In 2007, Rodolphe Barrangou,
a former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Caribou Biosciences and current scientific advisor, led the group that characterized CRISPR systems as a form of prokaryotic adaptive immunity that provides a critical line of defense against invading phages, plasmids, and environmental nucleic acids.
Gabriel de Peyer is a co-founder of Best Friends Animal Society and
the former chairman of its board of directors.
Mr. Gural is a member of the Board of Directors of The Real Estate Board of New York; President of the New York Chapter of The Starlight Children's Foundation; Chairman of «I Have a Dream Foundation — NY» and Co-Sponsor of the Chelsea - Elliot «I Have a Dream» Project;
former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Times Square Alliance; member of the Board of Trustees of Cooper Union; member of the Board of Trustees of The New School; Chair of the Board of Governors for Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts; Chairman of the Board of Directors for Alliance of Resident Theatres / New York; Vice President of The Broadway Association; member of the Board of Directors of the Museum at Eldridge Street; member of the Board of Directors of the Statue of Liberty Foundation; member of the Board of the Settlement Housing Fund; member of the Board of Directors of New York City Outward Bound; member of the NYC Board of Directors for the March of Dimes and President of The Realty Foundation of New York.
Not exact matches
Other members
of Dropbox's
board of directors include
former U.S. Secretary
of State Condoleezza Rice and Paul Jacobs, the executive
chairman and
former CEO
of Qualcomm.
His philanthropic service includes founding and serving as
former chairman and current
board member
of the Robin Hood Foundation,
director of JUST Capital Foundation, as well as current advisory,
chairman,
director and trustee roles with a number
of not - for - profit, educational and other charitable organizations.
Former Bunnings managing director John Gillam has been named as the incoming chairman of building products company CSR while Macmahon Holdings has bolstered its board by recruiting former Alcoa executive Kim
Former Bunnings managing
director John Gillam has been named as the incoming
chairman of building products company CSR while Macmahon Holdings has bolstered its
board by recruiting
former Alcoa executive Kim
former Alcoa executive Kim Horne.
Former Bunnings managing director John Gillam has been named as the incoming chairman of building products company CSR while Macmahon Holdings has bolstered its board by recruiting former Alcoa of Australia executive Kim
Former Bunnings managing
director John Gillam has been named as the incoming
chairman of building products company CSR while Macmahon Holdings has bolstered its
board by recruiting
former Alcoa of Australia executive Kim
former Alcoa
of Australia executive Kim Horne.
It's worth noting the team that brought the company to this point are all still on
board: founder Michel Laberge is chief scientist (and will be recounting some
of his adventures in fusion research at the upcoming TED conference in Vancouver in March);
former CEO Doug Richardson is chief technology officer, in charge
of the research team; and
former chairman Michael Brown remains a
director.
«We do believe the current governance structure, with Jamie Dimon serving as both
chairman and CEO, and an independent minded
board, has served the shareholders well and is right for the company at this time,» said Lee Raymond, JPMorgan Chase's presiding
director and the
former CEO
of Exxon Mobil.
Former Fortescue Metals Group chief financial officer and
director Chris Catlow has joined Subiaco - based Triton Minerals as its new
chairman, with Alan Jenks stepping down from the head
of the
board to take on a
director role today.
The 12 - year old scandal over the Australian Wheat
Board's payments to the government
of Iraq has moved closer to final resolution, with its
former chairman Trevor Flugge convicted today
of breaching his duties as a
director but cleared
of more serious charges concerning his knowledge
of the payments.
The
board of directors boasts
former SEC
chairman Arthur Levitt and
former Boston Consulting Group
chairman Carl Stern.
On Tuesday, the Liberals announced the appointment
of three new
directors, and named Michael Goldbloom, an academic and
former journalist, as
chairman of the
board.
The
board of directors also announced that Renee James, the
former chairman of Intel's software subsidiaries, will assume the role as president
of the chip maker also beginning on May 16.
