Achim Steiner became UNDP Administrator on 19 June 2017. The United Nations General Assembly confirmed his nomination on 19 April 2017, following his nomination by Secretary-General António Guterres.
Ethic Adds Former CFTC Chair Timothy Massad as Strategic Advisor
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Ethic Inc. (“Ethic”), the tech-driven asset management platform that powers personalization for advisors, today announced the addition of former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chair Timothy Massad as a strategic advisor. In this capacity, Mr. Massad will draw from his deep understanding of financial markets and the regulatory landscape including the rapidly evolving role of environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosures, and the accelerating pace of innovation in financial services to offer strategic guidance that supports Ethic’s rapid growth trajectory.
Massad led the CFTC, the independent government agency tasked with regulatory oversight of the derivatives markets, from 2014 to 2017. In that capacity, he played an instrumental role in implementing vital swaps market regulatio
Guest column: Seven problems in the police culture
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The news headlines, stories, and commentaries in recent weeks have described many unsavory examples of police misconduct, charges of excessive force and ultimately criminal trials. Media pundits have weighed in from sociological, psychological, medical, legal, criminal justice, historical and even biblical perspectives. The U.S. is truly divided on the question of systematic racism in our institutions.
Rosa Brooks’ excellent book “Tangled Up in Blue: Policing the American City” (2021) is partly autobiographical and partly a playbook for improving the image and functioning of the police. The latter part is based on her direct experiences and observations of policing in action. The problems described are indeed complex and cannot be solved swiftly or simply.
Tammy Allison joins the list of candidates for the 6
th Congressional District seat. I didn t ask to run,” Allison said. “The residents and people of District 6 did. I ve been a public servant in the executive branch for my entire career. Stepping up to the plate to answer this call feels like a natural part of my journey to serve others. A first-generation Nigerian-American, Allison has undergone several challenging life obstacles such as childhood sexual abuse, domestic violence, and more but has used that to fuel the very things she fights for politically. Though Allison was born and raised in Texas, she spent more than a decade in Washington D.C. before moving back to Grand Prairie a couple of years ago. She brings her experience under the Obama Administration as a senior attorney and a federal prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice to the table. Several Federal District Courts, the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. are just a few of the other p