http://joanstilesmusic.com/index_test.html
Curators of the University of on behalf of UMKC and the JCCC Boardof Trustees, will sign an articulation agreementt Wednesday at JCCC. The agreement guarantees that UMKC will accepyt and apply designated freshman and sophomor e credits from JCCC associate degree programz towardUMKC bachelor’s degree programs, consisten with the treatment of non-transfer studengt credits, UMKC said in a Tuesday release.
“Asx an urban-serving university, UMKC is dedicated to making higher education accessible to all studenta and forming meaningful partnerships with area Mel Tyler, UMKC’s vice chancellor of studen t affairs and enrollment management, said in the “This articulation agreement with Johnson County Community College is just one way we affirm that commitment.” UMKC also offere the Metro Rate, a program that allows residentws of Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami and Wyandottse counties in Kansas to pay in-state tuition for undergraduat study.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Friday, November 26, 2010
Sex drug could transform TransTech - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:
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The drug, known now as TTP-515, was developed to treat Yet it has also shown significant promise in early clinical trials in treating a medical condition that affect as much as 40 percent of the worldwidsefemale population. Several pharmaceutical companies are racing to produce thefirstt so-called “female Viagra,” which has a potentiakl market north of $4 billion “Right now, we have nothing, to offer these If this drug succeeds in further clinical trials, they are going to make a says Dr.
Jim Pfaus, an experf in the neurobiology of sexuakl behavior at Concordia Universityin Montreal, who assessed the resultzs of TTP-515 in animal tests he “The world will know about TransTech Pharma.” In many TransTech’s reputation in the biotech worls is well established. It has attracted more than $300 millionm in recent years in deals and collaborations with pharmaz giants suchas , Merck and for its potential drugzs for Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes and But a drug that could possibly stimulate a woman’se interest in initiating sex? TransTech’s brand, as Pfaus speculates, would surely Dr.
Adnan Mjalli, founder and CEO of TransTech, is not lookintg that far ahead. Not yet. At the moment, he is enamoredd with the science of this new molecule which appears capable of dual curtailing the desire to eat whild augmenting the desire in women forsexual “We did not set out to find this drug,” Mjalli “We knew the pathways in the brain we were targetinyg were important for obesity, and perhapsd also for sexual dysfunction, but we weren’ft sure. The data has been quitre profound and apleasant surprise.
” The locus of this actioh takes place in the hypothalamus, a region of the brainm that hosts a variety of bodily There is a receptor in the cells called melanocortin that tells us to eat. That receptodr is balanced by two outside One protein, let’s call it X, turn s off the melanocortin and tells us when to stop eating. Anothefr protein, let’s call it Y, flips the switch on melanocortinb and tells us tokeep eating. In obese people, TransTech scientistz speculate that they have far too much of the Y and therefore continue eating long after they shoulfdbe full.
Thus, TransTech developed a molecule that seek to inhibit the action ofthe keep-eatinhg Y molecule, while allowing the melanocortin and stop-eating X molecule to balancre the state of hunger and food intake. which employs about 120 peoplein , has been testing this drug in clinicakl trials at 10 sites acrosss the country. Early indications are that it is having an impac t on weight loss in obese Then another finding Many of the womenh taking the drug reported an increase insexual desire, and in an increase where there was none before.
As Mjalli suggested, this wasn’yt a complete surprise; previous research by otherr scientists established the connection betweehn melanocortin and sex drive inthe hypothalamus. To be sure of the TransTech shipped TTP-515 to Pfaus’ lab in Montreak for testing in female rats whose ovariess hadbeen removed. those rats should have had no interest ininitiating sex. But after ingesting the new drug, they were positively amorous. Pfaus explains: “In the rat sex doesn’t happen until the femalde says yes. When they are in the female goes to the male and lets him know she is Then she does a juvenile Sheruns away.
The male then she allows herself to be caughyt andcopulation begins. But she is in control of That’s an important point about TTP-515, Pfausd stresses. The drug isn’t just about arousal, whicn is essentially what Viagra, Cialis and Levitrza (with annual sales in the by the way) do for men. Women can be but still not be interestedd inhaving sex. Desire is much tougher to get at. Yet TTP-515r in female rats without ovariee seemed to bridgethat gap.