Eric Ries, Entrepreneur & Author, The Lean Startup Justin Rosenstein, Co-Founder, Asana Alec Ross, Author, The Industries
of the Future Javier Saade, Venture Capitalist;
Former Associate Administrator, SBA Chris Sacca, Founder /
Chairman, Lowercase Capital Dave Samuel, Co-Founder, Freestyle Capital Julie Samuels, Executive
Director, Tech: NYC Reshma Saujani, Founder, Girls Who Code Chris Schroeder, Venture Investor; Author, Startup Rising Jake Schwartz, Co - Founder / CEO, General Assembly Robert Scoble, Entrepreneur in Residence and Futurist, Upload VR Kim Malone Scott, CEO, Candor, Inc;
Former Director, Google Tina Sharkey, Partner, Sherpa Foundry & Sherpa Capital Clara Shih, Co - Founder / CEO, Hearsay Social Shivani Siroya, Founder / CEO, InVenture Steve Smith, Executive
Director, Public Policy Institute, Government Relations & Telecommunications Project, Rainbow PUSH Coalition Jonathan Spalter, Chair, Mobile Future DeShuna Spencer, CEO, kweliTV Katie Stanton, CMO, Color Genomics;
Former VP
of Global Media, Twitter Jenny Stefanotti, Co-Founder, OneProject;
Board of Directors, Ushahidi Debby Sterling, Founder / CEO, Goldiblox Seth Sternberg, Co - Founder / CEO, Honor Margaret Stewart, Vice President
of Product Design, Facebook Jeremy Stoppelman, CEO, Yelp Michael Stoppelman, SVP, Engineering, Yelp Baratunde Thurston,
Former supervising producer, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah; Co-Founder, Cultivated Wit Stephanie Tilenius, Founder / CEO, Vida Health;
Board of Directors, Seagate Technology Richard D. Titus, Entrepreneur; SVP, Samsung Anne Toth, VP
of Policy & Compliance, Slack Bill Trenchard, Partner, First Round Capital April Underwood, VP
of Product, Slack Max Ventilla, Founder / CEO, AltSchool Tabreez Verjee, Co - Founder / Partner Uprising;
Board Director Kiva.org Jimmy Wales, Founder
of Wikipedia Hunter Walk, Partner, Homebrew VC;
Former Director of Product Management, Google Tristan Walker, Founder / CEO, Walker & Company Brands, Inc.; Founder /
Chairman, Code 2040 Ari Wallach, CEO, Synthesis Corp..
Mark Lloyd, Professor
of Communication, University
of Southern California — Annenberg School Luther Lowe, VP
of Public Policy, Yelp Nancy Lublin, Founder / CEO, Crisis Text Line Kanyi Maqubela, Partner, Collaborative Fund Jonathan Matus, Founder / CEO, Zendrive Josh McFarland, Vice President
of Product, Twitter Andrew McLaughlin, Head
of New Business, Medium; Venture Partner, betaworks Shishir Mehrotra, Entrepreneur &
former VP
of Product & Engineering, YouTube Apoorva Mehta, Founder / CEO, Instacart Doug Merritt, CEO, Splunk Dinesh Moorjani, Founder / CEO, Hatch Labs; Co-Founder, Tinder Brit Morin, Founder / CEO, Brit + Co Dave Morin, Entrepreneur; Partner, Slow Ventures Dustin Moskovitz, Co-Founder, Asana; Co-Founder, Facebook Amanda Moskowitz, Founder / CEO, Stacklist Alex Nogales, President / CEO, National Hispanic Media Coalition Alexis Ohanian, Co-Founder, Reddit Mike Olson, Founder /
Chairman / CSO, Cloudera Pierre Omidyar, Founder, eBay Felix W. Ortiz III, Founder /
Chairman / CEO, Viridis;
Board Member
of The NYC Technology Development Corporation Jen Pahlka, Founder / Executive
Director, Code for America Barney Pell, Founder Powerset, MoonExpress, Locomobi; Founding Trustee, Singularity University Mark Pincus, Executive
Chairman and Founder, Zynga Shervin Pishevar, Co - Founder / Managing
Director, Sherpa Capital and Co - Founder / Executive
Chairman of Hyperloop One Brandon Pollack,
Director of Global Affairs, 1776 Amy Rao, Founder / CEO, Integrated Archive Systems, Inc..
On Deck's
board of directors includes experienced investors and financial services executives, including James D. Robinson III, the
former chairman and CEO
of American Express Company and currently a general partner at RRE Ventures.
