New York, N.Y. Daniel Amen, M.D. and his wife Tana Amen presented their new books,Unleash the Power of the Female Brain and The Omni Diet at the home of business leader and philanthropist, Kevin McGovern who founded several world category leaders including Sobe Beverages, Brita, Pur, Alpha Hydroxy Acids, among others. Elite members from the medical, entrepreneurial and artistic [...]
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With Dosa Hunt, Filmmaker Singh Emerges as Generational Voice
New York, N.Y. The closing gala for this year’s New York Indian Film Festival (HuffPo), held in a banquet hall above NYU’s Skirball Auditorium, was alive with artists, actors, filmmakers, and thinkers with work clearly committed to making the world better – and celebrating the illuminating power of film. I was fortunate to strike up [...]
Ambassador: From the Killing Fields to the White House
New York, N.Y. I first met Ambassador Sichan Siv in 2004 when I was invited to hear him speak at the imposing Women’s Republican National Club, just north of Rockefeller Center. What a speech! He spoke on surviving Pol Pot’s Killing Fields in Cambodia, then making his way to America where he earned a degree [...]
Haitian Diaspora Nominations Opens for U.S.
By Rosemonde Pierre-Louis. New York, N.Y. The Haitian Roundtable (HRT) joined with The Haitian Times, Kompa Guide and Creole TV-NYC and Radio Soleil today to announce the launch of the nominations process for the first-ever ”1804 List,” highlighting the achievements of Changemakers from the Haitian Diaspora in the U.S. The list will recognize 25 thought leaders, trailblazers and unsung [...]
UNPUBLISHED: Power Couple Present New Health Books at Entrepreneur’s Penthouse
New York, N.Y. I first met Daniel Amen, M.D. and his wife, nutrition expert and former neurosurgical ICU nurse Tana Amen, B.S.N, R.N. at the opening of the first Amen Clinic in New York, just south of Grand Central and was surprised to learn that whereas podiatrists look at your feet, and proctologists, well… Head [...]
Gates Foundation’s Ignacio Mas On eFinance in the Developing World
Madrid, Spain. Ignacio Mas, Deputy Director of the Financial Services for the Poor Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, took time off from his hectic schedule at the recent GSM Alliance Congress in Madrid to speak to me over coffee. Ignacio was one of the primary representatives of the Gates Foundation at this global trade show with over 49,000 [...]
Book Speaks to Man’s Successful Mission to Help Humanity
Washington, DC. Although our lives have turned out different, I learned in my friend Charles “Chic” Dambach’s exciting new book, Exhaust the Limits, that we have much in our personal and professional lives in common. I first met Chic through Paul Stevers, the Canadian entrepreneur and philanthropist who funds orphans, peacebuilding, and counter strategies to [...]
Connectivity Is Key To Social Change
New York, NY. Approaching my 24th trip to Haiti in 12 years, just before the first anniversary of the earthquake, I have decided to call Haiti home for a while. I am able to do so because I am connected – not only to the Web, but to so very many people in Haiti and [...]
