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Health Care
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Legislative and Business Champions for New York’s Youngest Citizens |
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| Kim Jasmin outlines her company’s early literacy and school readiness philanthropy |
On Monday, February 1, 2010 CED, America’s Edge and Winning Beginning NY, hosted the invitation only Legislative and Business Champions for New York’s Youngest Citizens luncheon forum in Albany, NY. Funding for this forum was provided by the Birth to Five Policy Alliance.
The event featured remarks from speakers Senator Velmanette Montgomery, Chair of Children and Families Committee; Kim Jasmin, Vice President, Northeast Region Community Relations Manager, JP Morgan Chase Foundation; Michael Mandel, Editor-in-chief, Visible Economy LLC; F. Michael Tucker, President and CEO, Center for Economic Growth; Karen Schimke, Co-convener, Winning Beginning NY; and CED President Charles Kolb.
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CED Vice President and Director of Research Joseph Minarik named to Bipartisan Debt Reduction Task Force |
Former Senate Budget Chairman Pete Domenici and Former OMB and CBO Director Alice Rivlin to lead Task Force that will produce specific budget plan for consideration by the Administration, Congress and the American People
Calling America’s fiscal path “unsustainable,” the Bipartisan Policy Center today launched its Debt Reduction Task Force to develop a comprehensive, bipartisan plan to reduce projected federal debt. Co-Chaired by former Senator Pete Domenici and Dr. Alice Rivlin, the Domenici-Rivlin Task Force will develop a comprehensive, balanced, and politically-viable package of spending reductions and revenue increases for expedited consideration by Congress and the Administration. |
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Restoring Trust in Corporate Governance: Six Essential Tasks for Boards of Directors and Business Leaders |
CED Statement Aims to Focus Directors and Executives on Governance Essentials in Time of Economic Turmoil and Change
If American business leaders are to restore public confidence in how companies are run, boards of directors must discharge six essential, closely interrelated tasks. That is the message of a new CED policy brief, Restoring Trust in Corporate Governance: The Six Essential Tasks of Boards of Directors and Business Leaders. The brief was written by Ben W. Heineman, Jr., CED Trustee and former Vice President and General Counsel for General Electric Corporation, with the consultation and advice from the CED's Subcommittee on Corporate Governance.
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