Wells Fargo's
former CEO, Richard Kovacevich, currently serves as
chairman of the Company's
Board of Directors.
One area where Carrick was instrumental was in building our
board of directors, including playing an important role in the recent addition
of former Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Mary Schapiro.
The new appointees join the following existing
board members: • Gordon Nixon (Chair),
former CEO, RBC • The Hon. John Manley (Vice Chair), President and CEO, Canadian Council
of Chief Executives • Elyse Allan, CEO, GE Canada and Vice-President, GE • Elaine Campbell, Past President, AstraZeneca Canada • Derek Evans, President, CEO and
Director, Pengrowth Energy Corporation • Richard W. Ivey,
Chairman, Ivest Properties Limited • Geoffrey Matus, President, Mandukwe Inc. • Michael McCain, President and CEO, Maple Leaf Foods Inc. • Meric Gertler, President, University
of Toronto • Calvin Stiller, Professor Emeritus, University
of Western Ontario, and health executive • Ilse Treurnicht, CEO, MaRS Discovery District
AMP
directors try to save their jobs: News that the AMP
board failed to consider
former CEO Andrew Mohl for the
chairman role in 2016 has sparked outrage among investors ahead
of next week's AGM.
In addition, he is a
former member
of the
Board of Directors and
Chairman of The Endowment Committee for the Center for Creative Studies and
Chairman of the Investment Committee
of the Cranbrook Educational Community.
Mitch is a past
Chairman of the
Board of Directors of the Canadian Marketing Association and a
former Board Member
of the Interactive Advertising Bureau
of Canada.
Eric Ries, Entrepreneur & Author, The Lean Startup Justin Rosenstein, Co-Founder, Asana Alec Ross, Author, The Industries
of the Future Javier Saade, Venture Capitalist;
Former Associate Administrator, SBA Chris Sacca, Founder /
Chairman, Lowercase Capital Dave Samuel, Co-Founder, Freestyle Capital Julie Samuels, Executive
Director, Tech: NYC Reshma Saujani, Founder, Girls Who Code Chris Schroeder, Venture Investor; Author, Startup Rising Jake Schwartz, Co - Founder / CEO, General Assembly Robert Scoble, Entrepreneur in Residence and Futurist, Upload VR Kim Malone Scott, CEO, Candor, Inc;
Former Director, Google Tina Sharkey, Partner, Sherpa Foundry & Sherpa Capital Clara Shih, Co - Founder / CEO, Hearsay Social Shivani Siroya, Founder / CEO, InVenture Steve Smith, Executive
Director, Public Policy Institute, Government Relations & Telecommunications Project, Rainbow PUSH Coalition Jonathan Spalter, Chair, Mobile Future DeShuna Spencer, CEO, kweliTV Katie Stanton, CMO, Color Genomics;
Former VP
of Global Media, Twitter Jenny Stefanotti, Co-Founder, OneProject;
Board of Directors, Ushahidi Debbie Sterling, Founder / CEO, Goldiblox Seth Sternberg, Co - Founder / CEO, Honor Margaret Stewart, Vice President
of Product Design, Facebook Jeremy Stoppelman, CEO, Yelp Michael Stoppelman, SVP, Engineering, Yelp Baratunde Thurston,
Former supervising producer, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah; Co-Founder, Cultivated Wit Stephanie Tilenius, Founder / CEO, Vida Health;
Board of Directors, Seagate Technology Richard D. Titus, Entrepreneur; SVP, Samsung Anne Toth, VP
of Policy & Compliance, Slack Bill Trenchard, Partner, First Round Capital April Underwood, VP
of Product, Slack Max Ventilla, Founder / CEO, AltSchool Tabreez Verjee, Co - Founder / Partner Uprising;
Board Director Kiva.org Jimmy Wales, Founder
of Wikipedia Hunter Walk, Partner, Homebrew VC;
Former Director of Product Management, Google Tristan Walker, Founder / CEO, Walker & Company Brands, Inc.; Founder /
Chairman, Code 2040 Ari Wallach, CEO, Synthesis Corp..
