JEWISH WISDOM

On Passover we
Opened the door for Elijah
Now  our dog is gone.

Jewish Buddhism:
If there is no self,
Whose arthritis is this?

Beyond Valium,
Peace is knowing one’s child
Is an internist.

After the warm rain
The sweet smell of camellias.
Did you wipe your feet?

Her lips near my ear,
Aunt Sadie whispers the name
Of  her friend’s disease.

Today I am a man
Tomorrow I will return
To the seventh grade

Testing the warm milk
On her wrist, she sighs softly
But her son is forty.

The sparkling blue sea
Reminds me to wait an hour
After my sandwich.

Jews on safari —
Map, compass, elephant gun,
Hard sucking candies.

The same kimono
The top geishas are wearing:
I got it at Loehmann’s.

Mom, please!
There is no Need
to put that dinner roll  In your pocketbook.

Sorry I’m not home To take your call.
At the tone
Please state your bad news.

Is one Nobel Prize
So  much to ask from a child
After all I’ve done?

Today, mild shvitzing.
Tomorrow, so hot you’ll plotz
Five day forecast

Quietly murmured
At Saturday Synagogue services,
Phillies 5, Red Sox 3.

Be here now.
Be someplace else later.
Is that so complicated?

Drink tea and nourish life; With the first sip, joy;
With the second sip, satisfaction;
With the third sip, peace;
With the fourth, a Danish.

Wherever you go,
there you are.
Your luggage is another story.

Accept misfortune as a blessing.
Do not wish for perfect health, or a life without problems.
What would you talk about?

The journey
of a thousand miles
Begins with a single Oy.
Zen is not easy.
It takes effort to attain nothingness.
And then what do you have?
Bupkis.

The Tao does not speak.
The Tao does not blame.
The Tao does not take sides.
The Tao has no expectations.
The Tao demands nothing of others
The Tao is not Jewish.

Breathe in, Breathe out.
Forget this and attaining Enlightenment
will Be the least of your problems.

Deep inside you are ten thousand flowers.
Each flower blossoms ten thousand times.
Each blossom has ten thousand petals.
You might want to see a specialist

Be aware of your body.
Be aware of your perceptions.
Keep in mind that not every physical
Sensation is a symptom of a terminal illness.

The Torah says, Love your neighbor as yourself.
Buddha says there is no self.
So, maybe we’re off the hoo

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Errol Daniel Rappaport

March 28, 1944 – June 13, 2025

Errol Daniel Rappaport passed away on June 13, 2025, at Mount Sinai Morningside in New York City. He was 81.

Born in Brooklyn, NY on March 28, 1944, Errol lived a full, dynamic life. He worked in public relations in Los Angeles and Acapulco, later becoming a television and music producer in New York City. He also contributed regularly to Black Tie Magazine and Wonderama Television. A passionate philanthropist. Errol was widely known as the “Goodwill Ambassador” — a role he lived every day by connecting people from all walks of life. Gregarious, funny, with dashing movie star looks He made everyone feel connected. His motto was, “ My reality is most people’s fantasy.” Errol was the epitome of positive energy, life and love.

He served as a medic in the U.S. Air Force during Vietnam and worked closely with legendary acting teacher Lee Strasberg as his assistant. His sense of style — including bright orange Iris Apfel glasses, slicked back hair, and a rotating collection of scarves — made him instantly recognizable wherever he went.

The son of fashion designers David and Frances Rappaport., Damon and Francesca of Damon were featured in major department stores and boutiques nationally. The couple lived for decades in their iconic penthouse at 200 Central Park South.

When their health began to decline, Errol returned from Los Angeles to New York to care for them. After his father’s passing, Errol continued to support his mother until she was placed under guardianship. Errol’s fight to protect her and others caught in similar situations is chronicled in Diane Dimond’s book, We’re Here to Help: When Guardianship Goes Wrong.

Errol co-founded QuinntEssential Productions with his partner and best friend, Quinn Lemley. The two created the talk show Secrets of the Stage on Manhattan Neighborhood Network, Black Tie Magazine, and Spotify, and produced the big band album Remembering Rita, which will be released this Fall.

He is survived by his brothers, Michael and Richard Rappaport, and his godson, Jorel Roth.

Donations in Errol’s memory may be made to the National Meningitis Association., which has now merged with, and is https://www.immunize.org/donate/  based in Florida.

A Celebration of Life service will be announced

Errol Rappaport will be remembered for his zest for life, positivity, and unwavering love for his friends.

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The mysterious and little understood system called guardianship, or conservatorship, burst into the public consciousness in 2021 with the case of pop star Britney Spears. After living under court-ordered restrictions for nearly fourteen years, Spears finally spoke out about her plight: she had been stripped of her civil rights, forced to work, involuntarily medicated, denied the right to freely travel or spend the money she earned, and rejected when she wanted to marry and have a baby.
Britney isn’t the only adult who has lost crucial rights through the guardianship system. An estimated 1.5 and 2 million Americans are currently living under similar court-mandated circumstances. Many of these arrangements for so-called “wards of the court” work out well. But after a yearslong study of the system, author Diane Dimond discovered the number of predatory players appointed by the court to control the life and finances of wards is astounding, and the number of victims is staggering. As Dimond writes in We’re Here to Help, “Consider that every year new guardianships and conservatorships place more than $50 billion under the control of others, and with the average case lasting about six years. . . . Informed critics estimate that predatory players illegally divert multiple billions of dollars from this monstrous cache of money each year.”
Dimond insists that “the sheer numbers of these abusive cases—reported by loving family members and worried friends across the United States—screams for attention to be paid.”