“What we observed was a whopping increase in says Pfaus, who told TransTecj researchers that the outcome was superior to anythinfg he had ever seen before in drugs tryinh to address the same He’s been doing this kind of researcg for more than a decade. Pfaus says that , a New Jersey-basexd biotech company, developed a drug similar to TTP-5156 in recent years that also shower great promise in treating femalesexual dysfunction. the drug, which introduced a synthetic form of melanocortin into the tended to increaseblood pressure.
FDA safetgy concerns essentially derailed the drug frommoving “TransTech will have to collect a lot of safetuy data, and they are already doing this with obese Pfaus says. “But the big differenced is that the TransTech drug seems to enable natural melanocortin to work asit should. That makew it a very novel treatment.” To date, TransTech has seen no elevatio of blood pressure in obese women takingb their drug inclinical trials. Calling it “a huge Pfaus says that German drug maketr Boehringer Ingleheim is furtheer along than TransTech in its development of a drug for femalesexualk dysfunction.
He says that drug, called flibabserin, works differentlyt than TTP-515, and that thered likely is room enough in the worldwide markert forboth — just as there are threes drugs to treat male erectile In years past, there has been some debate abouft the validity of female sexua dysfunction and whether it needs to be addressefd at all. Obese women tend not to feel very theargument goes, nor do women lockeds in loveless relationships. Is a so-called lifestyl e drug really needed to solve thes e problems when perhaps diet or divorcs might be aquicker fix?
Stephen senior vice president for TransTech, says that such questions are beingv overtaken by a different reality — that femalee sexual dysfunction spans a wide range of causes, and that sexuaol health and health in general are inextricably linked. Mental general well being and even lifespan are often tied tosexuakl health.
The drug, known now as TTP-515, was developed to treat Yet it has also shown significant promise in early clinical trials in treating a medical condition that affect as much as 40 percent of the worldwidsefemale population. Several pharmaceutical companies are racing to produce thefirstt so-called “female Viagra,” which has a potentiakl market north of $4 billion “Right now, we have nothing, to offer these If this drug succeeds in further clinical trials, they are going to make a says Dr.
Jim Pfaus, an experf in the neurobiology of sexuakl behavior at Concordia Universityin Montreal, who assessed the resultzs of TTP-515 in animal tests he “The world will know about TransTech Pharma.” In many TransTech’s reputation in the biotech worls is well established. It has attracted more than $300 millionm in recent years in deals and collaborations with pharmaz giants suchas , Merck and for its potential drugzs for Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes and But a drug that could possibly stimulate a woman’se interest in initiating sex? TransTech’s brand, as Pfaus speculates, would surely Dr.
Adnan Mjalli, founder and CEO of TransTech, is not lookintg that far ahead. Not yet. At the moment, he is enamoredd with the science of this new molecule which appears capable of dual curtailing the desire to eat whild augmenting the desire in women forsexual “We did not set out to find this drug,” Mjalli “We knew the pathways in the brain we were targetinyg were important for obesity, and perhapsd also for sexual dysfunction, but we weren’ft sure. The data has been quitre profound and apleasant surprise.
” The locus of this actioh takes place in the hypothalamus, a region of the brainm that hosts a variety of bodily There is a receptor in the cells called melanocortin that tells us to eat. That receptodr is balanced by two outside One protein, let’s call it X, turn s off the melanocortin and tells us when to stop eating. Anothefr protein, let’s call it Y, flips the switch on melanocortinb and tells us tokeep eating. In obese people, TransTech scientistz speculate that they have far too much of the Y and therefore continue eating long after they shoulfdbe full.
Thus, TransTech developed a molecule that seek to inhibit the action ofthe keep-eatinhg Y molecule, while allowing the melanocortin and stop-eating X molecule to balancre the state of hunger and food intake. which employs about 120 peoplein , has been testing this drug in clinicakl trials at 10 sites acrosss the country. Early indications are that it is having an impac t on weight loss in obese Then another finding Many of the womenh taking the drug reported an increase insexual desire, and in an increase where there was none before.