Mr. Angus is the
former chairman of the
board of B.C. Sugar Refinery Ltd.; he was a
director of First Quantum Minerals until June, 2005, a
director of Canico Resources Corp. until its takeover by CVRD in 2005, and a
director of Bema Gold until its takeover by Kinross Gold in 2007.
In a letter to shareholders, the independent
board members said
former director Martin Franklin sought a meeting to be elected
chairman and was denied by a «significant majority»
of the
board before resigning in late January.
On the other hand, she served as a
director of the New York Federal Reserve
Board from 2003 to 2005, where she worked with people like
former Citigroup
Chairman Sandy Weill and ex-Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld.
He was formerly
Chairman of Clearview Wealth Limited and Coats Plc, a
former executive
director of Whitlam, Turnbull & Co and Guinness Peat Group plc and sat on the
board of Westfield Holdings Limited and a number
of other public companies.
Tamara Vrooman, President & CEO, Vancity; Wab Kinew, MLA - Fort Rouge, MB; Pramila Jayapal, Washington State Legislator and candidate for U.S. Congress; Ross Beaty, Executive
Chairman, Alterra Power Corp; Janet Austin, CEO, YWCA Metro Vancouver, and
former Chair, Greater Vancouver
Board of Trade; Irene Lanzinger, President, BC Federation
of Labour; Michael Tippett, CEO and founder, Wantoo; Tzeporah Berman, Adjunct Professor, York University Faculty
of Environmental Studies; Prem Gill, CEO, Creative BC; Josha McNabb, Regional
Director BC, Pembina Institute; Val Napoleon, Professor
of Aboriginal Justice and Governance, UVic; and Heather Tremain, CEO, Options for Homes, among others.
Coinciding with the Series A raise, itBit has expanded its
Board of Directors with the additions
of Senator Bill Bradley,
former FDIC
Chairman Sheila C. Bair and
former FASB
Chairman Robert H. Herz.
Mr. Stanton was
Chairman of the
Board of Directors of T - Mobile USA Inc., formerly Voicestream, a
former subsidiary
of Western Wireless, from 1994 to 2004 and was Chief Executive Officer
of T - Mobile USA from February 1998 to March 2003.
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
The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) Hall
of Achievement Award was presented last night to two
former GMA
Board of Directors Chairmen, Douglas R. Conant,
former Campbell Soup Company president and CEO and Richard G. Wolford,
former chairman, president and CEO
of Del Monte Foods, before more than 800 industry leaders at the annual GMA Executive Conference.
Hannigan's wife, Deborah, the
former COO, is
chairman of the
board of directors.
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
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
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
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
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
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
Former Secretary, U.S. Department
of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister
of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic
of South Africa
The party raised concerns over the inclusion
of Dr Nii Narku Quaynor, a renowned computer scientist,
Chairman of the National Information Technology Agency (NITA)
Board of Directors, who's a known member
of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and His Lordship Justice VCRAC Crabbe, a
former Justice
of the Supreme Court who had earlier publicly stated that there was no need for a new voters register to be compiled.
Alan Chambers also talked about his wife and kids, as did Joe Dallas (founder
of Genesis Counseling and
former Exodus
board chairman) and John Smid (executive
director of Love In Action and Exodus
board vice-
chairman).
From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations
of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement
of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government
of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery
of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision
of the
Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head
of Service
of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the
former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief
of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief
of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe
of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart
of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister
of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback
of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister
of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement
of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief
of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the
Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions
of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education
Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor
of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief
of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one
of the brains behind the reinstatement
of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister
of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor
of Rivers State.
During the presentation, panel
chairman Richard Halverson, a
former assistant deputy
director of the New York City Financial Control
Board, said the main cause
of the county's deficit is the economic downturn, which created slumping sales tax revenue.
He's also a
former chairman of the New York Racing Association's
board of directors.