We’re Here to Help reveals that:
• Anyone can file a simple petition with a state court asking that a guardianship be established. Petitioners can be family members, angry business associates, neighbors, former lovers, or total strangers.
• Those at risk include young people with inheritances; individuals who’ve won sizeable workman’s comp or medical malpractice settlements; veterans with attractive pension payouts; and victims of mental illness or brain injuries who, even after they recover, find it nearly impossible to break free from the system.
• Divorce attorneys in contested cases have counselled male clients to petition for guardianship of their uncooperative wives—and judges have complied. The cases highlighted in the book were found in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, and Florida.
• Women are most affected by guardianship. As elderly widows they become ripe for conscription and their caregivers are most often their daughters, not their sons.
• Guardians give presentations at senior centers and nursing homes urging audience members not to saddle their children with caretaking responsibilities. Guardians may share contact information for those interested with estate and elder law attorneys, who pursue court ordered guardianships.
• Lawyers, guardians, and conservators operating in the guardianship field can charge between $250 and $600 an hour for tasks as mundane as opening mail, paying bills, or answering an email. They can hire any number of assistants, including financial advisors, in-home health care, cooks, landscapers, and personal shoppers. The ward’s estate pays for everything.
• Jurists often allow the guardian to ignore a ward’s will, power of attorney, and other legal documents.
• While some states are enacting reform bills to regulate the current system, there have been no proposals to overhaul it. Congress has known about guardianship’s systemic problems for nearly half a century, but no definitive legislation to curb the exploitation has ever been passed.
By highlighting a multitude of real-life stories, We’re Here to Help explains this secretive process step-by-step. Readers will come to understand how family squabbles over what to do with an at-risk relative can spiral into a complicated nightmare of unwanted court intervention.
Dimond includes chapters about alternative programs a judge could establish, and protective legal steps readers can take to help safeguard their families.

Five Questions for Diane Dimond
Qz; What is guardianship and why write a book about it? Guardianship, or conservatorship, is a system that was set up in the late 1800s and it was designed so that any citizen who couldn’t care for themselves got help from the state.
Traditionally, it protected elderly people with dementia or those with profound physical or intellectual disabilities and had no family to care for them. They became a “wards of the court.” But I discovered the system has morphed over the years into something almost sinister. Judges routinely declare all sorts of people as “incapacitated” and assign strangers—lawyers and guardians—to take control of wards’ personal lives and money. These appointees have enormous power because once a person is declared “incapacitated” they lose all their civil rights. Realize, wards can’t hire a lawyer, vote, write a check, or decide where to live or travel. They can be isolated from loved ones and, most shockingly, overmedicated to keep them compliant. Guardianships or conservatorships must be approved by a judge.
Q: Do “petitions for guardianship” state why the person in question needs to be guardianized?
Yes, but frequently a judge accepts whatever claims a lawyer has made in the petition. These might be exaggerations or outright lies; I found that’s not uncommon in these petitions. But these judges don’t have the staff or the time to vet the contents. They take the word of the officer-of-the-court and approve the guardianship. And, once a person is caught up in the system it’s very expensive—and almost impossible for their family to get them out. Court appointees love the fight because it means more time in court and more hourly fees they can charge.
Q: You’ve been writing about abusive guardianships since 2015. There have been other print and TV exposés about it. Why is it that a majority of the public doesn’t know about this system?
Because most guardianship/conservatorship proceedings are conducted in secret. The court and the players—the lawyers, the guardians, and all the rest—say the outside world cannot be privy to the inner workings because of federal HIPAA laws that protect the privacy of a person’s medical information. There have been some great exposes written and aired on individual horror stories—but never a big-picture, in-depth investigative look at the system as a whole.

Q: How did you obtain such detailed information about this secretive system?
In short, very brave family members came forward—at the risk of contempt-of-court charges and hefty fines—to tell me what their loved ones were going through. They shared horror stories about exploitive and abusive guardians: wards being isolated from the family or forcibly overmedicated, outright theft, even allegations of physical and sexual abuse. Most importantly, these relatives provided me with court documents to back up their allegations. And then they steered me to other families that had similar stories to tell. Throughout the book, you emphasize the role judges play within this system. Why should judges bear special scrutiny? To my mind, the ultimate responsibility for these obvious abuses begins and ends with the judge who ordered the guardianship in the first place. If judges need more training to truly understand what can happen after they establish a guardianship, or more money and staff to get the job done in a compassionate way, then their state legislature needs to step up. If a judge is found to be taking campaign contributions from those they appoint to these very profitable positions (and yes, I discovered that has happened), then that cash flow should be made illegal. If there are repeated complaints against a particular judge, then the state judicial board needs to seriously investigate and consider removing that judge. Think of it this way: most people plan where they want to live, travel, and how to spend their retirement. One judge shouldn’t be able to take all that away under the guise of “protection.” Some people really do need help living their life, but that doesn’t mean they should lose their civil rights or be subjected to humiliating and even criminal behavior.

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Induction of Honorees:

Diane Sawyer
ABC News Anchor

Chuck Scarborough
WNBC News Anchor

Diane Sawyer
Diane Sawyer is an ABC News anchor, tackling some of the biggest issues of our time in new ways with original reporting, primetime specials, long form interviews and in-depth investigations.
Her primetime documentaries have won critical acclaim for shedding light on difficult and previously under-reported topics, including her in-depth reporting on the U.S. foster care system and realities of poverty in America. Sawyer investigations have also chronicled hard working women paralyzed by sexual harassment, the new reality of Americans struggling to stay in the middle class, ISIS targeting young Americans online, and the state of prisons and jails and treatment of prisoners over two decades.
Throughout the course of Sawyer’s career, she has had exclusive, wide-ranging and headline-making interviews with Malala Yousafzai, former President Barack Obama, former President George W. Bush, former Secretary of State, Senator and First Lady Hillary Clinton, the late Senator John McCain, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Amanda Knox, Jaycee Dugard and Caitlyn Jenner.
Sawyer has anchored live coverage on the ground on the biggest news stories in recent history including the Boston Marathon bombing, the historic transition to Pope Francis, the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear emergency in Japan, the Afghanistan war, the deadly earthquake in Haiti, the 2005 tsunami in Southeast Asia, the Soviet coup from Moscow, the Gulf War from Egypt, Hurricane Katrina, and the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon and Pennsylvania.
Sawyer’s reporting has been recognized with numerous awards, including duPonts, Emmy® awards, Peabodys, the grand prize of the premier Investigative Reporters and Editors Association, an IRTS Lifetime Achievement Award, and the USC Distinguished Achievement in Journalism Award. In 1997, she was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame.
Sawyer joined ABC News in February 1989 as co-anchor of Primetime. In addition to that role, she was named co-anchor of Good Morning America in January 1999 and held the post until taking over the World News anchor chair in December 2009.
Prior to joining ABC News, Sawyer spent nine years at CBS News, making history as the first female correspondent of 60 Minutes. She began her career in broadcasting in 1967 in Louisville, Kentucky, where she was a reporter for WLKY-TV until 1970.
A native of Glasgow, Kentucky, and raised in Louisville, Sawyer received a BA from Wellesley College and completed a semester of law school before embarking on a career in broadcasting.