As Mjalli suggested, this wasn’yt a complete surprise; previous research by otherr scientists established the connection betweehn melanocortin and sex drive inthe hypothalamus. To be sure of the TransTech shipped TTP-515 to Pfaus’ lab in Montreak for testing in female rats whose ovariess hadbeen removed. those rats should have had no interest ininitiating sex. But after ingesting the new drug, they were positively amorous. Pfaus explains: “In the rat sex doesn’t happen until the femalde says yes. When they are in the female goes to the male and lets him know she is Then she does a juvenile Sheruns away.
The male then she allows herself to be caughyt andcopulation begins. But she is in control of That’s an important point about TTP-515, Pfausd stresses. The drug isn’t just about arousal, whicn is essentially what Viagra, Cialis and Levitrza (with annual sales in the by the way) do for men. Women can be but still not be interestedd inhaving sex. Desire is much tougher to get at. Yet TTP-515r in female rats without ovariee seemed to bridgethat gap.
“What we observed was a whopping increase in says Pfaus, who told TransTecj researchers that the outcome was superior to anythinfg he had ever seen before in drugs tryinh to address the same He’s been doing this kind of researcg for more than a decade. Pfaus says that , a New Jersey-basexd biotech company, developed a drug similar to TTP-5156 in recent years that also shower great promise in treating femalesexual dysfunction. the drug, which introduced a synthetic form of melanocortin into the tended to increaseblood pressure.
FDA safetgy concerns essentially derailed the drug frommoving “TransTech will have to collect a lot of safetuy data, and they are already doing this with obese Pfaus says. “But the big differenced is that the TransTech drug seems to enable natural melanocortin to work asit should. That makew it a very novel treatment.” To date, TransTech has seen no elevatio of blood pressure in obese women takingb their drug inclinical trials. Calling it “a huge Pfaus says that German drug maketr Boehringer Ingleheim is furtheer along than TransTech in its development of a drug for femalesexualk dysfunction.
He says that drug, called flibabserin, works differentlyt than TTP-515, and that thered likely is room enough in the worldwide markert forboth — just as there are threes drugs to treat male erectile In years past, there has been some debate abouft the validity of female sexua dysfunction and whether it needs to be addressefd at all. Obese women tend not to feel very theargument goes, nor do women lockeds in loveless relationships. Is a so-called lifestyl e drug really needed to solve thes e problems when perhaps diet or divorcs might be aquicker fix?
Stephen senior vice president for TransTech, says that such questions are beingv overtaken by a different reality — that femalee sexual dysfunction spans a wide range of causes, and that sexuaol health and health in general are inextricably linked. Mental general well being and even lifespan are often tied tosexuakl health.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
MMAC: Milwaukee-area economy still sluggish - South Florida Business Journal:
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Only three of 20 April indicators registere d improvementfrom year-ago levels, matching the numberr of upward-pointing indicators recorded in March, the MMAC said in its Economicc Trends report. "The employment situation continued to deteriorated with deepening job declinees and unemployment indicators over double what they were one year saidBret Mayborne, economiv research director for the MMAC. "But metro area existing homes sales rose for only the secon d time in nearly three years giving some hopefor near-term improvement in a stagnanrt local housing and real estate market." Nonfarjm employment in the metro area fell 4.
8 percent in Apri l to 812,300, down from March’s 4.3 percent Employment levels have now declined compared with year-ago levelse in each of the past 12 months, with April’s declines being the steepest registered in this period, the MMAC Only two of 10 major industry sectors registered April job gains compared with one year ago, whiler eight registered declines. Unemployment indicators for the metrol area both measured more than twicetheir year-earlier levels. The number of unemployed in metro Milwaukeerose 117.6% against year-ago levels, to 70,300 compared with 32,300 in April 2008. new unemployment compensation claims rose ata 104.
6 percent rate in Aprill to 12,101, this indicator’s thir consecutive year-over-year increase of 100 percentg or greater. On the positive side, existing homesa sales for the metro arearose 5.6 percent in April, the first year-over-year increase in this indicator in sevenh months and only the second such gain in nearlyh three years.