Peggy Jeffries, Fort Smith -
Former Arkansas State Senator, served from 1996 to 2000; Arkansas contact for Eagle Forum, former Arkansas RNC Committeewoman Bishop Robert Smith, Little Rock - Founder of Total Outreach for Christ Ministries, Inc. and Word of Outreach Christian Center Tami Greever, Little Rock - Executive director of Team Coleman, which is focused on electing conservative, constitutional candidates statewide Luke Helms, Russellville - Students for Cruz Arkansas Diana Harton, Monticello - Chairwomen Drew County Republicans, President of Arkansas Republican County Chairman's Association Hunter Ray, Benton - Board Member of Arkansas for Education Freedom, Board Member of Arkansas Against Common Core Mark Shaffer, Van Buren - Crawford County Republican Party Chairman Neil White, Sebastian County - Veteran and business exe
Former Arkansas State Senator, served from 1996 to 2000; Arkansas contact for Eagle Forum,
former Arkansas RNC Committeewoman Bishop Robert Smith, Little Rock - Founder of Total Outreach for Christ Ministries, Inc. and Word of Outreach Christian Center Tami Greever, Little Rock - Executive director of Team Coleman, which is focused on electing conservative, constitutional candidates statewide Luke Helms, Russellville - Students for Cruz Arkansas Diana Harton, Monticello - Chairwomen Drew County Republicans, President of Arkansas Republican County Chairman's Association Hunter Ray, Benton - Board Member of Arkansas for Education Freedom, Board Member of Arkansas Against Common Core Mark Shaffer, Van Buren - Crawford County Republican Party Chairman Neil White, Sebastian County - Veteran and business exe
former Arkansas RNC Committeewoman Bishop Robert Smith, Little Rock - Founder
of Total Outreach for Christ Ministries, Inc. and Word
of Outreach Christian Center Tami Greever, Little Rock - Executive
director of Team Coleman, which is focused on electing conservative, constitutional candidates statewide Luke Helms, Russellville - Students for Cruz Arkansas Diana Harton, Monticello - Chairwomen Drew County Republicans, President
of Arkansas Republican County
Chairman's Association Hunter Ray, Benton -
Board Member
of Arkansas for Education Freedom,
Board Member
of Arkansas Against Common Core Mark Shaffer, Van Buren - Crawford County Republican Party
Chairman Neil White, Sebastian County - Veteran and business executive
So did the panel chairs and their discussants: Prof. W. Alade Fawole (Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ife), Kanmi Ademiluyi (
former Editorial
Board Chairman, Daily Independent) and Dr. Akin Akande (OAU)-- a last - minute stand - in for Kayode Komolafe, deputy managing
director of This Day, who could not make the session for some personal challenges; and their panels: Dr. Bisi Olawunmi (Bowen University, Iwo), Dr. Harry Olufunwa (Federal University, Oye - Ekiti), Sanya Oni (Editorial Page Editor, The Nation), Dr. Emmanuel Oladesu (Political Editor, The Nation), Ismail Omipidan (Political Editor, Sun) and Sulaiman Salawudeen (Ekiti correspondent, New Telegraph).
Cuomo has named
former New York City budget
director Adam Barsky as
chairman of the NIFA, but the state oversight
board will soon be down another member.
The
director of the NYC Civilian Complaint Review
Board has dropped her lawsuit alleging that the agency's
former chairman, Richard Emery, called her and a co-worker «p — ies.»
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has named
former New York City budget
director Adam Barsky as
chairman of the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, but the state oversight
board will soon be down another member.
Wehner is the
former executive
director of the state Insurance Fund and
chairman of the Workers Compensation
board.
Syracuse Housing Authority
board of directors meet at their office - 516 Burt St.
Former Syracuse corporation counsel Juanita Perez Williams (right) and the
chairman Maria Revelles (left) talk with the media last year.
After sidestepping press inquiries and making a last - minute changes to its agenda, the Erie County Water Authority
board Thursday morning unanimously appointed its
former chairman, Earl L. Jann Jr., as executive
director at a salary
of more than $ 145,000.
The disagreement stems from big differences in the perception
of risks and benefits among many developed and developing countries, says David Heymann,
chairman of the
board of UK Health Protection Agency, and
former Assistant
Director - General for Health Security and Environment at the WHO, where he also oversaw efforts to eradicate polio.
The investigation was led by Kjell Asplund, professor emeritus in medicine at Umeå University in Sweden,
chairman of the Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics in Stockholm, and
former director general
of the Swedish National
Board of Health and Welfare, also in Stockholm.