The “Poor Chef” Charles Mattocks Is On A Mission to Beat Diabetes WINE & DINE Hailing from Long Island, New York, Charles Mattocks AKA The Poor Chef grew up cooking with his West Indian parents. Now living in Orlando, Mattocks has built a multidimensional brand around the idea that healthy eating should be accessible to everyone. [...]
ORLANDO NATIVE KEVIN CARR REFLECTS ON HIS CAREER AS AN EXECUTIVE WITH THE NBA. “Getting my job at the NBA was the easiest job I’ve gotten because it was predicated by years of pre-work.” AS A LITTLE BOY IN ORLANDO, Kevin Carr used to run outside when it was time for the space shuttle to take off into the heavens. “I thought, ‘Those people dream big and their talents [...]
Frank Billingsley, Chief of Staff; Heather Fagan, Press Secretary; and Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer STRATEGY MEETINGS IN THE MORNING, MEDIA INQUIRIES midday, news briefings in the afternoon. No day is exactly alike for Heather Fagan, press secretary for Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer. In addition to serving as official spokeswoman for Mayor Dyer, Fagan handles media responsibilities from a strategic perspective. “I look [...]
With the staggering growth of women business owners in the U.S, women are becoming the fule that drives the economy. According to recently released census statistics, the U.S. Census Bureau's Survey of Business Owners reports that there were 787,914 companies owned by Hispanic women in 2007, (the time of the survey), representing a 45 percent increase [...]
Attracting job applicants was never a problem for Capital Regional Medical Center in Tallahassee. For Portia Huston, R.N., the center's recruitment and retention manager, the challenge came in finding the right ta lent for specific positions. Until, that is, Huston learned about the no-cost recruitment services available to employers in her area through Workforce Plus, the [...]
Today, Hispanics are online more than ever. As natural communicators, teachers and communicators of new ideas, Latinas are at the forefront of this trend-leveraging the possibilities presented by the internet to launch blogs, create communities, engage in social and mobile media, and more. Numbers Attract Attention from White House and Corporations According to the Latinos in [...]
The Power of Blogging LatinaStyle Magazine By Ashley Cisneros http://latinastyle.com/magazine/features/374/the-power-of-blogging/ Today, Hispanics are online more than ever. As natural communicators, teachers and communicators of new ideas, Latinas are at the forefront of this trend—leveraging the possibilities presented by the Internet to launch blogs, create online communities, engage in social and mobile media, and more. Numbers Attract [...]
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute --Moffitt researchers use tumor database to help patients Genetically-based, evidence-based personalized treatment for every patient with any form of cancer. A mere dream? No. The Moffitt Total Cancer Care ™ initiative is working to make it a reality as physician-scientists seek to deliver personalized therapy using tumor gene [...]
About 13 million consumers nationwide will soon receive compensation for excessive fees paid to their insurance provider. Some have been waiting for more than a decade. In October, a major insurance company agreed to pay $455 million to settle a class action suit that claimed that the insurance management firm charged excessive management service fees to [...]
Cleveland Trial Lawyers Give Back to the Community The impact of the results that Spangenberg Shibley & Liber lawyers achieve doesn’t end with our clients who retain the firm. It also has a meaningful effect on shaping the law and policy brought about through court decisions where our lawyers have advocated for recognition of individual rights and [...]
