Sentences with phrase «board leadership roles»

In his new board leadership role, Jason Short, joint - owner of the second generation family business, will continue to build on the success of the Qualvis brand.

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He said repeatedly that the Board will be responsible for making decisions about governance, leadership and succession, and he hand - selected a group of trusted advisors and independent directors to fulfill this role.»

There have been a variety of studies showing that women in leadership roles equates to better company performance, including a report from Credit Suisse that says that companies with more than one woman on their boards have outperformed those with no women on their boards in the stock market.

Representation of white women in leadership roles improved by 17 % over the nine year period, but for black, latino, and Asian men and women, percentages declined across the board, according to research by the nonprofit Ascend Foundation, an organization that advocates for Asians in business.

Over a 31 - year sustainable investment career, he has also served in leadership or founding roles with many organizations, including: the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), the Northwest Coalition for Responsible Investment, the Network for Business Innovation and Sustainability, Sustainable Seattle, and the NW Board of US SIF.

Store associates from around the world, home office colleagues, members of the Walmart board of directors and Walmart senior leaders watched as McMillon was recognized for his significant leadership role in supporting the strategies of the Women's Economic Empowerment team and Walmart's role in launching the Women Owned Logo across Walmart globally.

Getting more women in executive and board positions will do more to bring other women into leadership roles than almost anything else.

Directors are required to bring their expertise, experience and leadership skills to all aspects of their role including the discussions held at board meetings in order to make them personally effective and the business successful.

The Board believes that this leadership structure is appropriate given Mr. Bezos» role in founding Amazon and his significant ownership stake.

Prince - Eason has served in many leadership roles at WBENC, representing Pfizer on the WBENC Board as Treasurer, Chair and Vice Chair of the Finance Committee, and Chair of the Technology and Audit Committees.

Name: Kelly Blackett Title: Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Communications Areas of responsibility: Human resources, learning and development, corporate communications Years with CWB Financial Group: 3 Career history: 17 years with General Electric in Canada holding a series of progressively responsible human resources leadership roles at GE Capital and GE Corporate, supporting businesses within Canada as well as globally Education: Bachelor of Commerce with Distinction from the University of Alberta Community involvement: Sits on the Board of Trustees for the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation, member of the MacEwan Business School Advisory Board, and past mentor with MORE, a program providing cross-business mentorship to female leaders in Edmonton's business community

This voluntary initiative is designed to help organizations and individuals apply key recommendations on how to advance the role of women in leadership and board positions from the B.C. Economic Forum to your organization (as appropriate) and measure the progress.

The MSCI Canada IMI Women's Leadership Select Index is based on the MSCI Canada IMI Index and aims to include companies which are leaders in Canada in terms of female representation on boards and in executive leadership positions and have at least 30 % female directors, or at least three female directors, or two female directors and one woman in a current executive leadership role.

You've explicitly stated that you've not considered diversity when hiring for leadership roles in board members.

The Board believes that this leadership structure is appropriate given Mr. Bezos» role in founding Amazon.com and his significant ownership stake.

«His knowledge of campus ministry at every level of InterVarsity, his deep care for those he leads, and his experience in senior leadership have prepared him well for this new role,» said InterVarsity board chair Ron Williams.

Fortress, which was one division of the Lutheran Church in America's separately incorporated Board of Publication, under two decades of strong leadership has drawn on wide European connections to build a high - quality program (especially strong in biblical studies and theology) that has had a central role in Protestant publishing.

«I came on board in 2010, as the family was looking for someone with multiunit franchise leadership experience,» says Chaon, a 22 - year veteran of the restaurant industry whose past experience includes executive roles at Brinker International, the owners of the Chili's franchise.

The Cherokee County School District recently hosted a New Leaders Reception for the School Board to meet the educators recommended by the Superintendent of Schools for leadership roles including Principal posts.

Hauth has served on various committees within PATS, in addition to leadership roles on the Executive Board.

News of a big change at online advocacy tool provider SalsaLabs trickled out yesterday: the company's founders have been forced out of an active leadership role by its Board of Directors.

«I want to assure everyone that our primary focus is on the academic mission,» Bahgat Sammakia told POLITICO New York after being appointed to the leadership role by the SUNY Board of Trustees Thursday.

Get on board or get out of a leadership role in the Senate, which I think Gov. Cuomo's trying to arrange quite frankly, Minus the double speak, that's the plain version of how the winds blowing in Albany, NY today Sen. Skelos.

Lots of people deserve credit for Campaign North especially William Hague who has provided tireless leadership of the Northern Board and the campaigning effort, but Michael Bates, Deputy Chairman of the Party responsible for Campaign North, a Conservative MP from 1992 to 1997, and former Paymaster General, pictured above (right), played an integral role in its formation and development.

