Sentences with phrase «who sit on»

Using this document as part of the induction and ongoing training for governors, particularly those who sit on the finance committee, has proved useful in ensuring that the strategic role of the governing body remains clear, as well and giving them the confidence to ask those challenging questions which are both appropriate and timely.

Here we have three men, in their final years, eschewing their role as those cute old guys who sit on the bench all day and feed pigeons.

In this comedy, Russell P. Kramer (Jack Lemmon) and Matt Douglas (James Garner) are two former U.S. Presidents who sit on opposite sides of the political fence.

I'm talking about people who sit on their butts in front of computers all day long, do limited physical activity and are highly likely to already be eating more than they need.

Earthquake scientists who sit on similar advisory councils in the United States are protected by law from prosecution.

County Legislators Dan Liedka and Brian May, who sit on the public safety committee, will also attend.

Each assembly district has one or two DLs and these position are unpaid elected officials who sit on the executive committee.

Without such a standard, reform advocates argue, sitting judges will not be able to maintain their independence, constantly worried about making decisions that will rub the lawyers who sit on the screening panels the wrong way.

Responding to criticism of the gift shop since the 9/11 museum's dedication earlier this month, Joe Daniels, president of the memorial foundation, said the museum would enlist more help in vetting products from the 9/11 family members who sit on the foundation's board.

Other notable parliamentarians who sit on the board include Lord (Michael) Howard, Lord (Norman) Lamont, Lord (Stanley) Kalms, Lord (David) Young, and UKIP's Lord (Malcolm) Pearson.

The new proposal is far longer and offers precise definitions for a public official as including state and local elected officials, judges, political appointees of the governor as well board members who sit on entities such as public benefit corporations or authorities.

But the governor also warned that the regents who sit on governing boards «will be judged by what happens after this meeting.»

It continues to be an anomaly that we, who sit on the wealthiest resources, continue to be the poorest people in the world.

Moreover, Middle Eastern countries should not just been seen in foreign policy terms as partners in tackling Islamic extremism, but rather as key strategic partners who sit on the new Silk Road between the east and the west.

To date, a grand total of 370 women have become MPs in the UK — a figure dwarfed by the 502 men MPs, who sit on the green benches of this parliament alone.

The result is a method of shaping behavior that works on everyone from whining children and lazy teenagers to sloppy spouses and cats who sit on the furniture.

Kids who sit on his lap will find out he's soft and cuddly.

Currently lying in seventh place in the Premier League table with 14 points, they are already six points adrift of Arsenal and Liverpool, who sit on top of the pile with 20, though with one game more played.

The last match of the Premier league's 34th round brings us a big clash between the league toppers, Chelsea FC and Arsene Wenger's Arsenal who sit on the third having 10 points less.

Manchester City just won 5 - 0 against Crystal Palace to move joint - third with Liverpool, who both sit on 39 points, leaving our side nine points behind whilst having played two matches less.

He seems very thin skinned these days which happens when you get older (believe me) so I am not sure how he would react being challenged or questioned by experienced football people who sit on the board.

How much I hate people who sit on the fence!

But there are unfortunately too many who sit on the fence and wait for someone else or something else to make the necessary change.

Conferences (for example Boys Varsity Gold and Coed Under 12) have elected representatives who sit on the board.

The company is owned by five members of the Schreiber family, who sit on the board of directors.

Moreover, he enjoys the support of respected members of the hierarchy, who sit on the board of his Theology of the Body Institute and recommend his books.

There are three kinds of people in the world, those who make waves, those who ride waves, and those who sit on the beach.

Sand Sitters Finally, there are those who sit on the beach and watch it all happen while soaking up the sun.

You would really have to expand this list, it seems to me, or in some other way acknowledge the power of the other 5 catholics who sit on the supreme court — 6 out of 9.

Shall we go get answers on how to eat healthy from people who sit on their couch all day and play video games?

For if you are careful to carry out these commands, then kings who sit on David's throne will come through the gates of this palace, riding in chariots and on horses, accompanied by their officials and their people.

When a citizen steps into public office he gives up these positions, but that doesn't mean that his connections to the corporate heavy weights who sit on these boards and commissions vapourize.

Seven drugmakers — Biogen Inc., Sanofi, Novartis AG, Roche Holding AG, Bayer AG, Merck KGaA's EMD Serono unit and Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd. — received letters requesting information on pricing strategies from Elijah Cummings and Peter Welch, two representatives who sit on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

The BrightFunnel sales development team consists of six, hard - working account development representatives (ADRs) who sit on our marketing team and execute a hybrid of traditional and account - based outreach.

Uneasy lie the heads of those who sit on corporate boards.

Typically, the group consists of a «tie - down team» who escort the prisoner from his cell to the death chamber and then strap him to the gurney; medically trained personnel who set the intravenous lines; and those, like Bracey and Baxley, who sit on the other side of a glass wall and press the buttons to inject the lethal drugs into the prisoner once the team leader gives the order.

People who sit on your board have the power to make big time decisions, and these people are key to your company's success.

For one, it's not caused by CEOs explicitly colluding with their peers who sit on their company's compensation committees.

Many boards find it vital to reconsider the people who sit on their nominating and governance committees in order to facilitate director exits and find the best candidates.

The lack of any apparent pattern to the decisions seems to reveal that the people who sit on the committee that issues sexual - misconduct rulings don't seem to know how and when to hand down punishment.

«If there is a barometer, I don't know it and nobody else does unless you're on that committee,» Lindsey Hogg, a 2017 Yale College graduate who sat on the Title IX Advisory Board, told Business Insider.

It was a strange formulation, given that the occasion for the reading was Etsy's acceptance of a $ 27 million investment led by Jim Breyer, a venture capitalist with Accel Partners who sits on the boards of Facebook, Dell, and, to the consternation of the Etsy faithful, Walmart.

Veritas CEO Bill Coleman, who sits on Sapho's advisory board, called Sapho's product «an operating system for work» that acts as «the connective tissue between systems of record and the end user.»

American venture capital firms have shown mounting interest in Canada, according to Stephen Partridge, who sits on Startup Canada's board of directors.

Masiyiwa, who sits on the Africa Progress Panel as well as the boards of Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa and the Rockefeller Foundation, is a persuasive advocate for development opportunities and the creation of strong government institutions.

A few years ago, Schwartz was a guest at the annual meeting of Baron Capital, where he was introduced to Yemenidjian, who sits on the mutual fund?s board.?

Paton, who sits on Postmedia's board, is currently transforming 18 U.S. dailies into digital - first operations, where freeware is replacing proprietary software in all departments, and audience - driven content is a major part of the business plan.

Attached to the letter was a list of practices they called «common sense corporate governance principles» that amounted to a basic outline of a code many U.S. public companies today already either agree with or live by, or both, including issues of who sits on the board, the kinds of topics the board should discuss, and the adoption of proxy access.

May also called for big changes to who sits on boards so that they include employees, as is the case in some European countries: «In practice, [board members] are drawn from the same, narrow social and professional circles as the executive team and — as we have seen time and time again — the scrutiny they provide is just not good enough.

Venrock vice president Marissa Campise (who sits on Ad Hoc's board) says that wresting control of phone numbers away from telecom carriers and into the hands of privacy - minded consumers was a long - overdue development.