Chuck Scarborough
Emmy® award-winning news veteran Chuck Scarborough has been reporting for the National Broadcasting Company since 1974.
Over the years, he has led breaking news coverage locally and abroad. Scarborough has filed reports from Europe; Russia; the Middle East; the Philippines; Mexico and South America. Scarborough, a U.S. Air Force veteran, began his television career as an anchor and operations manager at WLOX-TV in Biloxi, Mississippi. He was anchor/reporter for WDAM-TV in Hattiesburg, Mississippi; WAGA-TV in Atlanta and WNAC-TV in Boston.
Scarborough has earned 36 local Emmy awards and was honored by the New York Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences with their 2014 “Governor’s Award” as recognition of his long and distinguished career in journalism. Scarborough’s work has also earned awards from the Associated Press, New York Press Club; the Aviation and Space Writers; the Washington Review of Journalism’s Best in the Business; the Working Press Association; and the New York State Broadcasters Association. As a part of NBC 4’s continuing coverage of Hurricane Sandy, Scarborough earned a National Emmy and Edward R. Murrow award.
He has authored three novels, Stryker (1978), The Myrmidon Project (1980), and Aftershock (1991) and has written articles for publication in New York Magazine, Boston Magazine, and American Home Magazine. A proficient aviator, Scarborough holds a commercial pilot’s license.
Scarborough lends his time and talent to support a number of non-profit organizations that aid and support animal welfare, the environment, arts and education. He is also the voice for the New York Cares Coat Drive PSA – the Shivering Liberty Statue.
Scarborough, a Phi Kappa Phi, holds a Bachelor of Science degree Summa Cum Laude from the University of Southern Mississippi and an Honorary Doctor of Letters from Mercy College. He is married and has two children.

The 2018 Silver Circle

Induction of Honorees:

Scott Clark
Sports Director and Anchor – Retired, WABC-TV
David Friend
Senior Vice President, News, CBS Television Stations; News Director – WCBS-TV & WLNY-TV
Dr. Max Gomez
Senior Medical Correspondent – WCBS-TV
Christopher Goutman
Director, Producer & Writer – Television & Stage
Curt Gowdy, Jr.
Senior Vice President of Production & Executive Producer – SNY
David Hyman
Vice President, Marketing & Creative Services – PIX11, Tribune Broadcasting
Sue Simmons
News Anchor – Retired, WNBC
Jacquie Walker
News Anchor – WIVB-TV Channel 4, CBS Buffalo

Scott Clark
Scott joined Eyewitness News in 1986 and soon became the station’s Sports Director and Anchor… and is known to be “Out of This World”! In fact, Scott’s reporting exploits over 30 years took him around the world-from Tokyo, Japan for Major League Baseball’s historic season opener with both the Yankees and the Mets, to England to cover The Championships at Wimbledon, and back across the United States to bring Channel 7 viewers the best coverage of their local sports teams before retiring in 2011.
While at Channel 7, Scott initiated some of the funniest and most anticipated sports features with his weekly segments, “Out of This World,” “Highlight Zone,” and “Armchair Quarterback.” The Emmy® award-winning sportscaster not only nabbed exclusive interviews throughout the years, but also covered sporting events first hand.
Scott signed on and played with a professional football team. He stood with bat in hand at home plate to face the likes of Doc Gooden and Goose Gossage, and played basketball against the Harlem Globetrotters. If that wasn’t enough, he’s been a Drag Racer, Sky Diver, Bronco Buster, and yes, even a Bull Riding Fool that earned him a week’s stay in the hospital!
Off the air, Scott served as Vice President on the Board of Directors of the Alcoholism Council of New York. In addition, he serves on the Advisory Board of the National Sportscasters Association, and the Board of Trustees of the Starlight Foundation, where he is a Hall of Fame inductee.
New York’s 1998 Big Brother of the Year also loves to play golf and helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity by hosting his own golf tournaments over the years.

David Friend
David Friend was named Senior Vice President, News, for the CBS Television Stations group in June 2010.
In addition to his station group responsibilities, he continues to serve as News Director at WCBS-TV, the company’s New York flagship, which is a position he has held since June 2006. He added oversight of the news department at WLNY-TV when CBS acquired the station in 2012 and created a duopoly in the New York City market.
In 2010, Friend was selected by Broadcasting & Cable as the publication’s “News Director of the Year” in recognition of his efforts to drive ratings growth, share best practices across the CBS Television Stations group and facilitate partnerships with CBS Radio stations.
Prior to joining WCBS-TV in 2006, Friend served as the senior vice president in charge of business news programming at CNBC, where he oversaw 14 hours of live programming on a daily basis. He was also responsible for spearheading CNBC’s development of original long-form programming, including the Peabody Award-winning documentary The Age of Wal-Mart: Inside America’s Most Powerful Company. Prior to that, Friend served as executive producer of “Squawk Box,” CNBC’s signature morning program.
Before working at CNBC, Friend was with Warner Bros. as executive producer and co-creator of the nationally syndicated series, Extra. He was responsible for overseeing the transformation of the program from a nightly entertainment magazine to a news and information program.
Prior to that, Friend was the assistant news director at WABC-TV in New York City. He rose from producer to executive producer before being promoted to assistant news director during his seven years with the station.
Friend’s career in television news began in 1978 as a news writer at WPIX-TV in New York City. He was promoted to producer and won an Emmy® award for “Best Local Newscast” before being named senior producer.
In 1983, Friend was the first to produce live special coverage of the Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks show, a tradition that continues today.
Friend has also been an adjunct professor of journalism at Yeshiva University and the College of Mount St. Vincent in New York. He holds a master’s degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and bachelor’s degree in political science from Columbia College.

