Sentences with phrase «leading a program which»

Kelley is currently leading a program which empowers young people in Port Arthur, Texas to tell the stories of communities fighting industrial pollution and become champions of their own health and environmental rights by producing and performing a play.

Together with the Foundation, Brown is leading a program which protects Tasmania's Tarkine Wilderness from a renewed push for mining in the region and lay the groundwork for its permanent protection as a national park, to be managed by Aboriginal leaders.

Together with Eco-Accord, Speranskaya is now leading a program which builds grassroots support for the ratification and implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, where mercury pollution from decommissioned industrial plants pose serious health hazards.

Together with Bali Fokus, Ismawati is currently leading a program which trains health workers and women in Indonesia's artisanal and small - scale gold mining hotspots to reduce the community's risk of exposure to mercury — a metal used in gold extraction — and identify early symptoms of mercury poisoning.

We are fortunate to have one of the premier Real Estate Sales Coach, Rob Vivian leading this program which is exclusive to Century 21 Leading Edge Realty.

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The animosity, which the Wall Street titan saw fueling the possibility of a U.S. - China war, led him to double down on his new immersive scholarship program, Schwarzman Scholars, which he funded with a $ 100 million donation.

The asymmetry of prospective rate moves in different parts of the curve with short rates at the zero lower bound, explicit forward guidance about future policy decisions and massive asset purchase programs may result in a higher likelihood of one - sided markets, which may in turn impair liquidity, or at least lead one to conclude from liquidity indicators that markets have become more illiquid.

But its proposed merger with Marriott — which would create the world's largest hotel chain, with 5,500 locations — led Starwood loyalists to clutch their do not disturb signs, thanks to Marriott's stingier loyalty program and lesser customer - service reputation.

There's no longer any question that an education which equips a new graduate with the tools and technologies that it takes to join today's tech - and - data - centric workforce is far more likely to lead to solid earnings and long - term employment in our digital global economy than an expensive, traditional 4 - year program.

He was also the National Economic Council lead for the White House «Smart Cities» program, which aims to infuse new technology in U.S. cities.

This obsession with metrics has led to initiatives like affirmative action hiring programs set up by some of the biggest names in tech, which, unfortunately, have failed to perform as hoped.

If you're considering getting more education, the U.S. Department of Labor has helpful information, including which master's degrees pay off best, certificate programs that lead to good jobs and data on the fastest - growing occupations.

The program, which allowed employees to spend one day a week on creative side projects, led to the creation of signature Google products like Gmail and AdSense.

The recipient of several Bronze Stars and Service Medals (among other awards), Dunbar had to leave his UCLA EMBA program for a time so he could lead special forces operations inside Afghanistan, which included (in Dunbar's words) «11 different battalions, from 7 different countries, 13 different governmental and non-governmental agencies with over 6,000 personnel with no positional authority over the networked organization.»

This would bring about a more sensible alignment in the costs and benefits of the programs, which should lead to a more efficient use of resources.

The company's Wednesday earnings release, in which Cisco announced a $ 25 billion increase in its stock buyback program and a dividend boost of 14 %, helped lead to a 6.7 % jump in its stock price in after - hours trading.

First, the company earned a spot on Capterra's list of the five most popular membership management software programs, which resulted in a 40 % increase in inbound leads.

That program, which Tan estimates has served as many as 500 Googlers, led to his current role as Google's head of personal growth.

Often quoted in the press, Dr. Saxon was recently profiled on Dr. Sanjay Gupta's CNN program «The Next List,» which profiles leading innovators.

Ms. Werneck joined Heinz in July of 2013 and led Heinz's talent development and the Integrated Management System, which includes the Management by Objectives (MBO) Program.

The company's leading program is MIN - 102, which has multiple CNS indications beyond X-ALD.

With almost 20 years of experience in shareholder advocacy, Jonas is responsible for leading and coordinating Trillium's extensive advocacy program, which works to engage companies on their environmental and social performance.

So, for example, I would argue that in the early stages of reform, especially in countries that have suffered many years of terrible economies and weak investment, crony capitalism can be consistent with high levels of growth because the kinds of programs that lead to growth — mostly massive investment programs in countries in which capital stock is excessively low — benefit the elites directly.

The American Heart Association has been leading the charge to get companies to adopt a Comprehensive Workplace Wellness Program, which is designed to reduce employee stress and inactivity, and encourage better eating habits.

This led to an equivalent reduction in program spending, which became the single, most important «restraint «measure in the budget.

These programs have set us apart from more traditional business organizations, and have led to a surge in new Members under the age of 35 — 60 per cent of which have been women.»

That realization led to his restarting an apprenticeship program, which he pitches as an alternative to college — especially at a time when the cost of higher education looks increasingly to be a bad deal.

In part one of this wide ranging interview, originally broadcast on the Pacifica program Guns and Butter, Hudson explains how the parasitic dominance of the financial sector has led to the creation of a completely fictitious U.S. economy which creates nothing, but is exclusively devoted to extracting wealth from the rest of us.

The project included identifying companies, like American Express, that demonstrate a strong and genuine commitment to diversity, interviewing leading diversity experts, including Bernard Anderson, Wharton practice professor of management, on the characteristics of an effective diversity program, and looking at which companies are doing the best at meeting certain standards and why.

«The large increase in the deficit will inevitably lead to calls for greater spending cuts, which are likely to include dramatic cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and other important programs serving older Americans,» the AARP said.

Understanding this, Corporate Knights set out nine years ago to highlight which programs are leading the pack within Canada.

I am fortunate to currently live in Pasco County, Florida which, as a leading participant in the Tampa Bay Advanced Manufacturing Skills Initiative, has recently established a world class, internationally recognized German / European apprenticeship program in cooperation with local companies and educational institutions.

Pfeiffer's interests and expertise led him to the unique 16 - month sustainable energy program which draws about 30 students each year.

Previous investors were led by Grand Challenges Canada, funded by the Government of Canada, which provided $ 1 million through a Transition to Scale investment and helped catalyze matching investments from a wide range of sources including Maple Leaf Angels, MaRS Innovation, the University of Toronto's Connaught Seed Fund, the Government of Canada through the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC - IRAP) and the Scientific Research and Experimental Development Tax Incentive Program (SR&ED), and the Government of Ontario through investment by Ontario Centres of Excellence and support by MaRS Discovery District and ventureLAB / Genesis.

We rely too heavily on technology and automation which in turn makes lead nurturing a program bedeviled with checklists yet lacking in a coherent plan.

Mr. Satchu is the founding Chairman of Next Canada and The Next 36, an intensive set of entrepreneurship programs for Canada's most promising entrepreneurs, which is funded and supported by many of Canada's leading Chief Executive Officers and entrepreneurs.

Mr. Jiwan has served on numerous boards of directors and advisors, including: (i) Future Finance Loan Corporation, a European private student lender that has helped students at over 130 universities fund their education, where Mr. Jiwan is a co-founder and non-executive Chairman; (ii) BFRE, a Brazilian private real estate finance company, which was subsequently sold to affiliates of BTG Pactual; (iii) GP Investimentos, one of Latin America's leading private equity firms, where he served on its shareholder advisory board; (iv) NewPoint Re, a Bermuda - based reinsurance business; and (v) Kaletra QD product development program with Abbott Pharmaceuticals, where he served on the Joint Oversight Committee.

Press Release — MIAMI, Florida — September 26, 2017 — Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., a leading global cruise company which operates the Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises brands, today announced a partnership with All Hands Volunteers, the world's leading disaster relief organization powered by volunteers, and set a goal to raise $ 2.5 million for the Hope Starts Here hurricane relief program.

While China succeeded in reigning in this growth, India's half hearted policies which failed to provide promised incentives turned their people against family planning programs, and poor economic plans left traditional structures that led people to have large families.

If a robot has to have someone to program it with its command functions, which means that a mind is deeply involved, then what of ourselves as well as all the animals, insects and arachnids that are lead by instinct?

The AA program is built around 12 steps, which are straightforward suggestions for people who choose to lead sober lives.

God then proceeds to offer each emerging actual entity of that next generation that program for its own becoming which, if accepted and realized, would lead it to make the maximal contribution to the best new generation of actual entities possible given the limitations of the actual world from which it arises.

Their failure with standard predicate logic, which Whitehead used in Principia Mathematica, led to the development of a new clausal logic that could more efficiently program a computer.

The objectives are stated as: (a) increasing the awareness of mental health professionals and the clergy of their common interest in helping people, (b) exploring the ways in which these groups could assist each other in dealing with mental health problems in the community, and (c) stimulating the development of a framework and atmosphere of cooperation which would lead to an ongoing program of education and communication.

It dealt very forcefully with the disregard of human rights in the current inquisitions and then spoke of the fanatical negativism without any constructive program of action which is leading the American mind into a «spiritual vacuum.»

The sermon does not make specific social recommendations but sets forth a perspective which, when applied to specific situations in the life of the congregation and the world, can lead to specific attitudes, decisions, and programs.

The churches have a similar objective, and they should be leading the way in the innovation of such community development programs which can involve both the mass media and the narrowcast media.

The primary factor leading to their decreased syndication was the method by which their programs were funded and aired.

Losing weight can be a slow process, and due to human nature, when dieters don't see immediate results they can get discouraged, which often leads them to either stop trying to lose weight altogether or to start jumping from program to program — never giving any diet the time it needs to work.

In addition, Wong is a lead instructor for The Sprout Safety Alliance (SSA), which develops a core curriculum, training and outreach programs for stakeholders in the sprout production community.