Sentences with phrase «key initiatives at»

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I recommend a small one for every startup, starting at inception, prior to a major investor or key business scaling initiative.

Throughout his career, Paul has been a key contributor to Delta's strategies and has been instrumental in a number of initiatives, including the purchase of the Trainer refinery from ConocoPhillips; the balance - sheet initiatives that have resulted in nearly $ 7 billion in debt reduction; the structuring of $ 1.8 billion in revolving credit facilities, the expansion of the T - 4 facility at JFK and the recently announced capital allocation strategy.

Fortune got an early look at the radical initiative and spoke with some of the key players backing it, including Novartis chief Joe Jimenez.

Alongside with the Davos summit and the gathering of 2500 international leaders another but much smaller initiative may have the key — or at least point in the direction where it might be found.

Prior to founding 8th Wall, he worked at both Facebook and Google as an engineering manager and senior staff software engineer respectively, leading the initiatives behind a number of key projects on Google Images and Google Photos.

The Council's key initiatives are aimed at addressing present and future challenges facing the federation, in order to better meet the changing needs of Canadians.

At Thomson Reuters, she held roles as the Global Head Deployed Solutions as well as Director of Business Value Delivery, where she ensured the development team's efforts were focused on key strategic initiatives.

As Senator, Santorum was one of President Bush's key Republican allies in securing congressional funding for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Bush's signature initiative aimed at combating HIV / AIDS in Africa.

Interventions in urban - fringe and rural stores targeting the shelf space of healthy foods and the placement of soft drinks at key displays may be useful obesity prevention initiatives.

To ensure the quality and safety of our beef we select premium Northwest cattle and have received key food safety certifications through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Global Food Safety initiative (GFSI) which recognizes food safety practices at the highest level.

Paul Graham, Managing Director at Britvic, talks to us about their initiatives to reduce calories per serve by 20 % by 2020, together with insight into how consumer demand is driving innovation within key soft drink categories.

Partnerships for Coffee Sustainability March 16, 2018, 4:30 - 5:30 PM CST - New Orleans, Louisiana, United States - Sheraton Hotel, Bayside C (4th Floor) We will be hosting a side event at the National Coffee Association Annual Convention, bringing together key coffee industry stakeholders to discuss certification and beyond and showcase collaborative initiatives.

Another multi-stakeholder initiative known as ReFED has recently released an important piece of analysis, which demonstrates the cost effectiveness of 27 key technical interventions in food waste reduction, recovery, and recycling, and which serves as a data - driven guide for businesses, government, funders, and nonprofits to collectively reduce food waste at scale.

For eight years she has been a committed member of the DC Infant Mortality Review Committee and served as a key advisor for the Committee's Stronger Together campaign, an initiative aimed at reducing infant mortality and premature birth.

In conjunction with state and national leadership, we have developed a well designed strategic plan to advance third party reimbursement initiatives in the State of Wisconsin that will implement diverse pilot programs at key locations around the state.

This new forum will give CIHT's Young Professionals the opportunity to come together to discuss key issues and initiatives and make a positive contribution to the work of the Institution at a national level.

Mr. Speaker, the 2018 - 2021 Budget is informed by the President's Coordinated Programme for Economic and Social Development Policies which aims at creating a conducive environment for the private sector to thrive, propel growth and create employment opportunies, especially for the youth.In this regard, Government's policy objectives for the medium term will aim at: • Stabilizing the economy and setting it on a path of sustained, diversified and resilient growth; • Optimizing the key sources of growth in the economy on sustainable basis; • Enhancing a competitive and enabling business environment for private sector - led growth; • Formalizing the informal sector; • Building a strong and resilient economy able to withstand internal and external shocks; • Promoting agro-industrial enterprises as the basis for the «One District, One Factory» initiative; and • Creating entrepreneurial and employment opportunities, especially for the youth.

Key partners include: Greater Buffalo - Niagara Regional Transportation Council (GBNRTC), Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA), New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT); Erie County, Niagara County, City of Buffalo, City of Niagara Falls, Association of Erie County Governments, Niagara County Supervisors Association, University at Buffalo Regional Institute and Urban Design Project (UBRI / UDP), Daemen College Center for Sustainable Communities and Civic Engagement (CSCCE), VOICE Buffalo, Local Initiatives Support Corporation Buffalo (LISC), Western New York Environmental Alliance (WNYEA), Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper, The John R. Oishei Foundation, Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (BNMC), Belmont Housing Resources for WNY, Inc. (Belmont), Buffalo Niagara Partnership (BNP), Empire State Development, New York State Department of State, Division of Smart Growth, Niagara County Department of Social Services, and Niagara Falls Housing Authority.

He said Ghana has moved up five places in the Africa competitive skill which looks among other places at how open economies are to international trade, adding that the national single window initiative is one of the key component that has helped Ghana to achieve this improvement.

Jeffries called for the Democratic National Committee to give Gov. Andrew Cuomo a chance to address the nation at its convention in July, despite an escalating Justice Department investigation into one of the governor's key economic development initiatives and one of his closest aides.

In a video showed at the W.F.P. convention last night, Cuomo expressed support for a number of key progressive initiatives, like allowing municipalities to raise their minimum wage, an issue he balked at previously.

The administration had simultaneously ordered state agencies to sever contacts with lobbyist Todd Howe, who had worked under Cuomo during his time at the U.S. Department of Housing and urban Development during the 1990s and who had maintained an office at the SUNY Polytechnic campus, a key player in the Buffalo Billion initiative.

The Bawku Central Member of Parliament, Mahama Ayariga, has sued the Akufo - Addo administration at the Supreme Court over the implementation of some of its key initiatives such as the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP), Free Senior High School, Planting for Food and Jobs as well as the operations of existing agencies like the Microfinance and Small Loans Center (MASLOC)...

