Sentences with phrase «first woman director»

Frances Morris Frances Morris (b. 1958) is the current Director of Tate Modern, London, one of the best - known galleries in the country.Her appointment as Director was announced in January 2016, which has had monumental effect internationally, as she is the gallery's first British and first woman director.

Drawing from her experience as the first woman director general of MI5, Stella Rimington gives us a story that is smart, tautly drawn, and suspenseful from first to last.

All of us here in Paris: Goodwill Ambassadors, Artists for Peace and Champions for Sports in this historic gathering are committed to help carry out the vision of a» new humanism» articulated by the first woman Director - General of UNESCO, Dr. Irina Bokova.

Behind the scenes, Afghanistan's first woman director is far more impressive, as Jenny Kleeman's profile attests.

Her episodic TV work includes Jessica Jones for Marvel / Netflix, Empire, The Good Wife, where she is a regular director (17 episodes, including the 100th), Manhattan, Outsiders, Rake, Elementary, Vegas, Low Winter Sun, Hell on Wheels, and Rescue Me (where she was first woman director in five seasons).

Haspel, who would be the first woman director in CIA history, reportedly oversaw a secret CIA prison in Thailand where a terrorism suspect was waterboarded.

Although not known for enjoying interviews, Clifford was keenly interested in film history and made appearances in two documentaries on the subject: the 1984 Ulster Television program A Seat in the Stars: The Cinema and Ireland and historian Anthony Slide's ground - breaking The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors.

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The CIA's deputy director, Gina Haspel, will succeed Pompeo, becoming the first woman to lead the agency pending Senate confirmation for both her and Pompeo.

In July, American Apparel appointed the first two women to its board of directors after its now ousted CEO got caught up in a sexual harassment scandal.

The best part about this particular ceremony was that Cameron's ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow beat him for best director (becoming the first woman to win the honor) and best picture for «The Hurt Locker.»

Kirstine Stewart was the first woman to hold the position of Executive Vice-President of CBC's English services — often called the most powerful job in Canadian broadcasting — and was the first Managing Director of Twitter Canada, leading Canadian operations as well as advertising business and partnerships.

The CIA's deputy director, Gina Haspel, will succeed Pompeo, becoming the first woman to lead the agency.

The firm is focusing first on the almost quarter of Russell 3000 companies that do not have even one woman director.

Their first test case is in support of a small business owner named Melanie Kohler, one of the first #MeToo women to post allegations of assault against director Brett Ratner.

Director Ava DuVernay «s adaptation of the popular young - adult novel of the same name has been highly - anticipated since Disney made her the first - ever black woman to direct a movie with a budget over $ 100 million.

President Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Tuesday morning and said he will replace him with CIA Director Mike Pompeo, who will be supposedly succeeded at the agency by the deputy director Gina Haspel, the first woman to hold the pDirector Mike Pompeo, who will be supposedly succeeded at the agency by the deputy director Gina Haspel, the first woman to hold the pdirector Gina Haspel, the first woman to hold the position.

In fact, Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins was the first woman to direct a superhero movie and the film ended up as the highest - grossing movie ever helmed by a woman (along with being last year's third - highest grossing film domesticaWoman director Patty Jenkins was the first woman to direct a superhero movie and the film ended up as the highest - grossing movie ever helmed by a woman (along with being last year's third - highest grossing film domesticawoman to direct a superhero movie and the film ended up as the highest - grossing movie ever helmed by a woman (along with being last year's third - highest grossing film domesticawoman (along with being last year's third - highest grossing film domestically).

Carol Martin, Director of Vendor Diversity, Sears, Roebuck and Co., was WBENC's first Marketing Committee Chair and developed three successful marketing programs — The Salute to Women's Business Enterprises: The Enterprising Economy; The Search for America's Top Corporations for Women's Business Enterprises; and The WBENC Applause Awards.

«From all research we've done in the past several weeks, The Vancouver Board of Trade is the first and only business organization of our kind in Canada — possibly across North America — to have more women on our board of directors than men,» said Manning, who also serves as Regional Vice-President of Commercial Financial Services at RBC Royal Bank.