Only three of 20 April indicators registere d improvementfrom year-ago levels, matching the numberr of upward-pointing indicators recorded in March, the MMAC said in its Economicc Trends report. "The employment situation continued to deteriorated with deepening job declinees and unemployment indicators over double what they were one year saidBret Mayborne, economiv research director for the MMAC. "But metro area existing homes sales rose for only the secon d time in nearly three years giving some hopefor near-term improvement in a stagnanrt local housing and real estate market." Nonfarjm employment in the metro area fell 4.
8 percent in Apri l to 812,300, down from March’s 4.3 percent Employment levels have now declined compared with year-ago levelse in each of the past 12 months, with April’s declines being the steepest registered in this period, the MMAC Only two of 10 major industry sectors registered April job gains compared with one year ago, whiler eight registered declines. Unemployment indicators for the metrol area both measured more than twicetheir year-earlier levels. The number of unemployed in metro Milwaukeerose 117.6% against year-ago levels, to 70,300 compared with 32,300 in April 2008. new unemployment compensation claims rose ata 104.
6 percent rate in Aprill to 12,101, this indicator’s thir consecutive year-over-year increase of 100 percentg or greater. On the positive side, existing homesa sales for the metro arearose 5.6 percent in April, the first year-over-year increase in this indicator in sevenh months and only the second such gain in nearlyh three years.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Denny Hamlin is still proud of a season that ended with such disappointment - ESPN
http://www.mfinancialservices.com/article/Power-Sharing-Women-Take-Over-Mother-Jones.html
Washington Post | Denny Hamlin is still proud of a season that ended with such disappointment ESPN "I know how hard it is for Denny, but I'm proud of our guys. They fought their guts out. This is a maturing process. And Denny and Mike, I feel they have a ... Johnson captures fifth straight Sprint Cup title Jimmie Johnson R » |
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Twitter says TV series isn't official - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
http://dwgames.org/flip-words-full-game-27.html
and had announced they are unscripted competitiob in which players will use Twitter whilr on the trailof celebrities. on Tuesday said that whilew it has signed ita non-exclusive contract with Reveille and Brillstein,it simpl allows them to move forward with their The blog said there are multiple companies are now workinv on TV projects related to the service, so there may still be a projectg that delves into how many character s can be squeezed into a Twitter series. "There is no official Twitter TV show—although if ther were it would be fun to theblog said.
Reveills has been involved in scriptesd seriesincluding "The Office" and "The It has also done reality shows including "The Biggest Loser" and "American Gladiators." Brillstein's showas include "Real Time with Bill Maher" and "Thew Sopranos."
and had announced they are unscripted competitiob in which players will use Twitter whilr on the trailof celebrities. on Tuesday said that whilew it has signed ita non-exclusive contract with Reveille and Brillstein,it simpl allows them to move forward with their The blog said there are multiple companies are now workinv on TV projects related to the service, so there may still be a projectg that delves into how many character s can be squeezed into a Twitter series. "There is no official Twitter TV show—although if ther were it would be fun to theblog said.
Reveills has been involved in scriptesd seriesincluding "The Office" and "The It has also done reality shows including "The Biggest Loser" and "American Gladiators." Brillstein's showas include "Real Time with Bill Maher" and "Thew Sopranos."
Friday, November 19, 2010
After spending time on sidelines, ladies thrust back into job hunt - Business First of Columbus:
http://jaiyesfoods.com/2009/04/06/why-nutrition-is-important-from-janet-schlarbaum/
Steele found herself in the middle ofa divorce, then her son, who lacke health insurance, was injuredf and needed medications. She was thrust back into the work forcrein 2007. “Sometimes my entire paycheck would go to his she said. Steele had 15 years experience inhuman resources, but unhappily learned since most of her training was on the job, she didn’g have the educational background to returmn to a similar position. She applied to the staffing service, where she was assigned to a clericak positionat . For awhile, she found additional seasonal work at tax Hersavings gone, Steele was working well beyondx 40 hours a week to make ends meet.
As toughn as life has been for the last few Steelesaid it’s not all bad. “It’xs also true I was kind of she said ofnot working. “I like to be Steele enrolled in MBA classes at and just begann a new assignment doing clericap work for theColumbus Eventually, she’d like to be an adjunct professor at a She’s like many women these days who once had the luxurgy of being able to stay home but now must try to reestablishg a career. As in Steele’s case, Shannon an accountant, went through a divorc e that threw her finances into a downward spiral.