Mayor Bill de Blasio slapped back at city Comptroller Scott Stringer — the man discontented business interests hope to recruit to challenge him in next year's Democratic primary — for his critiques yesterday of the mayor's key initiatives to combat income inequality, including of his signature affordable housing plan.

The NUAIR Alliance, which operates and manages the UAS test site at Griffiss International Airport in Rome is a «key partner» in this initiative, the lawmakers said.

ALBANY — On top of higher - profile disagreements over education and tax policy, legislators threw several darts at Governor Andrew Cuomo in the one - house budget resolutions they adopted last week by de-funding key administration initiatives.

The Bawku Central Member of Parliament, Mahama Ayariga, has sued the Akufo - Addo administration at the Supreme Court over the implementation of some of its key initiatives such as the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP), Free Senior High School, Planting for Food and Jobs, the Microfinance and Small Loans Center (MASLOC) and others.

The Bawku Central Member of Parliament, Mahama Ayariga, has sued the Akufo - Addo administration at the Supreme Court over the implementation of some of its key initiatives such as the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP), Free Senior High School, Planting for Food and Jobs as well as the operations of existing agencies like the Microfinance and Small Loans Center (MASLOC) and others.

Gianni Cesareni — who has a hybrid computational and experimental lab at the University of Rome Tor Vergata and is part of the ENFIN initiative — believes that balance is key: «At the level of Ph.D., you need some specialist expertise, but you also need some interdisciplinary exposure.&raquat the University of Rome Tor Vergata and is part of the ENFIN initiative — believes that balance is key: «At the level of Ph.D., you need some specialist expertise, but you also need some interdisciplinary exposure.&raquAt the level of Ph.D., you need some specialist expertise, but you also need some interdisciplinary exposure.»

«The key opinion leaders in our state saw a couple of factors coming together,» when they created the CBIF, said Margaret Cartiera, director of bioscience initiatives at Connecticut Innovations.

She was a divorced mom of three with few employment prospects who talked her way into a job at a law firm, began an investigation on her own initiative and played a key role in a pollution suit that cost Pacific Gas & Electric a $ 333 million settlement.

In addition to funding the creation of new projects highlighting the work of global change - makers addressing the world's most pressing problems, the initiative brings together leaders in both independent filmmaking and social entrepreneurship at key gatherings globally, including the Skoll World Forum (SWF), the Sundance Film Festival, and intensive workshops at the Sundance Resort.

John, what are the key initiatives of the education ministry at present?

Mario Piacentini, lead OECD analyst on this initiative, said that «with this cognitive test, we are really trying to look at how 15 - year - olds can process critically information on key sustainability issues that matter for the world at large and for their own life.

In 2001, overwhelming bipartisan majorities in both houses of Congress passed NCLB, a key initiative of the George W. Bush administration at a time when partisanship had been suppressed by the 9/11 tragedy.

HL: The four key projects were, we decided to work within umbrellas of existing spaces [at the school] that had so much untapped potential, but the actual design of the products within those projects were the kids» initiative.

Other panellists included representatives from SEGA and Warwickshire County Council, who were also announced at the event as key sponsors for the initiative, which aims to empower schools to deliver an enriched computing curriculum.

Mathematica's evaluation examined the implementation, key challenges, and promising strategies of initiatives that supported the strategic use of education data at the state and district levels.

Perhaps the single greatest challenge at this point is finding time to train and equip staff to support key initiatives such as improving attendance.

In introducing stakeholders to the topic at the July 2016 meeting, TEA identified as a key guiding principal that local development and implementation of local educator equity plans is a valuable process that integrates with local district's existing initiatives, procedures and programs (such as teacher recruitment, development and retention initiatives).

A House appropriations subcommittee voted along straight party lines to maintain funding for key K — 12 education programs at current levels while completely eliminating three of the Obama administration's signature reform initiatives.

Prior to her role at AIR, Jimenez served as a special assistant in the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education, where she advised on policy for key K - 12 education programs and initiatives, including the Title I program; Elementary and Secondary Education Act flexibility; School Improvement Grants; and programs that serve American Indian, Alaska Native, and homeless children.

Prior to joining CAP, Sargrad served as the deputy assistant secretary for policy and strategic initiatives in the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education, where he had the primary responsibility for key K - 12 education programs and initiatives, including the Title I program, Elementary and Secondary Education Act flexibility, and School Improvement Grants.

Collegial work groups (e.g., grade level teams, school improvement teams), sharing of expertise, networking of teachers and principals across schools, cross-role leadership and school improvement teams at school and district levels — all these and many other configurations of professional educators collaborating with one another on student achievement - focused district reform initiatives are indicative of a common emphasis on teamwork and professional community as one of the keys to continuous improvement.

Another key administration initiative, the Investing in Innovation Fund, which received $ 650 million under the recovery act, was also extended, albeit not at the level the administration wanted.

The elevator pitch will briefly highlight key trends, research, strategies, and assessment models specifically aimed at promoting social - emotional learning and positive school culture and climate initiatives at their respective schools.

Andrew Savikas, the vice president O'Reilly Media, has worked on several key publishing technology initiatives at O'Reilly, including the design and deployment of an open - standards - based XML content distribution platform.

A degree in journalism produces graduates with the three key elements that employers want, according to Professor Richard Sambrook, director of the Centre for Journalism at Cardiff University: initiative, training in how to write a story according to media law and ethics, and fluency in social media.

Surpassed the half - way point in our $ 200 million fundraising campaign that supports the purchase of key equipment and medical research initiatives at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), including the purchase of donor - funded, state - of - the - art equipment like the da Vinci surgical robot

At Insurance & Estates we believe education is key to understanding, and initiative is key to planning.