By Shachi Kurl, Executive Director, Angus Reid Institute and Carlo Dade, Director of the Centre for Trade and Investment Policy, Canada West Foundation February 15, 2017 — It's no mystery why the topic of «women in the workforce» was a centrepiece of the first face - to - face

Now she's the first woman to direct a Pixar short Director Domee Shi discusses her Chinese Canadian fairy tale about a mother and a dumplingDirector Domee Shi discusses her Chinese Canadian fairy tale about a mother and a dumpling.

1920 Rev. Curtis Lee Laws first uses term «fundamentalist» 1920 Prohibition 1920 19th Amendment gives women right to vote 1921 Latin American Mission (Harry and Susan Strachan) 1923 J. Gresham Machen publishes Christianity and Liberalism 1924 Evangelical Theological College, later called Dallas Theological Seminary 1925 Scopes «Monkey» Trial 1927 First «talking» motion picture 1928 Henrietta Mears becomes Director of Christian Education at First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood 1929 Stock market crash begins Great Depression 1929 Fundamentalists leave Princeton to form Westminster Theological Semfirst uses term «fundamentalist» 1920 Prohibition 1920 19th Amendment gives women right to vote 1921 Latin American Mission (Harry and Susan Strachan) 1923 J. Gresham Machen publishes Christianity and Liberalism 1924 Evangelical Theological College, later called Dallas Theological Seminary 1925 Scopes «Monkey» Trial 1927 First «talking» motion picture 1928 Henrietta Mears becomes Director of Christian Education at First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood 1929 Stock market crash begins Great Depression 1929 Fundamentalists leave Princeton to form Westminster Theological SemFirst «talking» motion picture 1928 Henrietta Mears becomes Director of Christian Education at First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood 1929 Stock market crash begins Great Depression 1929 Fundamentalists leave Princeton to form Westminster Theological SemFirst Presbyterian Church of Hollywood 1929 Stock market crash begins Great Depression 1929 Fundamentalists leave Princeton to form Westminster Theological Seminary

I was starting film school, and my biggest dream was to be the first woman to win the Oscar for Best Director.

1924 — 1929: Rose M. Knox, president of the C.B. Knox Gelatine Company, serves on the GMA Board of Directors — one of the first women to serve on a large national board.

Claire Peters, the new managing director of Woolworths supermarkets, admits to feeling performance pressure, not because she's the first woman to run an Australian grocery chain but because she wants to make sure Woolworths keeps beating Coles.

• In 1984, when she was named athletic director at San Diego State University, Mary Alice Hill, 46, became the first woman to head the athletic department of a Division I school.

His father, Val, was the U.S. National Women's and Men's team coach, the National Technical Director of Canada, the National Technical Director of the USVBA, the author of one of the first books on volleyball, the author of the National Technical Journal, and traveled the world running coaching clinics for the IVBF (International Federation of Volleyball).

The founder and medical director of The Fertility Center of Las Vegas, the city's first, has amassed over three decades of experience in helping men and women navigate the complexities of what should be a simple equation: sperm plus egg equals baby.

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

The Baker Project is dedicated to Martha Baker, a lifelong advocate for women's rights and a founding director of Eleanor's Legacy, and to Constance Baker Motley, the first African - American woman elected to the New York State Senate.

If there's a singular face for diversity breakthroughs in the group, it doubtless belongs to Lisa Blunt Rochester, a former Delaware labor secretary and personnel director, who is going to become the first woman and first African - American to represent the state at the Capitol.

Cunningham, who thanks to her years of widely respected lobbying and consulting work in state politics is often referred to as the most powerful woman in Albany, first became known as a prominent labor strategist, serving as political director for the 1199 / SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the most politically potent union in the state (and perhaps the entire Northeast).

The first woman told CNN she was invited to visit his office in the early 2000s, when he was political director at ABC News, to have a soda, and said that while she was there with him he forcibly kissed her and pressed his genitals against her body.

At 8:30 a.m., NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray will deliver remarks at the launch event for UN Women's HeForShe Arts Event with actors Emma Watson and Forest Whitaker and Phumzile Mlambo - Ngcuka, Under - Secretary - General of the United Nations and executive director of UN Women, The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St., Manhattan.

A reader in the Hudson Valley tourism business forwarded an email from a colleague welcoming former First Lady Libby Pataki to her new job as Putnam County tourism director — an appointment that generated a brief moment of controversy, or, at the very least, consternation, on the part of the woman she replaced.

