Sentences with phrase «new policy director»

CCSA's new Policy Director is Brandon Smithwood.

NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has hired a new policy director and deputy advocate: Madhuri Kommareddi, who has considerable connections to the Obama administration.

Not exact matches

Industries including banking, healthcare and auto manufacturing «see themselves on the cusp of a new era of deregulation, and they do not want to do anything that would offend the new emperor,» said Cornelius Hurley, director of Boston University's Center for Finance, Law & Policy.

«That's a rounding error in Texas» budget,» said economist Frederick Floss, executive director of the Fiscal Policy Institute, a New York - based think tank that has researched the issue of immigration and state economics.

Additionally, when low - wage workers are paid more, they tend to immediately spend extra wages locally, says James Parrott, deputy director and chief economist for the Fiscal Policy Institute in New York.

«It's both defensive and offensive,» Devi Keller, director of global policy for the Semiconductor Industry Association, said of the industry's position on the new talks.

«This new policy is further testament that consumers and companies are aligned in shifting the egg and pork industries away from confining animals in cages,» said Josh Balk, senior food policy director of the Humane Society of the United States, who has partnered with Dunkin' Donuts (DNKN) on the initiative.

Mara Keisling, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, was cautiously optimistic that the military's new policy would survive.

Knight, a former Hill staffer who worked on the Bush administration's 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, was promoted from her position as special assistant for tax and retirement policy to deputy director for policy in February, and was recently praised by the council's new head, Larry Kudlow.

In an op - ed for The New York Times, Marc Mauer, executive director of the Sentencing Project, and David Cole, a professor of law and public policy at Georgetown University, write that many liberals and conservatives alike acknowledge the US criminal justice system needs reform.

The policy that councillors will vote on won't immediately decrease the city's number of payday loan businesses to 15 to match its number of wards because it will grandfather in existing companies, but will prevent new ones from opening, said Tom Cooper, the director of the Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction.

To illustrate the issue, over the past 20 years, the cost of a new drug per year of a patient's life has risen from $ 50,000 to $ 250,000 after adjusting for inflation, according to Peter Bach, director of the Center for Health Policy and Outcomes at Memorial Sloan Kettering, who also spoke at the conference.

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..

May 21, 2015 - CCGG publishes its new policy «Shareholder Involvement in the Director Nomination Process: Enhanced Engagement and Proxy Access»

CCGG publishes its new policy «Shareholder Involvement in the Director Nomination Process: Enhanced Engagement and Proxy Access»

May 22, 2015 — CCGG's Executive Director Stephen Erlichman was quoted in the Financial Post with regard to CCGG's new policy on shareholder involvement in the director nomination Director Stephen Erlichman was quoted in the Financial Post with regard to CCGG's new policy on shareholder involvement in the director nomination director nomination process.

In this webinar, Clean Energy Canada and our guest panelists, Clare Demerse, Federal Policy Advisor with Clean Energy Canada, Tyler Hamilton, award winning journalist and Canadian author, and Ben Thibault, director of the Pembina Institute's electricity program, will discuss new research on Canadian clean energy spending and deployment, and discuss what these findings mean for...

On Tuesday, Arizona's director for policy and communications at the state's department of transportation, Kevin Biesty, said existing regulations were sufficient and that the state had no immediate plans to issue new rules.

In this webinar, Clean Energy Canada and our guest panelists, Clare Demerse, Federal Policy Advisor with Clean Energy Canada, Tyler Hamilton, award winning journalist and Canadian author, and Ben Thibault, director of the Pembina Institute's electricity program, will discuss new research on Canadian clean energy spending and deployment, and discuss what these findings mean for renewable energy developers, clean tech innovators and policy makers across the coPolicy Advisor with Clean Energy Canada, Tyler Hamilton, award winning journalist and Canadian author, and Ben Thibault, director of the Pembina Institute's electricity program, will discuss new research on Canadian clean energy spending and deployment, and discuss what these findings mean for renewable energy developers, clean tech innovators and policy makers across the copolicy makers across the country.

Andrew Jackson, director of social and economic policy for the Canadian Labour Congress, agrees with Elizabeth Kelliher that the Canadian government should be making massive new investments in social housing, as well as many other areas of infrastructure.

Effective on June 16, 2015, the Corporate Governance Committee and the Board of Directors of the Company amended and restated the Code to, among other things, reflect the following amendments: (1) added a new Whistleblower Exception provision under the Confidentiality section; (2) modified the provision regarding Protection of Covered Persons to clarify that such protections apply to any Covered Person who provides information or makes other disclosures that are protected under whistleblower provisions; and (3) updated the policy reference to the Franklin Templeton Investments Social Media Guidelines Ppolicy reference to the Franklin Templeton Investments Social Media Guidelines PolicyPolicy.

He is also the author of several IGOPP policy papers, which offer new perspectives on a range of controversial issues including: Dual - class voting shares, Corporate Citizenship, The place of women on boards of directors, Say - on - Pay by shareholders, The Gordian knot of executive compensation, The Troubling Case of Proxy Advisors, among others.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB Director Richard Cordray and other experts talked about the impact of the new federal housing policies on homeownership.

«We need some new thinking on macro-economic policy, and if Mark Carney brings that, I'll welcome it,» says Erik Britton, director of Fathom Consulting.