Dr. Max Gomez
One of TV’s most respected medical journalists, Dr. Max Gomez has produced award-winning health and science segments for network stations in New York and Philadelphia. Dr. Max has reported for Dateline, The Today Show, and 48 Hours. He is currently the senior medical correspondent for WCBS, the flagship CBS network station in New York.
Over more than three decades, he’s earned nine Emmy® awards, three NY State Broadcaster’s Association awards and UPI’s “Best Documentary” award.
In addition to NYC’s ‘Excellence in Time of Crisis’ for his September 11 coverage, Dr. Max has been singled out nationally for special award recognition by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and The National Marfan Foundation. He was also named the American Health Foundation’s “Man of the Year.”
Dr. Gomez has served on the national board of directors for the American Heart Association, the Princeton Alumni Weekly, the Partnership for After School Education and the After School All Stars. He has chaired the national communications committees for the American Heart Association and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

A noted moderator, speaker and media trainer, Dr. Max also mentors undergraduate journalism and medical students and physicians who are interested in medical journalism.
Dr. Max is the co-author of “Cells Are the New Cure – The Cutting-Edge Medical Breakthroughs That Are Transforming Our Health” as well as “Our Stem Cells – The Mysteries of Life and Secrets of Healing,” and “The Prostate Health Program: A Guide to Preventing and Controlling Prostate Cancer.”
Dr. Max is an honors graduate of Princeton University, received his PhD in Neuroscience from the Wake Forest University School of Medicine and was an NIH postdoctoral fellow at Rockefeller University.

Christopher Goutman
Christopher Goutman has spent most of his career in New York as a director, producer and writer. He has directed numerous daytime dramas and executive produced for 12 years.
He created and produced two web series, In Turn and L.A. Diaries, which he also directed, as well as promotional campaigns for network television, commercial movie theater trailers, and an award-winning Presidential campaign ad.
For his work in television, he has shot on locations all over the world. He also wrote, produced and directed three short films, The Square Root of Three, Visions of Joanna, and I.E.D., which received extensive exposure on the independent film circuit.
In the theatre, he has directed in New York, Philadelphia and Florida, including productions at EST, NYC Fringe, the Harold Clurman Theatre and the Theatre at Madison Square Garden. His plays have been performed at L.A. Stage and Film Company, the Barrow Group, EST and The New Circle Theatre Company.
In his previous life as an actor, he appeared extensively in television and film and in the theatre at Circle Rep, Manhattan Theatre Club and the Roundabout Theatre, where he received a Theatre World Award for The Promise.
His other awards include five Emmy® awards for his work as a producer and director and the DGA Award.
Mr. Goutman holds a B.A. from Haverford College with Honors in English and an M.F.A. in Directing from Carnegie-Mellon University.

Curt Gowdy, Jr.
Curt Gowdy, Jr. is the Senior Vice President of Production and Executive Producer at SNY. In this capacity, he is responsible for overseeing all production and on-air talent at the network, including New York Mets live broadcasts and New York Jets programming. Gowdy also oversees the network’s original entertainment and news programming, including SNY’s critically acclaimed shows SportsNite, Daily News Live and Loud Mouths, as well as its various award-winning documentaries. Over the course of his career, Gowdy has been recognized for his work by garnering 34 Emmy® awards.
Prior to joining SNY in May of 2005, Mr. Gowdy worked for ABC Sports for 27 years where he served as the coordinating producer and producer for Major League Baseball’s World Series, The League Championship Series and All-Star Games, Summer and Winter Olympic Games, ABC’s Wide World of Sports, Horse Racing’s Triple Crown, College Football and the Little League World Series.
As coordinating producer for Major League Baseball, Gowdy produced three World Series, including the critically acclaimed 1989 San Francisco earthquake series. He also produced – for over a decade – ABC’s Wide World of Sports, the longest running sports anthology show in television history. In addition, Gowdy garnered eight Eclipse Awards for “outstanding live coverage” of thoroughbred racing for ABC’s Triple Crown coverage.
Gowdy graduated from Colby College with a BA in American Studies and lettered in varsity hockey. He was also the recipient of Colby’s “Distinguished Alumnus” award, as well as the “Carl Nelson” award for professional achievement in the world of athletics. A native Bostonian, Gowdy is an expert salt and freshwater fly fisherman, and is an accomplished guitarist and composer. He resides in New Canaan, Connecticut with his wife Karen and they have three daughters; Taylor, Katherine and Grace.

