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Banking Executive and Film Producer Was 55

Banking Executive and Film Producer Was 55

Published by Daniella Wilson

Linda Duncombe, a longtime banking executive and independent film producer, died on Sunday. She was 55. The SAG-AFTRA Foundation, where Duncombe served on the board of directors, announced her death on Monday. She reportedly died of complications from a stroke shortly after being diagnosed with stage 2 lung cancer. “We are devastated by the sudden loss of our dear friend and fellow Board member, Linda Duncombe,” Courtney B. Vance, president and chair of the SAG-AFTRA Foundation Board, wrote in a statement. “Linda was an extraordinary leader who brought a wealth of experience, influence and relationships to our Board, but what made her truly special was how generously she shared all of it. “She believed wholeheartedly in the mission of this Foundation and in the importance of supporting the performers who bring stories to life,” Vance continued. “Linda had a remarkable ability to bring people together, open doors and turn her passion for this community into meaningful support for our work. She brought such warmth, wit and enthusiasm to everything she did. She will be deeply …

Artadia Appoints Allison Derusha Executive Director

Artadia Appoints Allison Derusha Executive Director

Published by Jenni Sidey

Artadia, the nonprofit known for giving unrestricted grants to artists across the United States, has named Allison Derusha its new executive director. Derusha, an arts fundraiser and strategist who has worked at the Guggenheim Museum, the American Ballet Theatre, the National Academy of Design, and SculptureCenter, takes over from Bora Kim, who has served as interim executive director since January and will serve as deputy director under Derusha. Kim stepped into the role following the departure of Patton Hindle, who left Artadia to become director of arts at the Knight Foundation. Source link

The Executive Binge: Alcohol, Cocaine, and Sex

The Executive Binge: Alcohol, Cocaine, and Sex

Published by Jenni Sidey

A familiar but newly resurfaced pattern among high-functioning men starts with business drinking that turns into marathon episodes of cocaine use, sexual escapades, disappearance, and remorse. Over the past two years or so, I’ve seen a striking increase in the number of high-functioning men in my private practice struggling with a binge pattern I once saw routinely. It was commonplace among patients I treated during the cocaine epidemic of the 1980s (Washton, 1989a), but in the intervening three decades had become relatively uncommon. The pattern is intermittent rather than continuous, but when it occurs it is often dramatic. A business dinner or night out with coworkers and other professional associates begins with heavy drinking. Cocaine enters the picture, sometimes right at the restaurant or bar, and the evening becomes a marathon binge of alcohol, cocaine, and sex, often moving to a strip club and then a hotel room with escorts until the next morning or beyond. What follows is also familiar. Calls and texts from spouses go unanswered. The person goes “radio silent,” then resurfaces …

Longtime film academy chief executive Bruce Davis dies at 83

Longtime film academy chief executive Bruce Davis dies at 83

Published by Sam Flores

Bruce Davis spent more than two decades as the motion picture academy’s chief executive. Even when he retired in 2011, it was not because he didn’t still love the work. In fact, he kept at it in retirement, retaining an office at the Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study where he focused on writing a definitive history of the early days of the Oscars. “I don’t think I’ve been bored for a minute in 30 years here,” Davis told the Associated Press upon leaving the academy. “I feel like such a rube sometimes. To this day, when I get out of the car on Oscar night and step up there onto that carpet, you get that rush of energy. The lights are popping — not that anybody’s aiming at me — but still I think it’s one of the great rushes, emotionally speaking, that a person can have.” Following a battle with leukemia, Davis died Saturday. He was 83. Davis’ career at the academy was, according to wife Joann, partly a matter of being in …

E!, American Cybercast Executive Was 71

E!, American Cybercast Executive Was 71

Published by Daniella Wilson

Sheri Herman, the visionary marketing and programming executive who helped launch E! Entertainment Television and served as president of American Cybercast, home of the first interactive, episodic online TV show, has died. She was 71. Herman died Aug. 6 of heart failure at her home in Telogia, Florida, her longtime friend Martin Lewis, a marketing strategist and humorist, announced. The two worked together often over the years. “Sheri Herman was a remarkable, vibrant spirit,” he said. “She had a relentless thirst for charting new paths forward. She was never satisfied with the status quo. She was inventive, creative, exhilarating. She proselytized new media, new approaches, new everything. In person she was vivacious and generous to those of us who were fortunate enough to enter her circle. She was truly adored.” In 1988, Herman joined Los Angeles-based cable channel Movietime, a start-up that ran film trailers 24/7, as senior vp marketing. After Jarl Mohn, the former VH1 president then known as Lee Masters, came aboard the following year, she helped remake the channel into E! Herman was responsible …