«I ran for NYC Council in 1997 after a career as a teacher, city planner, small business owner, district manager of a community board, and having held a number of civic leadership roles.»

President John Mahama and late President Mills were accused for bringing on board some young people to take leadership roles in their government who were referred to as «babies with sharp teeth» following their utterances which critics found disrespectful and arrogant.

Through his own service in the administrations of two presidents, his time on The New York Times editorial board, his leadership of Foreign Policy Magazine, his role as director of studies at the Council of Foreign Relations and through his many articles, Dick made important contributions to the country's pressing foreign policy discussions over many decades.

Cindy Runger, a senior finance and legal executive who most recently served in a leadership role with U.S. Trust, joined the IDRI Board of Directors in 2017.

As a Princeton University undergraduate student, this passion led her to assume several leadership roles on campus, including serving as a Healthy Minds peer advisor and a member of the Student Health Advisory Board.

Freischlag has served in multiple national leadership roles, including immediate past president of the Society for Vascular Surgery Foundation, past chair of the Board of Regents of the American College of Surgeons, past president of the Society for Vascular Surgery and past president of the Association of VA Surgeons and the Society of Surgical Chairs.

Ashley Graham / IMG Models — «IMG Models has taken a leadership role in welcoming curvy models onto their main board without being labeled «plus size.»

Los Angeles — In a speech to Hispanic school - board members here this month, Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell criticized the nation's school boards for paying too little attention to instructional issues and called on them to take a leadership role in upgrading educational standards.

Greater emphasis and attention — by the board, by schools and school districts, and by reformers — to structuring, encouraging, and supporting the leadership roles that NBCTs can and should play could maximize the influence of these teachers as coaches, mentors, and leaders for other teachers.

«Mr. Schwartz's accumulation of leadership roles and knowledge in both educational and governmental positions in the past years make him a great fit for our Board,» added JD Hoye, president of NAF.

Silk is passionate about moving the NB process forward as seen in her leadership roles: Board of Directors for the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS), Oklahoma State Farm Liaison for NBPTS, Oklahoma National Board Scholarship Selection Committee, NBPTS Assessor, Team Leader for NBCT Hill Day, and most recently Co-Chair for the Association of Career and Technical Education / National Board Partnership.

Through various roles at the NEA, including serving as a Board Member and Chair of the Professional Standards and Practice Committee, he has continued to promote teacher leadership in education policy.

Insight in action As part of community - engagement work that accompanied district reform efforts, teacher leaders worked on district mathematics committees, facilitated grade - level meetings, presented at school board meetings, led professional development sessions and took on many other leadership roles.

This vision of building a continuum in the teaching profession was embraced by more than 100 organizations, from rigorous pre-service preparation to Board certification and leadership roles for accomplished teachers.

The district offers a master teacher certificate, for which National Board Certification is a requirement, and has offers additional compensation to teachers in leadership roles.

National Board Certification is helping us build a profession where all teachers aspire to be board certified and transition to leadership roles to transform the profesBoard Certification is helping us build a profession where all teachers aspire to be board certified and transition to leadership roles to transform the profesboard certified and transition to leadership roles to transform the profession.

Together the board and leadership will work diligently to provide valuable resources to our members, secure federal policies that ensure public education continues to improve to meet students» needs today and into the future, create a better understanding of the importance and benefits of the role of school boards and local governance, and generate greater appreciation for our local public schools.»

Board of Directors, the ConnCAN Board of Directors or play a leadership role in Connecticut's charter school and corporate education reform organizations.

Academy level committees can have an extremely important role in ensuring that the voices of parents, pupils, staff and the wider community are heard by the executive leadership and the board of trustees, and that reports are made to them.

McFarling serves in several industry leadership roles as a member of the National Education Association Foundation's Board of Directors, the Internet & Television Association, the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing, Women in Cable & Telecommunications (WICT), the Association of Cable Communicators, and PEER 150, and has been named to Leadership Montgomery's 25th Anniversary Class.

Those who achieve Board certification would take up teacher leadership roles, enabling them to influence instruction and school culture beyond their classrooms.

Under the leadership of its Board of Directors, the Regents» Universities and other stakeholders, the Center is shaping a more pro-active role in developing teacher leadership and providing quality professional development opportunities to educators to improve teaching practice and student achievement.

It describes the role of governing boards and election - to - work agreements in Pilot Schools, and how shared decision making and leadership are essential to these structures.

A recent survey by the National Association of State Boards of Education revealed that board members are «feeling encouraged» about their «role and influence over education policy thanks to more leadership opportunities under ESSA.»

The new directors are highly skilled, holding leadership roles and serving as great role models,» said Peggy Brookins, NBCT, president and CEO of the National Board.

That is an indicator of the leadership role that Board - certified teachers play in classrooms and communities around the country,» said Brookins.