David Hyman
David Hyman is Vice President, Marketing & Creative Services for PIX11, Tribune Broadcasting’s flagship station. He joined the station in 2013. In this role, Hyman is responsible for all marketing, brand development, creative direction, production, media strategy and execution. He leads a team of a dozen producers, designers, social media strategists and is the principal architect of the PIX11 New York’s Very Own brand.
In 2018, Hyman directed the design of the PIX11 Social Media Center, an interactive studio for anchors, reporters and producers to create original, digital content. This dedicated space is the first of its kind in New York television, and allows the PIX11 News team to be competitive online through a 360-degree approach to storytelling.
PIX’s recent citywide bus advertising campaign ‘Your Fight is Our Fight’ is a reflection of many of PIX11 News’ most high-impact stories and is an extension of its New York’s Very Own brand. Hyman’s art direction is unconventional – a dramatic shift from traditional marketing – and highlights issues that have resonated passionately with PIX’s core audience.
Prior to joining PIX11, Hyman served as Vice President, Creative Director for NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams from 2009-2012. He was executive producer for all major marketing campaigns and developed the brand signature ‘Where the World Unfolds Nightly’ for the #1 Network Evening News broadcast during that period.

For sixteen years, Hyman was the creative leader at WNBC 4 New York and for ten years Vice President Creative Services & Programming where he directed the marketing, branding and programming for NBC’s flagship station. During his tenure, Hyman led the multi-million dollar studio scenic transition and the redesign of legendary Studio 6B. He was executive producer for the Olympics from Athens campaign – shot entirely on location in Greece – aired on all NBC-owned Stations. (Emmy® award and Promax International Gold Medallion winner) Hyman also served as executive producer on the Sydney Olympics’ marketing campaign starring Ray Charles singing America and airing on all NBC-owned Stations.
Hyman was executive producer and liaison for all local programming with oversight for all syndicated programming from major studios. He also served as executive producer for the Emmy® award-winning series Jane’s New York with host Jane Hanson. In addition, he was charged with developing key station relationships and marketing campaigns for all WNBC cultural partners including Lincoln Center, MOMA, the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Tribeca Film Festival. While at WNBC, Hyman was also directly responsible for forging the relationship with LXTV, ultimately purchased by NBC, and was a collaborating partner in the development of their two long running signature shows, Open House New York and First Look New York.
Over the course of nearly thirty years in broadcasting, Hyman has won many prestigious awards including fifteen Promax International Gold Medallion awards, sixteen New York Emmy awards, seven New York State Broadcaster awards, the GLAAD Media award and NATPE’s National Iris award for best public service campaign in America. Hyman and his wife, Eugenie, a writer, have two grown sons and live in Connecticut.

Sue Simmons
Sue Simmons grew up in Greenwich Village and Harlem, New York. Her father was John Simmons, a successful jazz bass player who worked with Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday and others.
Sue began her career as a reporter at WTNH-TV in New Haven, CT. After several years, she moved on to WBAL-TV in Baltimore, MD. In 1974, her next move was to WRC-TV in Washington, D.C., where she anchored until 1980.
Sue then got hired in New York City to anchor Live at 5 with Jack Cafferty; doing interviews with celebrities and paving the way for entertainment shows of the present. Her partnership with Cafferty lasted almost twelve years.
She was also paired with Chuck Scarborough to anchor the 11pm newscast. Chuck and Sue (as they were known in New York) were together for 32 years, the longest running anchor team in New York television history! Sue worked at WNBC-TV for 32 years until June of 2012.

Simmons’s final broadcast was on June 15, 2012. During that program, show biz entertainers, sports figures and longtime co-workers appeared with fun farewells. She’s fondly remembered for her on-air impression of a groundhog. It became a tradition!

After her run at WNBC, Simmons made cameo appearances on various TV shows – Law & Order, 30 Rock, and Elementary. She even appeared in a few movies: The First Wives Club, Set It Off, and Exiled: A Law & Order movie.

Jacquie Walker
Jacquie Walker has been news anchor at WIVB-TV Channel 4, CBS Buffalo, for 35 years, the longest serving anchor at one television station in Buffalo broadcasting history. She anchors News 4 at 5, 5:30, 6 and 11pm. For her outstanding career, Jacquie has been inducted into the Buffalo Broadcasters’ Hall of Fame. The Buffalo Excellence in Media Awards previously selected her as ‘Television Personality of the Year.’ Buffalo Business First named Jacquie among the most influential people in Western New York.
Jacquie’s work has been recognized with dozens of journalism awards, eighteen New York Emmy® nominations, and the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Communications. She is proud to be on the News 4 team that earned two National Edward R. Murrow Awards for coverage of the tragic crash of Flight 3407 in 2009.
Jacquie truly believes in serving others through community volunteerism. She has just been honored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society with a Lifetime Achievement Award for 30+ years of support for those living with MS. Because of her dedication to the fight against cancer, she was honored with the prestigious Service to Mankind Award by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. For the past 10 years, the Buffalo chapter of the American Association of University Women has presented a $5,000 scholarship in Jacquie’s honor to a local college student. She also has received major awards for her service from the Girl Scouts of Western New York, Rotary Club, the National Conference for Community and Justice, and other organizations.
A breast cancer survivor, she has shared her own story with viewers as well as other stories of survivors, screenings, and clinical trials.
Jacquie began her 40-year career in television news, reporting and anchoring at (the former) WBHW-TV in Springfield, Illinois. In 1980, she became the first female co-anchor for WROC-TV in Rochester, NY. She joined WIVB-TV, Buffalo, NY, in 1983.
Jacquie’s husband, Mike Beato, is a technology consultant. They are proud parents of two sons: an attorney with the Washington, D.C. law firm, Wiley Rein; and an administrator with the Stern School of Business, New York University (married to Taryn Ocko Beato).

GOLD CIRCLE INDUCTEE
Diane Sawyer
Marvin Scott Presenter

Charles Scarborough
Janice Huff Presenter
Ellen Scarborough Wife
Eric Lerner
Amy Morris
Natalie Pasquarella Reporter
Stefan Holt Reporter
David Ushery Reporter
Bruce Beck Reporter
John Durso VP, Community and Communications

SILVER CIRCLE INDUCTEES Scott Clark
Dave Davies Presenter

David Friend
Todd Ehrlich Presenter
Wendy Friend Family
Matthew Friend Family
Alexia Friend Family
Gealia Singer
Harris Marks
Elana Oved
Rony Oved
Wendy Pessi
Nicole Tindiglia Assistant News Director

Dr. Max Gomez
Meredith Viera Presenter

Christopher Goutman
Colleen Zenk Presenter
Nicholas Goutman Son

SILVER CIRCLE INDUCTEES Cont/d.