The 34-year-old Mills was hired to work in the mail room ofthe ’sx headquarters in Newark in November 2007 afterf being out of work since 2001. Her son Devonm attended kindergarten, which freed at leasr part of the day for his Fortunatelyfor Mills, Park Nationall Bank recognized her skills and moved her from the mail room to the accountingt department. “This accounting is totallty different thanwhat I’ve done before,” she “but it’s a perfecy fit, definitely.” Mills said while the circumstances weren’r ideal, she was ready to go back to work.
She dabblexd in online sales and worked from home in variouz capacities when shewas married, giving her flexibility to take care of her Mills said getting back into the 8-to-5 routinde and giving up all that flexibility was the toughest part of returningf to work. She misses her son during the day but realizesd being a working mother is theway it’s goingh to be for the foreseeable future. Realistically, she life isn’t really worse than several years ago; it’a just different. Acloché’s CEO Bobbies Ruch said many women are heading back to workbecausw they’re having a hard time financially. And, the timingv couldn’t be worse.
“I think it’s a miserablew time to be looking for a Ruch said. “They commonly say, ‘Mg husband lost his job.’ ” Divorce also forcezs many women backto work. Ironically, money problemsa often cause the divorces. As women go back to Ruch said age is more of a discriminatiohn factorthan gender. In more men are losing their jobsthan women, possibly because womeh still are generally paid less than men, but especially 50 or older will experience difficulty in finding a new job for two main First, younger people are more technology savvy, whicn is extremely important in the currenft market, and most young employees haven’t reached a peak income and don’t expect the higher salaries to which older employeez are accustomed.
Ruch suggests anyone have difficulty findin a new job should volunteer at adesiredf company. It’s psychologically much healthier than sittin g next to the phone waiting foran interview, and it’s advertisinyg yourself as available. “You really need to know someonr withinthe company,” she said. Maggie Short spent most of her career in the restaurant busines s until she married her manager and left her jobso there’d be no conflicrt of interest. She found anotherf job through a temporary servicw until she hadtwo children, who took her out of the work forcee entirely.
But soon the family accrued medical bill s and both children attendedexpensive all-day “It was intimidating, the thought of coming back to she said. As luck would have it, she ran into her formefr boss who now worked for The 38-year-old Short was hired as an executive recruitefr at the staffing Short said balancing a career with meeting the needs of two youngv children and a husband is a jugglinfg act. “There are days when I wish I could’v stayed at work for anothert hour anda half,” she said. “Bur it’s good to be back in the adult world.” Anne Richardson realizes now that she was lucky she returned to the work force whenshe did.
Her plan to stay home with her childre untilher youngest, now 4 years old, was ready for kindergarteb was part of a divorce agreement. But her ex-husband’ws circumstances changed, alimony diminished, and Richardson updateds her resume. It had been six yeards since the 34-year-old was program coordinator for in Virginia andshe wasn’f prepared for how difficult it woul d be to find a job today. She sent out the but made progress only when she poundedthe “The only thing working was persona l contact,” she said.
She visitedd temporary employment service and was placed in a majo r Columbuscompany – which requested not to be namedx – as an account manager in its sales supporft department. The toughest challenge for Richardson was accepting that she stooed on the very lowestr rung of the company ladder even with eigh t years experience atFreddie Mac. “Iu was going to have to start at the she said. Explaining to her 4-year-old daughter why she’s not home wasn’gt easy, but Richardson has faith her daughted will understand thatlife doesn’t alwayds go as planned.
Steele found herself in the middle ofa divorce, then her son, who lacke health insurance, was injuredf and needed medications. She was thrust back into the work forcrein 2007. “Sometimes my entire paycheck would go to his she said. Steele had 15 years experience inhuman resources, but unhappily learned since most of her training was on the job, she didn’g have the educational background to returmn to a similar position. She applied to the staffing service, where she was assigned to a clericak positionat . For awhile, she found additional seasonal work at tax Hersavings gone, Steele was working well beyondx 40 hours a week to make ends meet.