Once adopted, the remuneration of executive directors would have to be determined in accordance with the principles and criteria outlined in the policy, and any significant changes would have to be submitted to a new shareholder vote.

«This helps illustrate the resilience of the American economy and the way in which new business creation constantly creates a new economic future, even as the surrounding economy appears stuck,» said Dane Stangler, director of Research and Policy at the Kauffman Foundation.

While Pranesh Prakash, policy director at the Centre For Internet and Society, doesn't believe the government would actually summon Zuckerberg to India, he says, «One new concern that's valid across the world, where there are limitations put on freedom of expression during times of campaigning and elections, how do they translate online?

«Mass incarceration is one of our most vivid and dramatic and shameful public issues,» says the Rev. Alexander Sharp, executive director of the group Clergy for a New Drug Policy.

Christopher White is the International Director of Operations for the World Youth Alliance, an NGO headquartered in New York City that works to promote human dignity in policy and culture.

In the wake of the new policy, an «unprecedented level of fear» rose among majority - immigrant congregations, according to Matthew Soerens, director of church mobilization for World Relief.

Only a few times was the election and new administration mentioned, which came as a surprise to Juliette Majot, executive director for the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.

«Hilton Worldwide's new animal welfare commitment will substantially improve countless animals» lives,» said Josh Balk, senior food policy director for The Humane Society of the United States.

Thanks to Governor Grasso and the legislature, Connecticut now has a new Gaming Policy Board that will be run by an executive director.

In today's online issue of U.S. News and World Report, Marilyn Schwartz, Ph.D., deputy director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., notes that parents in states without strong laws governing competitive foods can still take action.

We discussed the final regulations, and how the new standards differ from current requirements, with moderator Cindy Brooks, Chair of the School Nutrition Association Public Policy & Legislation Committee and guest speakers Sam Kass (White House Assistant Chef, Senior Policy Advisor for Healthy Food Initiatives), Dr. Janey Thornton, PhD, SNS (Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services at USDA), and Melissa Rothstein (Deputy Director, Child Nutrition Programs at USDA).

Jennifer Hanley, Legal and Policy Director at the Family Online Safety Institue, comments on the new «family - friendly» features in the Google Play store.

Mass Audubon President Gary Clayton, Director of Public Policy Jack Clarke, and Legislative Director Karen Heymann met with Senator Edward J. Markey and other groups to brainstorm strategies for working with the incoming Presidential administration and new Congress on critical environmental issues.

Tanner left the world of managing retirement portfolios in pursuit of something that would leave «a different kind of legacy,» enrolling as a food policy grad student at New York University with the intention of becoming a school food services director.

* 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

«Along with allergies, childhood obesity is one of the things we are trying to address with our new policies,» explained Susie Poulton, the director of health services for the Iowa City School District.

Christina Economos is co-Founder and Director of ChildObesity180, the New Balance Chair in Childhood Nutrition, and a Professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and the Medical School at Tufts University.

«The new school meal standards are one of the most important advances in nutrition in decades,» said Margo Wootan, nutrition policy director at the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

CIHT's policy and technical affairs director Andrew Hugill was asked if local authorities currently take sufficient note of the impact of traffic congestion when approving new housing estates.

«Over a decade ago, building new plants in New York City was easier because Con Edison was in the business of both generating and distributing power, and could build new plants whenever they were needed, said Ashok Gupta, director of energy policy at the Natural Resources Defense Council.&raqnew plants in New York City was easier because Con Edison was in the business of both generating and distributing power, and could build new plants whenever they were needed, said Ashok Gupta, director of energy policy at the Natural Resources Defense Council.&raqNew York City was easier because Con Edison was in the business of both generating and distributing power, and could build new plants whenever they were needed, said Ashok Gupta, director of energy policy at the Natural Resources Defense Council.&raqnew plants whenever they were needed, said Ashok Gupta, director of energy policy at the Natural Resources Defense Council.»

FoE director Tony Juniper said: «New policies are urgently needed to cut UK emissions, which have risen under Labour despite promises of substantial cuts.

«Despite claims to the contrary, the Cassidy - Graham plan is just another ACA repeal bill and would have the same devastating effects on New York as the previous, failed GOP repeal bills,» said Ron Deutsch, the executive director of the Fiscal Policy Institute.

We won't stop until the agency that protects us all is spared the recklessness of those that put polluter - friendly policies ahead of public health,» said Environmental Advocates of New York Executive Director Peter Iwanowicz.

CIHT's director of policy and technical affairs Andrew Hugill commented that the highways sector is currently facing a lot of positive change, from increased certainty of funding to new technological innovations.

Thirdly, there is launch of an entirely new think tank — Onward — which has been created by MP Neil O'Brien (former director of Policy Exchange) and which will be run by former No 10 deputy director of policy, Will TPolicy Exchange) and which will be run by former No 10 deputy director of policy, Will Tpolicy, Will Tanner.

With: Josh Ryan - Collins, Associate Director, New Economics Foundation; Toby Lloyd, Policy Director, Shelter; Peter Hetherington; and Beth Stratford, PhD student University of Roehampton and visiting lecturer at University of Masaryk and the Centre for Alternative Technology.