Association's LUNG FORCE, The Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation, Caring Ambassadors, Free ME From Lung Cancer, Free to Breathe, Global Resource for Advancing Cancer Education (GRACE), Live Lung, Lung Cancer Alliance, Lung Cancer Europe, Lung Cancer Foundation of America, Lung Cancer Initiative of North Carolina, Lung Cancer Research Foundation, Lungevity, Patient Power, Rexanna's Foundation, University of Colorado Cancer Center, Upstage Lung Cancer, Women Against Lung Cancer in Europe (WALCE).