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Ali Shapiro Cudby, author of Keep Your Customers and executive editor of the Animal Planet TV network and Gold Digest Magazine Group, started her career in marketing at the New York Times and worked her way up to CEO of Align Growth Strategies since 2014.
On Friday, the University of Pennsylvania bestowed its 2023 Award of Merit on Cudby, as well as four others: Richard David Feintuch, Stanley H.
Browne Dianis, Katherine Sachs, and Victor Anthony Scotti, Jr.
Dianis is a civil rights lawyer and voting rights expert who returned to Penn as a guest speaker on multiple occasions to share her message of hope, the Pennsylvania Gazette reports.
Her career has focused on areas of criminal justice, education, voting, policing, and immigration.
She has used the legal system to restore voting rights for people with felony convictions in Florida, represent displaced Hurricane victims in Louisiana, to stop politicians from engaging in voter suppression in Ohio, and to ensure equitable allocation of voting machines in Virginia.
Cudby earned her undergraduate degree from Penn's College of Arts and Sciences in 1991 and an MBA from the university's Wharton School in 1997.
She has been an active member of the Trustees' Council of Penn Women for more than 20 years, serves on the Penn Libraries Board
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Quebec City's Mus ? 'e des beaux-arts du Qu'bec museum is getting a major boost from a single man. Michael Audain, chairman of the Jean Paul Riopelle Foundation, has pledged $10 million toward...more
Foundation: Ford Motor Company Fund
The Ford Motor Company's philanthropic arm is getting a new name: Ford Philanthropy. The rebranding reflects Ford's 75-year legacy of "driving impact in Ford communities around the world," says...more
A leaked list of the European Union's top priorities for the next decade paints a bleak picture for the bloc's efforts to combat climate change. The list, prepared by the European Commission and...more
If you're a teen in Lenawee County, Mich., and you love giving back to your community, you may want to consider becoming a member of the Lenawee YOUTH Council. The council, a program of the...more
Foundation: Whitefish Community Foundation
"But wait. We're not done yet." That was the message from Lois Davis, CEO of the Whitefish Community Foundation, as it handed out $520,300 in grants to 68 nonprofit organizations in the...more
When All Things Right and Relevant closed its doors in Davis, Calif., earlier this year, it left behind a legacy of support for those with mental illness. Now, with $1.3 million from the sale of...more
Foundation: Community Foundation of the Ozarks
Volunteers are needed for a Springfield, Mo., charity that helps kids with disabilities play baseball. Hamra Enterprises, a family-owned company that operates nearly 200 restaurants nationwide,...more
It's that time of year again: time for investors to look back at the last presidential election and see if there's any correlation between it and the performance of the stock market. A Bloomberg...more
Foundation: Kellogg Foundation
For more than 30 years,Henrie Treadwell has been fighting for racial equity at the University of South Carolina, where she became the school's first black graduate since Reconstruction, the...more
If you're an employer looking to attract the next generation of workers, Entrepreneur has some advice: Get to know Gen Z. The list is based on a recent study of 11,495 high school students,...more
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Hong Kong FarmFest 2014: Promoting Social Entrepreneurship
It’s time once again for social enterprises to bring and brandish their products and services at the FarmFest 2014, to be held at the Fa Hui Park in Mong Kok this Lunar New Year shopping season.