Curt Gowdy, Jr.
Ron Darling Presenter
Karen Gowdy Wife
Taylor Gowdy-Carlson Daughter
Katie Gowdy-Pridham Daughter
Grace Gowdy Daughter
Luke Carlson Son-in-Law
Erik Pridham Son-in-Law
Mrs. Curt Gowdy Mother
Cheryl Gowdy Sister

David Hyman
Jane Hanson Presenter
Genie Schomer (Mr. Hyman’s wife)
Nic Hyman
Graham Hyman
Chris Wayland
Jessica Bellucci
Amy Waldman
Marvin Scott Reporter
Marshall Hites
Larry Wert

Sue Simmons
Chuck Scarborough Presenter
Sue-Ann Greenfield Manager

Jacquie Walker
Lisa Polster Presenter
Mike Beato Husband
Matt Beato Son
Michael Beato, Jr. Son
Taryn Ocko Beato Daughter-in-Law

2018 Gold & Silver Circle
Presenters

Ron Darling
Dave Davis
Todd Ehrlich
Jane Hanson
Janice Huff
Lisa Polster
Chuck Scarborough
Marvin Scott
Meredith Viera
Colleen Zenk

The Gold Circle Members

*Deceased

The Silver Circle Members

Denise Rover
President
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
New York Chapter

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
New York Chapter Board of Governors
Officers
Denise Rover, President
Jim Turner, 1st Vice President
Amy Waldman, 2nd Vice President
Robert Isaacson, Treasurer
Janine Rose, Secretary
Governors
Phil Alongi
Audrey Arbeeny
N.J. Burkett
Todd Ehrlich
Jonathan Furr
Arnold Miller
Julie Poll
David Stern
Sal Tagliarino
Amy Waldman
Steven White
Colleen Zenk
New York Chapter Staff
Sean Schenk, Director of Awards & Communications
Ailette Artiles, Acting Membership & Marketing Manager

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July 13, 2015 07:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time
WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today during the White House Conference on Aging, Philips announced the creation of the AgingWell Hub (AWH), a unique new research center for open innovation that will examine and share solutions for aging well. The initiative will identify new technologies, products and services, as well as provide thought leadership in collaboration with older adults, caregivers, healthcare systems, payers, policy makers, corporate innovators, entrepreneurs and academia. The AWH will also seek solutions to improve technology adoption among older adults and make aging well a reality for more people, by enabling them to better connect with their communities and healthcare providers.

“This rapidly growing segment of the population has critical needs that are not being met”
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As part of the first phase of this initiative, Philips will collaborate with industry and issue experts, including leaders with a common interest in aging well such as American Architectural Foundation (AAF), eHealth Initiative, the Global Social Enterprise Initiative (GSEI) at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University Urban and Regional Planning Program, Humana, MedStar Health, Merck, Respect a Caregiver’s Time (ReAct), Smart Living 360, StreetScape USA, Westchester County’s Department of Senior Programs and Services (New York) and The Gary and Mary West Health Institute. AWH thought leaders and experts will create a blueprint for a research hub, expected to be based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In addition, Philips is in discussion with the MIT AgeLab to advise on the lab design and research program.

“This rapidly growing segment of the population has critical needs that are not being met,” said Kimberly O’Loughlin, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Philips Home Monitoring. “By bringing awareness, collaborating with industry leaders and innovators, and creating an ongoing dialogue, we can help drive solutions that allow older adults to remain independent, healthy and socially engaged. Transforming the experience, improving outcomes and lowering costs requires that we work together to drive simplicity and interoperability. The AWH gives us a platform to test and learn and innovate together.”

The Philips AgingWell Hub will have three key areas of focus:

1.

Drive Open Innovation by creating learning labs to accelerate transformation and improvements in the aging journey. This would allow for open co-creation by engaging older adults, caregivers, healthcare systems, payers, policy makers, corporate innovators, entrepreneurs and academia. The goal is to understand the true cost and performance of care and how it can be improved with innovation and collaboration.

2.
Share Thought Leadership by leveraging data, analytics and dialog to create and share insights that foster transformation. These insights will allow healthcare systems to be more proactive and preventative, enabling aging adults to live at home for as long as possible. As part of this commitment, AWH will share insights, as well as collaborate with other industry leaders on how to improve the efficacy of care delivery, solutions and services for living well.

3.
Promote Positive Image of Aging by working with others to promote a positive image of senior care, helping to tackle the “stigma” that can limit caregiving support and seniors’ access to it. AWH would develop communications materials and drive a positive and enabling image of aging and older adults.

The AWH expands on the Philips Center for Health and Well-being Aging Well Think Tank, as well as its work and researchwith GSEI, which has examined the attitudes and behaviors among the aging population and their caregivers regarding the adoption of technology. Through this work, Philips and its collaborators have found that a new approach is needed – a consumer-centric approach that involves government, industry, healthcare systems, academic institutions and nonprofit organizations as partners in the design of new programs and smart technologies that will empower older adults to thrive.

For more information on the AgingWell Hub, visit www.agingwellhub.org.

About Royal Philips:

Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG, AEX:PHIA) is a diversified health and well-being company, focused on improving people’s lives through meaningful innovation in the areas of Healthcare, Consumer Lifestyle and Lighting. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Philips posted 2014 sales of EUR 21.4 billion and employs approximately 108,000 employees with sales and services in more than 100 countries. The company is a leader in cardiac care, acute care and home healthcare, energy-efficient lighting solutions and new lighting applications, as well as male shaving and grooming and oral healthcare. News from Philips is located at www.philips.com/newscenter.