Telemundo executive José Suárez dies in Kenyan helicopter crash

Telemundo executive José Suárez dies in Kenyan helicopter crash

Published by Sam Flores

José Alberto Suárez, a Telemundo executive, died in a helicopter crash on Wednesday in Kenya. The 55-year-old — who was president and general manager of Telemundo 31, Telemundo 49 and Telemundo Ft. Myers-Naples — was among the seven deceased following an aircraft incident at Mt. Ololokwe, that took place at about 9:13 AM. The Kenyan Civil Aviation Authority shared on X that the group left Loisaba to travel to Ewasonyiro on a Eurocopter, EC130 B4, operated by the charter service company Lady Lori Helicopters. Guests on board were said to be part of a luxury safari tour by travel agency andBeyond. In a statement by NBCU News Group Chairman Cesar Conde, NBCU Local Chairman Valari Staab and Telemundo Station Group President Jose Cancela, they shared that Suárez was a “deeply respected leader” and “beloved friend and colleague.” “The suddenness and circumstances of José’s passing make this loss especially difficult to comprehend,” read a statement to The Times. “Our hearts are with his loved ones, and with all of José’s colleagues and friends across NBCUniversal who …

The Ultimate Triumph of the Unitary Executive

The Ultimate Triumph of the Unitary Executive

Published by Daniella Wilson

Nearly a half century ago, Ronald Reagan was elected on the promise of shrinking the federal government. Toward that end, his administration incubated a theory of presidential power that would give the president unprecedented control over all discretionary policy making within the executive branch. The new paradigm came to be known as “unitary executive theory.” Yesterday, in Trump v. Slaughter, that theory emerged triumphant. In the decision, the Supreme Court held that Article II of the Constitution guarantees a president’s power to remove members of the Federal Trade Commission—and effectively, all regulatory-commission members—for any or no reason at all. Congress, according to the Court’s 6–3 opinion, violated the separation of powers in 1914 by limiting the president’s power to fire FTC commissioners to cases of “inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.” In the words of Chief Justice John Roberts, who wrote for the majority, the FTC “unquestionably exercises executive power, and must therefore be controlled by the Chief Executive, in whom such power is vested.” As a result, he said, Rebecca Slaughter “served …

Why I Transitioned From Psychotherapist to Executive Coach

Why I Transitioned From Psychotherapist to Executive Coach

Published by Jenni Sidey

It happened gradually. After 15 years with a private psychotherapy practice as a licensed clinical psychologist, my days followed a familiar rhythm. Every 50 minutes I would open my office door, usher one client out and welcome another in, and then the pattern would repeat. If I happened to open my door at the same time as my office colleagues, we might exchange a quick hello before returning to our separate worlds. The work was meaningful, my clients were engaging, and I genuinely enjoyed helping people. But over time, I began to feel as though the world was passing me by. Something was missing. That realization led me in an unexpected direction. I started, built, and eventually sold several behavioral healthcare companies. And along the way, I discovered my true professional identity as an executive coach. For years, I identified as a psychotherapist. But as I worked with executives, founder entrepreneurs, and leadership teams, I realized I began to think of myself differently. Becoming an executive coach meant letting go of parts of my therapist …

Top JPMorgan DEI Executive Identified And Fired In NYC Trash Can Viral Video

Top JPMorgan DEI Executive Identified And Fired In NYC Trash Can Viral Video

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by Jonathan Turley via jonathanturley.org, The viral video of a woman stealing a trash can and dumping its contents after the Knicks’ victory has led to her termination. Angie Baez, 40, was the “Executive Director of Community and Industry Engagement for Card and Connected Commerce” for JPMorgan Chase. She was shown in a video dumping trash on the ground to steal a Knicks-colored trash can after the NBA Finals. JPMorgan apparently concluded that this was neither the publicity nor the type of Community Engagement they are seeking. The videotape of the incident shocked many by Baez’s cavalier attitude, not just in stealing the trash can but in dumping out the garbage. The New York Post later reported that the woman had been identified as Angie Baez. She previously served as “Executive Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” at The Infatuation, a website that reviews restaurants and neighborhood activities. Once she was identified, JPMorgan Chase issued a statement, “This employee is no longer with the company.” We have often discussed the difficult questions surrounding the …