As toughn as life has been for the last few Steelesaid it’s not all bad. “It’xs also true I was kind of she said ofnot working. “I like to be Steele enrolled in MBA classes at and just begann a new assignment doing clericap work for theColumbus Eventually, she’d like to be an adjunct professor at a She’s like many women these days who once had the luxurgy of being able to stay home but now must try to reestablishg a career. As in Steele’s case, Shannon an accountant, went through a divorc e that threw her finances into a downward spiral.
The 34-year-old Mills was hired to work in the mail room ofthe ’sx headquarters in Newark in November 2007 afterf being out of work since 2001. Her son Devonm attended kindergarten, which freed at leasr part of the day for his Fortunatelyfor Mills, Park Nationall Bank recognized her skills and moved her from the mail room to the accountingt department. “This accounting is totallty different thanwhat I’ve done before,” she “but it’s a perfecy fit, definitely.” Mills said while the circumstances weren’r ideal, she was ready to go back to work.
She dabblexd in online sales and worked from home in variouz capacities when shewas married, giving her flexibility to take care of her Mills said getting back into the 8-to-5 routinde and giving up all that flexibility was the toughest part of returningf to work. She misses her son during the day but realizesd being a working mother is theway it’s goingh to be for the foreseeable future. Realistically, she life isn’t really worse than several years ago; it’a just different. Acloché’s CEO Bobbies Ruch said many women are heading back to workbecausw they’re having a hard time financially. And, the timingv couldn’t be worse.
“I think it’s a miserablew time to be looking for a Ruch said. “They commonly say, ‘Mg husband lost his job.’ ” Divorce also forcezs many women backto work. Ironically, money problemsa often cause the divorces. As women go back to Ruch said age is more of a discriminatiohn factorthan gender. In more men are losing their jobsthan women, possibly because womeh still are generally paid less than men, but especially 50 or older will experience difficulty in finding a new job for two main First, younger people are more technology savvy, whicn is extremely important in the currenft market, and most young employees haven’t reached a peak income and don’t expect the higher salaries to which older employeez are accustomed.
Ruch suggests anyone have difficulty findin a new job should volunteer at adesiredf company. It’s psychologically much healthier than sittin g next to the phone waiting foran interview, and it’s advertisinyg yourself as available. “You really need to know someonr withinthe company,” she said. Maggie Short spent most of her career in the restaurant busines s until she married her manager and left her jobso there’d be no conflicrt of interest. She found anotherf job through a temporary servicw until she hadtwo children, who took her out of the work forcee entirely.
But soon the family accrued medical bill s and both children attendedexpensive all-day “It was intimidating, the thought of coming back to she said. As luck would have it, she ran into her formefr boss who now worked for The 38-year-old Short was hired as an executive recruitefr at the staffing Short said balancing a career with meeting the needs of two youngv children and a husband is a jugglinfg act. “There are days when I wish I could’v stayed at work for anothert hour anda half,” she said. “Bur it’s good to be back in the adult world.” Anne Richardson realizes now that she was lucky she returned to the work force whenshe did.
Her plan to stay home with her childre untilher youngest, now 4 years old, was ready for kindergarteb was part of a divorce agreement. But her ex-husband’ws circumstances changed, alimony diminished, and Richardson updateds her resume. It had been six yeards since the 34-year-old was program coordinator for in Virginia andshe wasn’f prepared for how difficult it woul d be to find a job today. She sent out the but made progress only when she poundedthe “The only thing working was persona l contact,” she said.
She visitedd temporary employment service and was placed in a majo r Columbuscompany – which requested not to be namedx – as an account manager in its sales supporft department. The toughest challenge for Richardson was accepting that she stooed on the very lowestr rung of the company ladder even with eigh t years experience atFreddie Mac. “Iu was going to have to start at the she said. Explaining to her 4-year-old daughter why she’s not home wasn’gt easy, but Richardson has faith her daughted will understand thatlife doesn’t alwayds go as planned.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Market conditions will dictate new tower's construction - Salt Lake Tribune
http://m-eye.net/2008/12/11/blu-christmas/
Market conditions will dictate new tower's construction Salt Lake Tribune Hamilton Partners, which built and owns the high-rise office building at 222 S. Main St., would construct the new building, which would connect with the ... |
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Francis J. Murray Jr. Executive Profile
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Francis J. Murray, Jr. was appointe President and Chief Executive Officeer of the New York Stat Energy Research and Development Authority onJanuary 26, 2009. Prior to his Mr. Murray served as Senior Advisoer at the international environmental consulting firm Ecologyand Inc., where he provided strategicf policy and market development guidance on environmentao and energy issues to a number of private sector and not-for-profigt clients. Mr. Murray also represented the Pace Energyg and Climate Center and the Natural Resources Defense Council in the New York Public Services Commission proceeding to establisu an energy efficiency portfolipostandard program. From 1996 to 1997, Mr.
