Posts tagged with "national"

2019 National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductees

Nineteen innovation pioneers were announced on January 8th as the 2019 Class of the National Inventors Hall of Fame®(NIHF) on the main stage at CES®. These innovators, whose inventions range from the UNIX operating system to fluoride toothpaste, will be celebrated as the newest Class of Inductees during the NIHF Induction Ceremony. In partnership with […]

Spotlight: Anand Patel

As the President/CEO of the Fairfield Conference & Visitors Bureau, Anand Patel skills in tourism, marketing, hospitality management, and finance. Before his position at the Fairfield Conference & Visitors Bureau, Patel worked as the General Manager of the Hawthorn Inn & Suites in Napa, CA and also the General Manager and managing partner of the […]

Q&A With Todd Schireson, Abell Auction Co.

Vice President of Abell Auction Company, Todd Schireson, gives a one-on-one personal interview regarding his business as well as his family’s legacy. Q: How does one become a curator for an auction? A: Although I have a BA Degree in Business/Economics, I grew up surrounded by antiques and fine art through the family business. I […]

Donald Trump × a “March on Washington”

Dr. Charles Steele, Jr., President and CEO of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), is calling on “all people of good will”, who are outraged by President Donald Trump’s controversial immigration policies, to join the SCLC at its 60th Annual Convention July 12 -15, 2018 in Washington, which will focus on the current conditions of […]

Dairy Queen Celebrates Spring

Dairy Queen Celebrates First Day of Spring With Free Cone Day on March 20   Participating locations will collect donations to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals   WHO: Participating non-mall Dairy Queen and DQ Grill & Chill  locations throughout the United States    WHAT: Will celebrate Free Cone Day on the first day of Spring. Fans will receive a FREE small vanilla soft-serve cone with […]

AFJ Applauds Sens. Booker

Following the announcement that Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Kamala Harris (D-CA) will join the Senate Judiciary Committee, Alliance for Justice President Nan Aron released the following statement:  “We are delighted that Sens. Booker and Harris will be joining the Senate Judiciary Committee as it takes up its critical work in the new year. These two […]

MYRTLE ‘MIMI’ HARRIET LIGGETT-MOORE

A Los Angeles Legend + National Icon. Myrtle Moore was born in Detroit on May 18, 1920. She passed on July 12, 2017. She married Dr. Charles H. Moore (CHM Westminster Arms Senior Housing) and went on to have four children: Charles, Jean, Ernest and David. She was a social worker at the Los Angeles Unified School District, serving as […]