and is currently the President of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, NY (the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards). His distinctive storytelling, production skills and award-winning international reporting have added a unique dimension to WABC-TV’s coverage of metropolitan New York. In September 2001, after the two airliners struck the World Trade Center, N.J. and WABC-TV photographer Marty Glembotzky narrowly escaped the subsequent collapse of the South Tower. Their work was later seen on television news broadcasts across the nation and around the world. He spent nearly three months covering the war in Iraq.  In the metropolitan area, he has reported on everything from crime, and state and local politics, to commercial plane crashes, hurricanes, blizzards, wildfires and Nor’easters on Long Island. N.J.’s work has been honored with several of the most prestigious awards in American television news, including the coveted Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio and Television News Directors Association. He shared the George Foster Peabody Award with his colleagues at ABC News for his reporting on the September 11th attacks. In March 2003, N.J. was awarded the Emmy® for Outstanding On-Camera Achievement from the New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, his third Emmy®. His full name is Newton Jones Burkett, and he grew-up in New Jersey. Before joining Eyewitness News, N.J. was a correspondent for WFSB-TV.

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In fact, a new study from the MIT AgeLab found that while just over one third of mature drivers have at least one top technology, 51% said they would feel safer if their vehicle had all of the most up-to-date technologies. The survey also found that 55% of mature drivers plan to buy or lease another vehicle in the next five years, suggesting that as more and more of these features are incorporated into new vehicles, a growing number of consumers 50+ could be driving cars with these technologies.

On September 17, Joseph Coughlin, Director of the MIT AgeLab and Jodi Olshevski, a leading gerontologist and Executive Director of The Hartford Center for Mature Market Excellence, can talk to your listeners about this research and driving safety among older drivers.

They’ll share a new consumer ranking of the top ten technologies that are most likely to benefit mature drivers — a follow up to a study last year — as well as information on drivers’ confidence level in learning how to use these new technologies. They can also discuss the warning signs for older drivers and how to identify and adjust driving behaviors to stay safe on the road.

About Joseph F. Coughlin, Ph.D., Director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s AgeLab

Joseph F. Coughlin, Ph.D., is Director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s AgeLab. His research seeks to understand how demographic change and social trends and technology converge to drive future innovations in business and government. Based in MIT’s Engineering Systems Division, Dr. Coughlin teaches policy and systems innovation, as well as a course on social media and information seeking behaviors in health and finance. Dr. Coughlin is an editor and key contributor to Aging America and Transportation: Personal Choices and Public Policy, published in 2012 by Springer. Dr. Coughlin is a frequent guest on news programs; his work has been featured in both print and on television – ABC, BBC, CBS, CNN, NBC, News Asia, Economist, Financial Times, The Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and other media outlets throughout the world.

About Jodi Olshevski, M.S., Gerontology

Jodi Olshevski is executive director of The Hartford Center for Mature Market Excellence, leading a team of corporate gerontologists who conduct primary research and deliver expert services across The Hartford and to selected businesses. The team has won numerous awards, and is nationally-recognized as the pre-eminent corporate gerontology organization in the United States. An expert on a wide array of aging related topics, such as caregiving, eldercare, housing, and older driver issues, Olshevski has been interviewed widely by national and regional television and radio shows, including the CBS Early Show and NBC Nightly News, and by national publications such as the Chicago Tribune, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, and the AARP Bulletin, to name a few. Olshevski is a frequent lecturer on business and aging at professional conferences and on industry panels, has held an adjunct faculty position at Pennsylvania State University, and is a Visiting Research Fellow at MIT AgeLab. She is also co-author of the book Stress Reduction for Caregivers, published by Taylor & Francis. Prior to joining The Hartford in 2000, Olshevski held positions at Work/Family Directions, Inc., Ceridian Performance Partners, and Senior Care Network. Olshevski has a master’s degree in gerontology from the University of Southern California.

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Its a great opportunity for the Quinnipiac School of Business to bring some internationally-known business leaders to campus to share wisdom with business leaders and the campus. And those who registered for the event really were expecting a tremendous chance of acquiring wisdom from the headlining presenters. I hope to gain some valuable lessons and experience from the corporate leaders who are attending here and make myself a better leader in the business world, said Jonathan Bellows; a member of the Quinnipiac class of 2006 and now an employee at Hewitt Associates.

Liana Hartford, a Quinnipiac graduate from the class of 2005, concurred. I’d like to gain some perspectives about leadership and maybe learn something about myself said Hartford; who is now working at Hartford Investment Management. And the lessons would be valuable. The day started with an energetic presentation given by Tom Peters, author of such organization books as The Pursuit of Wow! (1994) and the more recent Talent: Develop It, Sell It, Be It (2005), who advised those in attendance that the best way to earn success is to do things. The secret to success in life is trying a lot and hoping some of it works said Peters. The management guru also stated that the people you associate yourself with can have an impact on your personality; If you hang out with interesting people. You become more interesting.

If you hang out with boring people, you will become more boring. Following Peters homily, QU Alum William C Weldon talked about the societal impact of Johnson & Johnson and also emphasized how enjoying your job is just as important as your performance. You got to be enthusiastic about what you do, he recommended. Morality is very highest at Johnson & Johnson. Proceeding Weldons presentation, it was now time a grand panel discussion amongst the speakers. Peters and Weldon were joined by Champoux and DeFeo for a discussion about leadership and credibility within the workplace. While moderated by Joe Connolly of the Wall Street Journal, the experts discussed how success can be brought about in the business world through guidance and hard-working.

Among the highlights of the debate were DeFeo explaining that any promotion in trade is brought about when those involved are developing the right and soft numbers, as well as William Ayers advice that success in the work place is brought about by three things: communication, communication, and communication. After lunch, Effectiveness Institute President Tom Champoux enthusiastically spoke about how a successful team is formed within the workplace. The Effectiveness expert also had the audience figure out how easily they would get along with others in the workplace by weighing both their negative and positive attributes.

One of the most pivotal points of Champouxs presentation came when he emphasized the significance of trust in regards to establishing leadership. Trust is a key-note issue, accentuated Champoux. Either you trust me or you don’t. In addition to the speakers counsel and passion, it was exciting to see how everyone was impacted by the noteworthy conference. Personally, I thought it was terrific, said Quinnipiacs School of Business Dean Mark Thompson. Of course Im a little biased, but everything I’ve heard from people today was that it was excellent. Bellows agreed and recalled the previous time he attended one of Champouxs presentations at the university. He was pretty much on the dot of what he was talking about from my experiences, recounted Bellows. I was fortunate to apply some of his lessons in the workplace. It was also exciting to see how those who had already gained much practice in the business world be inspired by the knowledge of the speakers.

The speakers were very insightful and their comments are extremely relative to what people are faced with today, said John G. Catero; who has served as a consultant for worldwide pharmaceutical companies for the past six years. John Morgan, however, was quite impressed by the turnout of both the forum as well as everyone who attended It was a tremendous success, beamed Morgan. To think that several hundred people stayed during a blizzard speak volumes about what great presenters they were. And that was what made the forum so remarkable. Despite the stormy weather, many people stayed for an informative and inspirational eight hours. Along with Ayers, DeFeos, Weldons, Peters, and Champouxs knowledge and zest, it truly was a warm day at Quinnipiac University.

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