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Dental Health Crisis with Alison Corcoran EVP and Chief Marketing Officer, DentaQuest

Austin Tang — Sun, 05 Jan 2020 10:07:02 +0000

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DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE’S AN IMPORTANT LINK BETWEEN DENTALHEALTH AND YOUR OVERALL HEALTH?
BUT FOR TOO MANY AMERICANS – ABOUT 74 MILLION – A SIMPLETRIP TO THE DENTIST IS IMPOSSIBLE… BECAUSE THEY DON’T HAVE ACCESS TO ORALHEALTH CARE.
HERE TO TALK ABOUT GAPS IN THE ORAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND WHAT CAN DONE ABOUT THEM, IS ALISON CORCORAN, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER AT DENTAQUEST.
BIO-AlisonCorcoran
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
Alison Corcoran is EVP and Chief Marketing Officer of DentaQuest, the nation’s leading organization dedicated to improving the oral health of all. Under her leadership, DentaQuest is transforming the model of care and achieving significant social impact.
Alison brings a powerful combination of future-forward strategies and deep marketing expertise to DentaQuest’s brand and business model. Through her efforts, DentaQuest is developing innovative, data-intensive approaches to elevate the patient experience and improve care overall.
As a passionate champion of progress, Alison also serves as President of the DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement, which she helped establish. The Partnership addresses under invested areas of oral health that are critical to providing better care to more people. To date, the organization’s research and strategic grantmaking programs have provided more than $200 million in funding to improve oral health.
Prior to joining DentaQuest, Alison served in a number of senior leadership positions for national and international organizations including Staples, Sears Canada, and BJ’s Wholesale Club. Alison also founded Corcoran & Associates, a marketing and strategy firm providing consultancy services to companies such as Zipcar and The Princeton Review.
She received her Master of Business Administration (MBA)from the Tuck School at Dartmouth College and her Bachelor of Arts (BA) from Williams College.
Website DentaQuest.com
· Courtesy language: This interview is sponsored by DentaQuest.

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The J. Luce Foundation

admin — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 15:03:46 +0000

Friends,

On Thursday, February 28, 2019, the J. Luce Foundation, in conjunction with its sister charities Orphans International Worldwide and its New York Global Leaders Lions Club, will host our 19th Annual Leadership Awards Gala at The Princeton Club NYC.

We would be delighted to have you join us!

Seats in advance are $220 each, first come-first served at http://tinyurl.com/k7qa4wj. If you are unable to attend, please consider contributing a ticket for one of our Young Global Leaders. Contributions will be recognized in the program. The dress code is traditional, business formal, or black tie.

Our honored guests include:

RADM. Michael Alfultis, Ph.D., President, SUNY Maritime College, NYC

Emma Felipe, Ph.D., Corp. Social Responsibility Studio Leader, IBM

Jonathan Granoff, J.D., President, Global Security Institute at the U.N.

Hon. Geneive Brown Metzger, LLD Hon.
President & Executive Director, American Caribbean Maritime Foundation

Past District Gov. Peter Pergolis, Lions Club International (Dist. 20-R2), NYC

Fritz Pinnock, Ph.D., President, Caribbean Maritime University, Jamaica

Hon. Mitzi Perdue, J. Luce Foundation 2015 Humanitarian

Hon. Grace A. McLean, Ministry of Youth, Education & Information, Jamaica

Hon. Dang Dinh Quy, Ambassador to the U.N., Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Eva Ritvo, M.D. Psychiatrist & Founder, BeKindr

William Ruud, Ph.D., President, Marietta College, Ohio

Hon. Rebecca Seawright, Assemblymember, New York State Assembly

Hon. Lisa Bryan Smart, Consul General of Jamaica

Dr. Kazuko Hillyer Tatsumura, President, Gaia Holistic Foundation

We also have guests representing 49 countries, including Australia, Bahrain, Benin, Brazil, Canada, the Cherokee Nation, China, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, England, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guyana, Haiti, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, México, Monaco, Mongolia, Nigeria, Palestine, Peru, Poland, Russia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, U.S.A., Ukraine, Vietnam, and Yemen!

WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU. Thanks to all of your support, we will continue to Raise, Support, and now Educate Young Global Leaders!

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Gotham Green celebrates its 3rd Awards Ceremony Part 1 + 2 + 3 + 4

admin — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 20:24:30 +0000

Friars Club, NYC December 4, 2014 – Gotham Networking held its 3^rd and most memorable GOtham Green Awards ceremony recognizing companies and people who are making important contributions toward a more sustainable, and energy efficient world for all of us. There were 8 winners each contributing in a unique area and in some fascinating ways. These are the people who will help shape our futures by introducing such things as: ways to better utilize our resources, tools to improve our self-reliance as a country, implementing new and improved ways to build, creating new ways to use our waste, using old spaces in new ways, and providing new options for growing produce.

There were many very qualified applications representing a variety of Businesses, and nonprofits that are doing great things to advance our move toward greater sustainability. The Winners were selected and THEY ARE:

AgriArk – Princeton, NJ Offer a closed loop solution taking food waste and turning it into products that regenerate the soil. They also provide healthy greens through our greenhouse growing operation. This method is the most efficient and least costly method of processing food waste.

www.agriark.com

Bright Energy Services White Plains, NY A full service firm specializing in energy conservation/reduction. The firm deploys tailored energy efficiency solutions and leverages renewable energy technologies to help commercial and industrial property owners reduce their carbon footprint.

www.brightenergyservices.com

CCI Energy Solutions Uniondale, NY A sustainable energy solutions provider that helps building owners, developers, co-op boards, and managing agents plans and implement energy efficiency projects, including natural gas conversion, combined heat and power installation, energy procurement, and energy conservation measures. www.ccisolutions.com
Eco- Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY Providing cutting edge green building solutions since 2008. Eco Brooklyn focuses on the most radical green building techniques in order to find ground breaking solutions to our ecological problems. We try to build with 100% salvaged materials. We attempt to create no waste by reusing as much as possible. Our goal is to use more garbage than we create. We build super high efficiency homes. www.ecobrooklyn.com

Green Hospitality Initiative, NY The GHI is a NYSRAEF program to provide free support to New York Restaurants in adopting profitable green strategies to help create more sustainable and financially sound businesses for the community and to positively impact the environment. The GHI has been funded the past 4 years through grants from the Environmental Protection Agency and the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute. www.nysra.org/?EF_GHI_Home

Tri- State Bio Diesel Bronx, NY Tri-State Biodiesel focuses on the development and implementation of urban-based biodiesel projects utilizing non-food crop biodiesel feedstocks, such as Used Cooking Oil, Jatropha, Oil and Algae Oil. Tri-State Biodiesel’s provides recycling services to restaurants, cafeterias, caterers and food providers. They acquire cooking oil with the sole purpose of providing it as fuel for home heating, diesel engines, generators and construction equipment. www.tristatebiodiesel.com

Brooklyn Grange Brooklyn, NY They design, install and manage urban rooftop farms in NYC. Its 2 rooftop vegetable farms comprise 2 ½ acres and produce 50,000 pounds of organically grown vegetables each year. It also has the largest apiary in NYC with 30 honey bee hives. Its produce find its way to local kitchens and restaurants. www.brooklyngrangefarm.com

Sustainable Princeton Princeton, NY Educates, engages and excites the Princeton community about how to reduce energy and waste. A nonprofit whose motto is Change a habit. www.sustainableprinceton.org

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