Sentences with phrase «efforts by business leaders»

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Saujani, whose six - year - old organization is tackling the gender gap in tech by training young girls in computer science, encouraged the nation's business leaders to double down on the effort in a wide - ranging panel discussion on attracting and retaining diverse talent.

While it was a true team effort to develop the strategy and action plan for the platform play, it was crucial for the plan to be communicated to leaders across our near 500 - person business, to our regional offices in the U.K., Australia and Singapore, and understood and internalized by all of our staff.

The site aims to inform efforts to help small firms, by making small business insight from the 12 Reserve Banks easily accessible to policymakers, community leaders and service providers.

«The Sustainability Leaders Forum is all about encouraging businesses to step up their efforts to tackle climate change and preserve natural resources, and edie must lead by example in this regard.

«The Sustainability Leaders Forum is all about encouraging businesses to step up their efforts to tackle climate change and preserve natural resources, and edie must lead by example in this regard,» said Baker.

Co-founded and jointly led by Stanford University and The Culinary Institute of America, the Menus of Change University Research Collaborative is a working group of leading scholars, foodservice business leaders, and executive chefs from invited colleges and universities who are accelerating efforts to move Americans toward healthier, more sustainable, plant - forward diets.

With Labour leader Ed Miliband now issuing no - holds - barred attacks on Mr Murdoch and the prime minister firing a warning shot across the bows this morning by telling reporters he would have accepted Rebekah Brokes» resignation, the last thing the media mogul needed was a negative impact on his business efforts, especially after he took the drastic step of closing the News of ten World yesterday.

«Cuomo's effort was supported by a powerful coalition of business and labor leaders who raised more than $ 4 million for the campaign to support the amendment.»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is «100 percent supportive» of an effort by upstate business leaders, including many of his top allies, to increase an upstate economic development fund from $ 1.5 billion to $ 2.5 billion.

September 24, 2017 - New York, NY — Governor Andrew M. Cuomo was joined by New Yorkers Jennifer Lopez, Rose Perez, Assemblyman Marcos Crespo and pitcher Seth Lugo of the Mets, along with elected officials and labor, business and hospital leaders to provide an update on the Puerto Rico recovery effort and to make an announcement.

The polls are part of community effort by Prescription for Progress: United against opioid addiction, a newly formed coalition of of leaders in healthcare, media, law enforcement, education and business in New York's Capital Region aimed at raising awareness and taking steps to mitigate the crisis.

This focus on outcomes has its roots in her experiences in Texas, where during the 1980s and 1990s she was chief lobbyist for the Texas Association of School Boards and worked on several education improvement efforts piloted by business leaders, including a commission headed by billionaire H. Ross Perot.

Charging that America is «moving backward» in its efforts to ensure full participation by minority citizens in the nation's life and prosperity, a panel of leaders from education, business, and government last week urged all segments of the society to work toward boosting opportunities for minorities.

The effort is spearheaded by the Michigan Higher Education Partnership Council, which includes a unique panel of business, government, college and university leaders who are collaborating to improve educational attainment in Michigan.

This has been accomplished by the dedication of a statewide coalition of educators, administrators, legislators and business leaders in a consistent effort over a period of twenty years.

This has been accomplished by the dedication of a statewide coalition of educators, administrators, and legislative and business leaders in a consistent effort over a period of twenty years.

Ralph Smith, managing director of the Campaign for Grade - Level Reading, a collaborative effort of political, education, business and advocacy leaders to close the nation's literacy gap, said «We shouldn't be at all surprised by the NAEP scores... we can point to nothing substantial in terms of interventions or programs that would have made that number different.»

Developed by the National Education Association (NEA), it is the product of a 15 - year collaborative effort involving educators, school district administrators, parents, and business and community leaders.

The Campaign for Grade - Level Reading is a collaborative effort by foundations, nonprofit partners, business leaders, government agencies, states, and communities across the nation to ensure that more children in low - income families succeed in school and graduate prepared for college, a career, and active citizenship.

The Campaign is a collaborative effort by foundations, nonprofit partners, business leaders, government agencies, states and communities across the nation to ensure that more children in low - income families succeed in school and graduate prepared for college, a career, and active citizenship.

And there is a unified effort by business, nonprofit, and civic leaders under way to push for a funding formula in Harrisburg that would ensure students in Philadelphia get their fair share of state funding

Never mind the cover story that the time capsule and keystone were part of an effort by a group of Denver business leaders who held opening - day events welcoming DIA as a new «world - class» city airport.

Walmart comes out the clear leader in the corporate solar sector, as it has for the last four years, with 142 MW of solar capacity at 348 locations, and although the retail giant's sustainability efforts are open to dispute, Mark Vanderhelm, VP of energy for Walmart, said the company aims to double the number of «on - site solar energy projects» at its US stores, distribution centers, and Sam's Club locations by 2020, which may keep it solidly out front in the US business solar rankings.

Over the coming year, WJP will support these programs by raising the visibility of their efforts and by fostering connections through its global network of government, civil society, academic, and business leaders.

In collaboration with business leaders, the firm promotes industry efforts by supporting government relations activities of trade associations.

There has been a concerted effort by city and business leaders to revamp the downtown area and Reading remains one of the most affordable real estate markets in the United States.

Outstanding team player and process leader able to co-ordinate and direct all phases of process based efforts while managing, motivating and guiding teams across the floor to achieve business objective by driving customer...

The ONUG Mission is to enable greater choice and options for IT business leaders by advocating for open interoperable hardware and software - defined infrastructure solutions that span across the entire IT stack, all in an effort to create business value.