Sentences with phrase «policy council»

Another way to get involved in your local food system is to find out if your area has a food policy council.

Each year, more than 4,000 executive directors, directors, administrators, managers, teachers, policy council members, and parents attend from every state!

Parents serve on policy councils and committees that make administrative decisions; participate in classes and workshops on child development; and volunteer in the program.

Thank you to the President's Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the U.S. Department of Education and the White House Domestic Policy Council for choosing our students to take part in this very special program.»

Heidi Logan, Head Start parent and the 2005 - 2006 Parent Policy Council Chairperson, won the National Head Start Association's Phyllis J. Jones Memorial Scholarship Award.

Hurrah for the Education Policy Council of Florida's House of Representatives for endorsing the bold teacher - reforms of pending bill HB 7189, now headed for the House floor tomorrow or Thursday.

«This new Freight Policy Council provides the roadmap our nation needs to stay competitive and grow our trade economy.

WARSAW - National Bank of Poland holds Monetary Policy Council Meeting (no interest rate announcement).

TUESDAY, MAY 29 WARSAW - National Bank of Poland holds Monetary Policy Council Meeting (No interest rate announcement).

On Friday at Dunbar High School in Washington, DC, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and White House Domestic Policy Council Director Cecilia Muñoz announced movement on long - overdue teacher preparation regulations.

Currently serving on the White House Domestic Policy Council as deputy assistant to President Obama for education, Rodriguez says that it was at the Ed School that his desire to work in education policy was crystalized through discussions and debates on the state of education with faculty and classmates, people passionate about the same issues in education that he is.

The Competition Policy Council comprises top - ranked academics and practitioners active in the field of competition policy.

Acelero Learning Head Start parent and Policy Council chair Amy Rucker agrees: «Families will have the benefit of attending EHS and HS in one safe location.

Toyota doesn't say how much prices will go up, but the message was echoed by the American Automotive Policy Council.

Family Policy Council v. Freeman, 561 F. 3d 1246 (11th Cir.

However, during a March 2015 NC Energy Policy Council meeting, one of the report's authors, Dr. Ryan Yonk, appeared to walk back several of their key findings.

The North Dakota Policy Council, a North Dakota - based nonprofit research organization which describes itself as «liberty - based», published the North Dakota Legislative Review, a comprehensive report on how state legislators voted during the 2011 legislative session.

The first formal assessment of how successful Eureka has been was presented in Paris by a group of independent academics and industrialists, led by Erkki Ormala of Finland's Science and Technology Policy Council.

Ricker served as president of the Saint Paul (Minn.) Federation of Teachers since 2005, as an AFT vice president since 2012, and a member of the AFT K - 12 Teachers program and policy council since 2006.

Duncan and Melody Barnes, director of the Domestic Policy Council at the White House, said they are encouraging all states to apply for waivers in exchange for reforms.

«What we found is that an overwhelming majority of cardholders had consciously decided to have rewards programs associated with their card,» said Molly Wilkinson, executive director of ABA's Card Policy Council.

The U.K. central bank raised its key refinancing rate by 0.25 percentage point to 0.50 %, its nine - member Monetary Policy Council voting 7 - 2 in favor of the move.

Under the leadership of Chair Ken Martin, The Vancouver Board of Trade launched its new Policy Council, in order to better coordinate the work of its committees and re-establish a strong voice in the policy arena.

Strategist Cheryl Matheis and National Policy Council member Neal Lane discuss their education tour with Liz Benjamin.

Risa Wonsyld was recognized for her commitment to youth development programs, Lynne Byrd was able to spare a historic farm, circa 1880, from being bulldozed, and Florence Emling was appointed Midwest representative to the Public Policy Council of the 1996 National Association for Female Executives.

She co-chaired and co-wrote Colorado's Blue Ribbon Policy Council State Strategic Plan for Early Childhood Mental Health.

Other services include on - site training or consulting for administrators, board and policy council training, preparation for Federal reviews, and program design and / or implementation.

Until the «United States and other associates» find a credible political ally and viable alternative to President Bashar al - Assad inside Syria, the balance of power within the country will not change, says Stephen Blank of the American Foreign Policy Council.

The Vancouver Board of Trade's Policy Council acknowledges that Metro Vancouver already has a world - class transportation network in place.

Lucy Macdonald is also a member of the firm's Global Policy Council, which is responsible for setting company - wide macroeconomic and strategic policy.

Evan Fraser, director of the Arrell Food Institute at the University of Guelph, added that a rigorous research process would distill best practices from food policy councils around the world to inform recommendations to the Canadian government.

LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT Letter to the President from Melody Barnes, Chair of the Task Force on Childhood Obesity and Director of the Domestic Policy Council Download the PDF [164KB]

UPDATE: In February 2011, the Domestic Policy Council submitted a report to the President discussing the progress of the recommendations in the Task Force report outlined below.

Finally, PopVox doesn't charge organizations to participate, unlike at least one past effort to aggregate information on issues (National Journal's now - defunct Policy Council).

At a meeting a few weeks ago, Alex Treadway of National Journal's Policy Council mentioned using the «3 -30-3-30» rule when communicating with Congress.

The Erie County Department of Health («ECDOH») will soon oversee a Food Policy Council charged with the promotion of local agricultural products to connect nutritious local foods with countywide markets.

Clyde Williams, having worked for former President Bill Clinton and President Barack Obama, earned endorsements from Bill Richardson, the former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; Pete Rouse, former White House Chief of Staff to President Obama and Melody Barnes, former Director of the Domestic Policy Council also under the Obama administration.

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said in a statement that the Saturday session included Larry Summers, director of the Economic Policy Council, and Peter Orszag, director of the Office of Management and Budget, along with other staff members.

In a report called «Advancing Stem Cell Science Without Destroying Human Life,» the White House's Domestic Policy Council hailed Atala's work as «landmark» and part of what it called a growing consensus that embryonic stem cell lines were not necessary to scientific progress.

The week after Warsaw, Stern met with Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change Dan Utech, White House Associate Director for Energy and Climate Change at the White House Council on Environmental Quality and Domestic Policy Council Rick Duke, and others to discuss the goals with the State Department pushing for what one person called «maximum ambition.»

A National Laboratory Policy Council made up of senior DOE officials and select lab directors will help define the lab's role in the department's overall strategy for research and technology development, Moniz wrote in the 10 July letter to Representative Cynthia Lummis (R - WY), chair of the science panel's energy subcommittee, and its top Democrat, Representative Eric Swalwell (D - CA).

White House Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council James Kvaal highlighted perhaps one of the biggest problems — too few school counselors.

The legislature's Public Education Policy Council sent the plan back to the board in November, according to Tom I. Davis, special assistant to the state superintendent of public instruction.

WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced the launch of the Freight Policy Council which will focus on improving the condition and performance of the national freight network to better ensure the ability of the United States to compete in today's global economy.

As Bob Baldwin, a member of the C.D. Howe Institute's Pension Policy Council succinctly explains in the association's December 19 report, «A regime in which accrued benefits can not be reduced places all financial risk on young and future plan members.

Mr. Cooney resigned on Friday as chief of staff to President Bush's environmental policy council, two days after documents obtained by The New York Times showed that he had edited the reports in ways that cast doubt on the link between greenhouse - gas emissions and rising temperatures.