Murrayt was policy advisor to the United States Secretarygof Energy, assisting in the developmengt of the Clinton Administration's national energy policy. Mr. Murray served from 1992 to 1994 as the New York Stater Commissioner of Energy and Chairman of the NYSERDA Boardof Directors, then a statutorty function of the State Energ Commissioner. At that time, he also served as Chairman of the State EnergyPlanninhg Board, a multi-agency statutory board charged with the responsibilitt of developing a comprehensive, integrated energty plan for the Stat e that integrated State energy, environmental and economi development policies. In 1985, Mr.
Murray was appointerd Deputy Secretary to the Governor for Energy and the a position he helduntil 1992. He served from 1983 to 1985 as Assistangt Secretary for Energy and the Environment in the administration of New York Statw GovernorMario M. Cuomo. He representex New York in numerous nationak and regional energy andenvironmental activities, includint the Coalition of Northeastern Governors, the National Governors' Association, and the Council of Greatt Lakes Governors. Mr. Murray began his work on New York Statr energy issues as legislativre counsel and then as an energ and environmental policy advisor to Governor Hugh Carey from 1977to 1982.
He began his careee in public service as a legislative assistant to CongressmannJames V. Stanton (D-Ohio). Mr. Murray received his Bachelor of Sciencer in Foreign Service cum laude from theEdmuned A. Walsh School of Foreign Service atGeorgetown University, and his Juriw Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center. Recen t News About Francis J. Murray Jr. **All Executives profile data provided byDow Jones & Co., Inc.
Francis J. Murray, Jr. was appointe President and Chief Executive Officeer of the New York Stat Energy Research and Development Authority onJanuary 26, 2009. Prior to his Mr. Murray served as Senior Advisoer at the international environmental consulting firm Ecologyand Inc., where he provided strategicf policy and market development guidance on environmentao and energy issues to a number of private sector and not-for-profigt clients. Mr. Murray also represented the Pace Energyg and Climate Center and the Natural Resources Defense Council in the New York Public Services Commission proceeding to establisu an energy efficiency portfolipostandard program. From 1996 to 1997, Mr.
Murrayt was policy advisor to the United States Secretarygof Energy, assisting in the developmengt of the Clinton Administration's national energy policy. Mr. Murray served from 1992 to 1994 as the New York Stater Commissioner of Energy and Chairman of the NYSERDA Boardof Directors, then a statutorty function of the State Energ Commissioner. At that time, he also served as Chairman of the State EnergyPlanninhg Board, a multi-agency statutory board charged with the responsibilitt of developing a comprehensive, integrated energty plan for the Stat e that integrated State energy, environmental and economi development policies. In 1985, Mr.
Murray was appointerd Deputy Secretary to the Governor for Energy and the a position he helduntil 1992. He served from 1983 to 1985 as Assistangt Secretary for Energy and the Environment in the administration of New York Statw GovernorMario M. Cuomo. He representex New York in numerous nationak and regional energy andenvironmental activities, includint the Coalition of Northeastern Governors, the National Governors' Association, and the Council of Greatt Lakes Governors. Mr. Murray began his work on New York Statr energy issues as legislativre counsel and then as an energ and environmental policy advisor to Governor Hugh Carey from 1977to 1982.
He began his careee in public service as a legislative assistant to CongressmannJames V. Stanton (D-Ohio). Mr. Murray received his Bachelor of Sciencer in Foreign Service cum laude from theEdmuned A. Walsh School of Foreign Service atGeorgetown University, and his Juriw Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center. Recen t News About Francis J. Murray Jr. **All Executives profile data provided byDow Jones & Co., Inc.
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