Belwah Media, formerly Genia Stevens & Associates, provides brand management services as well as content development, content distribution and social media marketing services. “My company launched over 16 years ago and it has changed a lot since then. I started running my business as a side job out of a small room in my
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When 100 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender MBA students from the Yale School of Management and the Harvard Business School came together in 1999, the meeting would later create the Reaching Out LGBT MBA organization, better known as ROMBA. As Matt Kidd, executive director of Reaching Out MBA (ROMBA) explains, “The idea behind it
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Bill Proudman’s airplane seatmates either engage him or ignore him when he tells them what he does. “As you can imagine, when I’m on airplanes which I am a lot, it comes up with your seatmate, what do you do for a living. I have an interesting choice point. If I say something esoteric
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When organizations embrace diversity and inclusion, the best results materialize when a strong understanding of both the overarching goal and the value exist. This understanding comes through when looking at Google’s commitment. Google has a holistic diversity and inclusion strategy clearly focused on four key areas: hiring more diverse employees, fostering an inclusive workplace,
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Andrew John Butash has fond childhood memories of spending many summers in Spain — in a little town called Cunit, in Tarragona south of Barcelona, to be exact. At a very young age, he was fortunate to have the opportunity to see the world, as his parents believed that visiting new places was the
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NGLCCNY executive team pictured with February M3 Host Penn Mutual/ Empire Wealth Strategies (L-R) Jessica Choi (Penn Mutual); Glenn C Reimer; Shaun Cowls (Penn Mutual), Ingrid Galvez, Connie Cohrt (Penn Mutual), Susan Cooper (Penn Mutual), Jonathan Lovitz, David Ricciardi, Gonzo Araya, Rob Finkelstein, Thomas Chernick and Phyllis Mehalakes. NGLCCNY recently welcomed Empire Wealth Strategies
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The Human Rights Campaign hosted its 19th Annual National Dinner at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., where it presented awards and celebrated historic moments of 2015. WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 03: Allison Janney (R) presents Ellen Page with the HRC National Vanguard Award during the 19th Annual HRC National Dinner
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Anthony Lucente and Risa Tanania Risa Tanania and Anthony Lucente have always loved both storytelling and television. As children, both spent hours watching television, captivated by the stories playing out onscreen. As adults, both gravitated toward careers in television — Tanania in production and Lucente in scripted programming. Then they found each other,
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Brian Little Brian Little says that the primary reason for his company’s steadfast support of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community boils down to two simple words — “people vision.” Little is the head of human resources at Zurich North America. Zurich is a leading multiline insurer that serves customers in global
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker In November, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts became the first state in the nation to issue an executive order including certified lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender business enterprises in contracting and procurement opportunities alongside women- and minority-owned businesses. For LGBT citizens in Massachusetts, this policy provides fair and
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