Contacts
Philips North America
Silvie Casanova, 1-978-659-7467
silvie.casanova@philips.com

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As a teenager I only had one pair of jeans and became terribly embarrassed and ashamed when a cute boy at school smiled at me, because I was certain that he was laughing at my old jeans.

It took me many years to summon the strength to share my story: I grew up in poverty in the Ukraine (part of the Soviet Union at the time) and later in Israel, after my parents relocated there due to persecution based on a religion we didn’t follow or even know much about.

My parents were working many hours to make ends meet and we barely had money for food, everything else was considered a luxury we couldn’t afford.

After college graduation and completing my service in the Israeli Navy, I married my high-school sweetheart of 5 years. He soon turned out to be an abusive husband. I suffered years of daily mental abuse and humiliation, feeling too ashamed to tell anyone and having such low self-esteem that I thought that I probably deserved it. Living in New Jersey, we would go, on a regular basis, to see our friends in Brooklyn – a few couples we’d met when we moved to the United States. Consistently – after every visit – I would get hell on earth for a long time with him analyzing and criticizing what seemed to be my every word and action. We put up a great façade: our friends had no idea of the hell I was going through, believing us to be a loving and compatible couple. After a while I participated less and less in the interactions during our visits, in fear of his wrath. The abuse escalated and increased even more after our daughter was born.

One day, after a long sequence of mental abuse and threats of violence, I seized an opportunity when he was in the shower, grabbed in my arms the dearest thing in the world for me: my toddler daughter, and ran away. That same day, I had to seek police protection, as he came after me and threatened to kill me.

The story ends with me being swept off my feet by a prince charming on a white horse, as we rode happily-ever-after into the sunset… well; it was actually a two-seater white convertible (car). I am now in a loving and supportive relationship with my soul-mate and every year of the last twenty has been like a continuous honeymoon.

Since a young age, I have memories of being able to advise people as to the solution to their problems. It seemed easy and natural to sense myself in their situation and feel what the appropriate move for them was. As far back as I can remember when I was still in Ukraine, I had a desire to help people, to better their life. At every opportunity I would volunteer it, much to the disdain of my parents. People often asked for more.

I refined and developed my expertise many years later, when I was the director and cofounder of a marriage-minded introduction service, Right Match. In the position of a matchmaker, I spend countless hours guiding and coaching my clients as to the best way to present themselves and how to develop a happy, long-lasting romantic relationship that would ultimately lead to marriage. During that time I received many letters from clients thanking me for matches that were way beyond their expectations. It was easy for me: after seeing the person I simply felt his/her personality. This – combined with graphology analysis, personality testing and interviews – made the matching effective and successful. It gave me a tremendous satisfaction to hear that as a result of my help, many people’s lives had been changed and improved. With time I expanded to international matchmaking and established contacts in several western countries.

For many years I’ve been studying and researching the power of the mind and its ability to transform us. As a Master Clinical Hypnotherapist I was fortunate to reach thousands of people around the world and to help them better their life and achieve their highest goals. I’ve developed an in-depth hypnotherapy course that I’ve been teaching for over 12 years and have certified many hypnotherapists. My subliminal, audible and hypnosis self-help series of recordings have been online since the 90s, with over 40 different subjects that use “whole brain” methods to guide the listener to let go of limitations and transform their life.

As a Reiki Master Healer I’ve been teaching and training students to heal themselves and others. I was fortunate to live on three different continents and I feel that it gave me multiple perspectives and an uncanny ability to look in from outside and feel how best to help the person I am working with.

artist: Jonathon Earl Bowser

I receive thank-you letters from around the world for helping people tap their unlimited potential, improve their lives, find their soulmates and lead happy and productive lives; I feel that I am learning more and more every single day and the love in my heart is expanding and multiplying!

In the 1990s I felt a strong desire to study the 2500-year-old Japanese healing method of Reiki (literal translation: Universal Life Force Energy). I had the privilege of completing all of the levels with Diane Stein (and became a Reiki Master in 1995. I don’t think words can begin to express the experience…!!! It seemed as if many doors simultaneously opened around me and my awareness spread in many directions… and I felt as one with all. My consciousness soared up and about and the sensation of Universal Union was stronger than it had ever been before. And the amazing phenomenon is – that it has remained this way ever since…

At that time I created and trademarked Reikinosis, which is a revolutionary healing modality that facilitates deep healing on all levels. Since then many clients were able to benefit from it.

Is it time to come down to earth? When you listen to my recordings you’ll feel the sincerity and love with which I’ve created them. And, of course, I personally make sure that the Reiki healing energy is within each and every recording. After you try some of my general recordings, I’m sure you will find them beyond your expectation. When you are ready to progress further on your evolutionary path, you have a choice of seminars or one-on-one coaching with me.

As we work together to achieve your deepest desires, you will find that you become more in touch with yourself. As you become more in touch with yourself, the sessions will touch your core issues deep inside your subconscious more intimately, and the results will become more powerful and effective.

And as the result of these deeply personalized sessions, you will find that as you grow – you progress towards your own personal happiness!

I’m a Libra-Tiger (Chinese horoscope) and spend my free time (when I have the time…) scuba diving, rock climbing, sky diving, mountain bike riding, dancing, enjoying my wonderful daughter and amazing son and my kind and loving husband and reading, reading, reading.

I have been been published in several magazines such as Third Eye and Inner Realm. Some online articles of mine:

Planet Lightworker (“Mate Quest: Attracting and Finding the Right Mate for You”)

Yoga.com (“Tips on Losing Weight”)

Check out excerpts from my book on finding a mate.