In 2002, she was head - hunted as director general and chief economic advisor at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills - the first woman to be appointed to the role.

«There was a noticeable slip in support from the first night to the second night of the survey, after more damaging news came out and the National Organization for Women called for the Governor to step down,» says Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

The political director of Emily's List, Jonathon Parker, noted in his endorsement statement on February 16, 2012, that Rosenblum's edge in the Democratic primary was that she gave voters the chance to elect the «first woman attorney general of Oregon.»

«The WNY Women's Foundation supports County Executive Poloncarz» Executive Order as a first step to elimination of the wage disparity between women and men with the goal of ensuring critical income to families living in poverty in WNY,» said Sheri Scavone, Executive Director of the WNY Women's FoundaWomen's Foundation supports County Executive Poloncarz» Executive Order as a first step to elimination of the wage disparity between women and men with the goal of ensuring critical income to families living in poverty in WNY,» said Sheri Scavone, Executive Director of the WNY Women's Foundawomen and men with the goal of ensuring critical income to families living in poverty in WNY,» said Sheri Scavone, Executive Director of the WNY Women's FoundaWomen's Foundation.

And although Zuber is not the first women to chair the board, NSF's press release touts her as part of the first all - female leadership team at the agency, joining NSF Director France Córdova and the board's new vice-chair, Diane Souvaine, a theoretical computer scientist and vice provost for research at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.

The lead researcher for the study, Professor Gita Mishra, Professor of Life Course Epidemiology and Director of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health at the University of Queensland, Australia, said: «If the findings from our study were incorporated into clinical guidelines for advising childless women from around the age of 35 years who had their first period aged 11 or younger, clinicians could gain valuable time to prepare these women for the possibility of premature or early menopWomen's Health at the University of Queensland, Australia, said: «If the findings from our study were incorporated into clinical guidelines for advising childless women from around the age of 35 years who had their first period aged 11 or younger, clinicians could gain valuable time to prepare these women for the possibility of premature or early menopwomen from around the age of 35 years who had their first period aged 11 or younger, clinicians could gain valuable time to prepare these women for the possibility of premature or early menopwomen for the possibility of premature or early menopause.

«Preeclampsia is a very important health problem for women around the world, but for many years no one has understood why or how it happens,» said Irina A. Buhimschi, MD, director of the Center for Perinatal Research in The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's and first author on the paper.

► «Engineer Jill Hruby was named director of the Sandia National Laboratories on Monday, becoming the first woman to head one of three U.S. government labs charged with developing and maintaining the country's nuclear arsenal,» Warren Cornwall wrote at ScienceInsider on Tuesday.

«Medication alone is totally insufficient,» said the study's first author, Edward L. Machtinger, MD, director of the Women's HIV Program at UCSF.

Alving, 65, is a hematologist who served as deputy and acting director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and also headed the Women's Health Initiative before she came to NCRR, first as acting director.

«We hope our findings reassure women with epilepsy and clinicians who are counseling these women on family planning,» says Jacqueline French, MD, professor of Neurology and Director of Translational Research and Clinical Trials at NYU Langone's Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, and the study's first author and co-principal investigator.

Ellen J. Bubrick, MD, has never shied from complexity — in fact, that's what drew the Brigham and Women's Hospital researcher and epilepsy surgery program director to neurology in the first place.

BSEs as you age For premenopausal women, «the easiest day to remember to do a BSE is the first day of your cycle, when you get your period,» suggests Julia A. Smith, MD, director of the NYU Cancer Institute's breast cancer screening and prevention program and director of the Lynne Cohen breast cancer preventive care program at NYU in New York City.

«This is Alex Wang's take on the 80's power woman, when we first saw female empowerment in the office,» Redken Global Creative Director Guido Palau said this about the look.

«This is the first molecular - targeted and first anti-angiogenesis therapy to demonstrate benefit in this population and, combined with chemotherapy followed by [Avastin] maintenance, should be considered as one standard option for women with this disease,» said lead researcher Dr. Robert A. Burger, director of the Women's Cancer Center at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelwomen with this disease,» said lead researcher Dr. Robert A. Burger, director of the Women's Cancer Center at Fox Chase Cancer Center in PhiladelWomen's Cancer Center at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia.