Sentences with phrase «national organization i lead»

Common Sense Media (CSM) is a national organization led by concerned parents and individuals with experience in child advocacy, public policy, education, media, and entertainment.

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Some of Tom Cat's employees and advocacy groups, such as Brandworkers, a non-profit organization for food workers, believed the dismissals were improperly handled, sparking a local and national outcry that led to protests, bad press and boycotts of Tom Cat Bakery bread from famous restaurants such as Le Bernardin.

More alarmingly, it has been lobbying against traditional theater - only cinematic runs for new movie releases — leading John Fithian, CEO of the National Association of Theatre Owners trade organization, to call out Netflix at a recent conference as a «grave threat to the movie business.»

«All of us had been national, progressive advocates, leading organizations that needed urgently to solve big problems, and we found ourselves banging our heads against a brick wall.

O'Brien served The National Association for Fixed Annuities (NAFA) for almost 12 years and led the organization to defeat the SEC's Rule 151A.

Before joining Merrill Lynch in 1999, Ms. Patterson held a number of senior positions with several leading organizations including Goldman Sachs Canada, where she was National Sales Manager of Fixed Income, and the Ontario Teachers» Pension Plan Board, where she was a fixed income portfolio manager.

The National Minority Supplier Development Council Inc ® (NMSDC ®) is one of the country's leading corporate membership organizations.

Futurpreneur Canada is a national non-profit organization that supports young entrepreneurs through pre-launch expertise, online business resources, financing and industry leading mentoring.

Since Milton Friedman's passing in 2006, Byrne has served as chairman of the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice (now «EdChoice»), an organization leading the national push for school choice.

If we measure left and right by support for or opposition to abortion and Bill Clinton, which is a reasonable measure in this case, twelve of the groups represented are very far left indeed — including Catholics for a Free Choice, Human Rights Campaign (a leading gay rights organization), People for the American Way, AIDS National Interfaith Network, and Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice.

Previously, she led diversity initiatives at the Human Rights Campaign and was the first transgender person to lead a national LGBT organization as exective director of OutServe - SLDN.

Founded in 1998 by the creators of the Academy Award - winning short film TREVOR, The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to LGBTQ young people (ages 13 - 24).

My passion for nature and religion led me, with much trepidation, to start the first national Jewish environmental organization, Shomrei Adamah, «Keepers of the Earth.»

With the purpose to build and support a farmer - led national organic farmer movement and national policy platform by: developing and advocating policies that benefit organic farmers ¹; strengthening and supporting the capacity of organic farmers and farm organizations; and supporting collaboration and leadership among state, regional and national organic farmer organizations.

A portion of all proceeds go directly to charity: The Food Bank for NYC and Share Our Strength (the leading national organization working to make sure no kid in the US grows up hungry).

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and national rice research institutes in Bangladesh and the Philippines have joined with Helen Keller International (HKI), a leading global health organization that reduces blindness and prevents malnutrition worldwide, in a new effort to further develop and evaluate Golden Rice as a potential tool to reduce vitamin A deficiency.

An IRRI - led rice landscape management project is collaborating with national organizations in validating technologies and suitable rice varieties for the sloping uplands, as well as improving the upland rice - based cropping system.

Source1 Purchasing, a leading national purchasing services organization for the lodging, leisure, restaurant and gaming industries, has been named a 2015 Florida Companies to Watch winner.

The UniPro organization is the nation's # 1 Foodservice distribution network for the industry's leading national brands.

Source1 Purchasing, a leading national purchasing services organization for the lodging, leisure, restaurant and gaming industries, has been named a 2015 -LSB-...]

COLLEGE PARK, MD & ASBURY PARK, NJ — Food Recovery Network, the largest student - led movement fighting food waste and hunger in the United States, and Move For Hunger, a national non-profit organization that mobilizes the relocation industry to fight hunger and reduce food waste, are partnering to collect unused, non-perishable food from students on move - out day at six college campuses this spring.

He had earlier joined other leading golf organizations in a tepid statement that suggested then - candidate Trump's incendiary remarks about Mexicans and immigrants might compel a change of venues from Trump properties, most famously the Cadillac tourney at Trump National Doral.

The wider AAU organization has shown nothing but support for District 61, helping with fees and logistics in the lead up to the National and Grand National tournaments that will take place this summer in Florida.

We have maintained a long - time partnership with First Candle, the leading national non-profit organization that is dedicated to the education, advocacy and research of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), to educate parents and caregivers on the importance of safe sleep practices for infants.

For the last 15 years, I've worked in and led national nonprofit organizations.

FRAC is the leading national nonprofit organization working in the area of hunger and malnutrition in the United States today.

At Concord, he served as the faculty advisor to the nation's first Gay - Straight Alliance (GSA) leading him in 1990 found GLSEN, a national education organization bringing together lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and straight teachers, parents, students, and community members who wanted to end anti-LGBT bias in our schools.

National Alliance for Youth Sports, a nonprofit 501 (c)(3) organization, is America's leading advocate for positive and safe sports activities for children.

The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) is the leading national nonprofit organization working to improve public policies and public - private partnerships to eradicate hunger and undernutrition in the United States.

1988: A group of youth with LGBT parents meets at a conference organized by a precursor to the Family Equality Council, and begins the organizing that in 1999 leads to Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere (COLAGE) as an independent national organization.

Beginning July 15 through Oct. 31, Lollaland, a leading manufacturer of mealtime products for infants and toddlers, will donate 15 percent of its profits to national non-profit organization Raising A Reader.

Diana leads Urban Strategies» national health strategy development, program implementation and evaluation of the organization's broad health equity agenda.

Although national and regional organizations can take the lead in setting the agenda regarding the safe prevention of primary cesarean delivery, such an agenda will need to be prioritized at the level of practices, hospitals, health care systems, and, of course, patients.

For more information please visit the Safe to Sleep ® public education campaign led by The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and in collaboration with other organizations.

Whatever you may think of the scientific validity of their positions, or the degree to which they have, or have not, been influenced by the nefarious dairy lobby (and I offer no opinion on either point), here are some leading organizations that currently support flavored milk in schools: the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Heart Association, the American Dietetic Association, the National Medical Association, the National Hispanic Medical Association and the School Nutrition Association.

Mass Audubon is a member of the Land Trust Alliance, the national land conservation organization that led the campaign for permanence.

Leading both the Arlington Heights school district and that national organization for school superintendents in 2007 through 2009, Jerome traveled across the country and internationally, according to her resume.

The National Center for Fathering (www.fathers.com) is a leading national nonprofit organization, with widely - implemented programming such as WATCH D.O.G.S. (Dads of Great Students), a one - of - a-kind school based father involvement program that works to support education andNational Center for Fathering (www.fathers.com) is a leading national nonprofit organization, with widely - implemented programming such as WATCH D.O.G.S. (Dads of Great Students), a one - of - a-kind school based father involvement program that works to support education andnational nonprofit organization, with widely - implemented programming such as WATCH D.O.G.S. (Dads of Great Students), a one - of - a-kind school based father involvement program that works to support education and safety.

Even as actress Cynthia Nixon weighs a run for governor, a leading women's organization — the New York chapter of the National Organization for Women — backed Cuomo for reelection, calling the move «an easy decision.»

On Wednesday, during the strategy session, the governor will meet with Christine C. Quinn, the speaker of the City Council, who is openly gay; Brian Ellner, who is pushing for same - sex marriage in New York for the Human Rights Campaign, a national advocacy group; Ross D. Levi, the head of the state's leading gay rights organization, the Empire State Pride Agenda; and Richard Socarides, a former Clinton administration official and president of Equality Matters, a new advocacy group.

The groups include the Rochester - based Unshackle Upstate (the Rochester Business Alliance, now led by former Lt. Gov. Bob Duffy, is an affiliate organization) as well as the National Federation of Independent Business and the state Business Council, which endorsed Gov. Andrew Cuomo last year.

«For our Republican Congresswoman to accept a political contribution from an organization that supports Republicans, and the national leading Republican, President Trump, is completely unrelated to the committee investigation that is working in a professional and painstaking manner to uncover vulnerabilities in our national security,» Gillilland said.

In view of the multifaceted nature of the problem we call on government to lead in a coordinated national emergency effort involving traditional rulers, security, civil society, youth organizations, political parties, media and all affiliated government and nongovernmental agencies to confront this menace confronting our dear nation Ghana.

As Niagara County's leading business advocacy organization with nearly 1000 members representing over 30,000 employees, the Niagara USA Chamber of Commerce would like to comment on National Grid's proposal on electric and natural gas rates.

She has received national recognition for leading the organization's pioneering advocacy and parent organizing work.

She has subsequently served in executive roles at the local center, the state chapter, the western regional center, and finally with the national organization, which she has led since 2008.

(CNN)- A conservative activist who's challenging a top House Republican Wednesday landed an endorsement from a leading national tea party organization.

Critics of the current I.C Quaye led National Hajj Board accused the administration of poor organization.

At 16, she served as an intern for the political director of the New York State A.F.L. - C.I.O.. After graduating from Cornell with bachelor's and master's degrees, Ms. DeRosa did political campaign work and public relations before leading President Barack Obama's national political action organization in New York State.

Democratic National Committee chair Tom Perez said Friday that if he was leading the campaign arm of House Democrats, he would not have released damaging opposition research against a Democratic congressional candidate in Texas as the organization did last week.