I am …

a Doctor of Divinity in Paranormal Studies, Atlantian Mystery Schools and Raymond Moody School of The Paranormal.

an Interdenominational Ordained Minister, Atlantian Mystery Schools and Raymond Moody School of The Paranormal.

a Certified Reiki Master, Diane Stein.

an Instructor of Hypnotherapy, The American Board of Hypnotherapy.

a Certified Instructor of Ultra Depth (the Sichort State), Ramey Hypnosis Association.

a Certified Instructor of Somnambulistic Hypnosis, Ramey Hypnosis Association.

a Certified Instructor for Smoking Cessation and Weight Loss Hypnotherapy, Hypnodyne Foundation.

a Past Life Regression Therapist, International Board for Regression Therapy.

a Therapeutic Specialist in Regression Therapy and Chakra Therapy, International Association of Therapeutic Specialists.

a Certified Master Clinical Hypnotherapist, International Association of Counselors and Therapists.

a Certified Hypnotherapist, The American Board of Hypnotherapy.

a Certified Hypnologist, Hypnodyne Foundation.

a Certified Hypnotherapist, National Guild of Hypnotists.

a Certified Hypno-Anesthesiologist, International Association of Counselors and Therapists.

an Ambassador to Russia, Hypnosis International Board of Registration.

an Ambassador to Israel, Hypnosis International Board of Registration.

Get help today, schedule a free consultation with Dr. Inessa to discover how she can best support you.

Long distance sessions are available by telephone or Skype and in-person session can be scheduled in several convenient locations around the world.

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cordially invites you to the 26^th Annual

Celebrating Women^® Breakfast

honoring

Rachel Lloyd ^● Founder & CEO, Girls Educational & Mentoring Services

Celebrating Women^® Award

Tina Brown ^● Founder & Editor In Chief, The Newsweek Daily Beast

 Vision Award

Leymah Gbowee ^● Nobel Peace Laureate & Liberian Peace Activist

Century Award

The New York Women’s Foundation^® (NYWF) will hold its 26^th annual Celebrating Women^® Breakfast, honoring Rachel Lloyd, Founder and CEO of Girls Educational & Mentoring Services (GEMS), Tina Brown, Founder and Editor in Chief of The Newsweek Daily Beast Company, and Nobel Peace Laureate and Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee, whose groundbreaking efforts to end the civil war in Liberia were the subject of the award-winning documentary Pray the Devil Back to Hell, on Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 7:30 AM at the New York Marriott Marquis.  NYWF will honor Lloyd with the Celebrating Women^® Award, which is given in recognition of her significant achievements that have influenced the lives of – and provided a role model for –women and girls. Brown will be given the Vision Award in recognition of her significant contributions to women and girls, and Gbowee will be honored with theCentury Award for her social activism which has had an extraordinary and lasting impact on the lives of many.  The event’s co-chairs and Board Members are Kwanza R. Butler, Anita Channapati, and Jennifer Giacobbe.

ABOUT THE HONOREES

Rachel Lloyd

Founder & CEO, Girls Educational & Mentoring Services

Reebok Human Rights Award and Ashoka Fellowship winner Rachel Lloyd is a leading advocate for commercially sexually exploited and trafficked girls and young women.  In 1998, with only a computer and $30, Lloyd established GEMS: Girls Educational and Mentoring Services to support girls and young women victimized by the commercial sex industry.  Since its inception as a one-woman outreach program, GEMS has grown steadily, building its services and programs and garnering increased visibility and recognition under Lloyd’s leadership. GEMS is now the nation’s largest organization offering direct services to domestic victims of commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking.

Tina Brown

Founder & Editor In Chief, The Newsweek Daily Beast

Tina Brown is the founder and editor in chief of The Newsweek Daily Beast Company.  Starting as a writer for Punch magazine and the Sunday Times, she quickly rose through the ranks of the magazine industry to become editor in chief of Talker, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, publisher of Talk magazine and most recently, editor in chief of Newsweek & The Daily Beast.  At Vanity Fair, Brown pioneered celebrity journalism and increased its circulation from 250,000 to 1.2 million. Following her success at Vanity Fair, Brown moved to The New Yorker, where she became the first woman to serve as editor.  In March 2010, Tina launched the annual Women in the World summit. Recently she founded the Women in the World Foundation, which will serve as a resource to all who seek to learn about and engage on issues of importance to women and girls.

Leymah Gbowee

Nobel Peace Laureate & Liberian Peace Activist

2011 Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee is a Liberian peace activist, social worker, and women’s rights advocate. She is Founder and President of the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa, and is Co-Founder and Executive Director of Women Peace and Security Network Africa. Gbowee’s leadership of the Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace – which brought together Christian and Muslim women in a nonviolent movement that played a pivotal role in ending Liberia’s civil war in 2003 – is chronicled in her memoir Mighty Be Our Powers and in the documentary Pray the Devil Back to Hell. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Nobel Women’s Initiative, Gbowee Peace Foundation and the PeaceJam Foundation, and is a member of the African Women Leaders Network for Reproductive Health and Family Planning.

ABOUT NYWF: The New York Women’s Foundation^® is a cross-cultural alliance of women, serving as a voice for women and a force for change. The Foundation identifies innovative women-led organizations that are effecting change for women in the communities they serve. NYWF strategically funds organizations and programs that move women, girls and families toward long-term economic security through individual transformation and systemic change, mobilizing leaders and community partners as philanthropists and change agents. NYWF funds programs that promote economic security, anti-violence and safety, health, and sexual and reproductive rights for women and girls in New York City.

For information about the Celebrating Women^® Breakfast and The New York Women’s Foundation^®, visit www.nywf.org.

WHEN: 

Thursday, May 9, 2013               7:30AM to 9:30AM

Press Check-In*                          5:30AM-6:15AM

Press Check-In Closes                6:30AM

Step & Repeat | Arrivals             6:15AM-7:10AM

Guest Registration                     6:30AM

Breakfast & Program                 7:30AM sharp – 9:00AM

VIP Reception                            9:30AM-11:00AM

WHERE:            

The New York Marriott Marquis

Broadway Ballroom, Sixth Floor

1535 Broadway | between 45^th & 46^th Streets

New York City

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