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Keynote Speaker: Lisa M. Fairfax
No full textLisa M. Fairfax is the Leroy Sorenson Merrifield Research Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School. Professor Fairfax is the Director of the GW Corporate Law and Governance Initiative. She teaches courses in the business area including Corporations, a Securities Law Seminar, and Contracts II. Professor Fairfax’s scholarly interests include corporate governance matters, fiduciary obligations, board diversity, shareholder activism, affinity fraud, and securities fraud. In addition to her many law review articles, Professor Fairfax has authored a book entitled, “Shareholder Democracy: A Primer on Shareholder Activism and Participation.” Professor Fairfax also has written several book chapters on board independence.
Professor Fairfax is a member of the Investor Advisory Committee of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). She is also a member of the SEC Historical Society Board of Advisors and the BYU Law School Board of Advisors. Professor Fairfax serves as Co-Director of the DirectWomen Board Institute, which promotes board diversity by identifying and supporting qualified women attorneys to serve as board candidates. In 2015, Professor Fairfax was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as Commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Professor Fairfax is a former member of the Committee on Corporate Laws of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association, which has jurisdiction over the Model Business Corporation Act. Professor Fairfax is a former chair of the Securities Regulation Section of the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) and a former chair of the Business Associations Section of the AALS.
Professor Fairfax is a former member of the National Adjudicatory Council (NAC) of the Financial Industry Regulation Authority (FINRA), where she served as chair of its subcommittee on waivers. Professor Fairfax is also a former member of the NASDAQ Market Regulation Committee of FINRA.
Prior to joining the GW law faculty, Professor Fairfax was a Professor of Law and Director of the Business Law Program at the University of Maryland School of Law, and was voted “Teacher of the Year” by the Maryland law school students. Before entering academia, Professor Fairfax practiced corporate and securities law with the law firm of Ropes & Gray LLP in Boston and the District of Columbia. Her practice included venture capital transactions, public offerings, private placements, and mergers and acquisitions. Professor Fairfax graduated from Harvard Law School and Harvard College with honors.
Professor Fairfax is introduced by Brant J. Hellwig, Dean of the Washington and Lee University School of Law and Professor of Law
Description of author Lisa Price\u27s hiking trip through the Hundred Mile Wilderne
No full textDescription of author Lisa Price\u27s hiking trip through the Hundred Mile Wilderness, the final section of the Appalachian Trail in Maine. Price, who has hiked the Appalachian Trail for four years, one section at a time, meets up with fellow hikers Noel and Caroline at Shaw\u27s Boarding House in Monson, and the three reach the summit of Mount Katahdin together
Conversatorio con Lisa Garforth=Conversation with Lisa Garforth
No full textJulia Ramírez-Blanco conversa con Lisa Garforth, autora del libro Green Utopias y especialista en utopías medioambientales. Con ella, hablamos acerca de las posibles maneras de definir las ecotopías, y cómo estas se manifiestan tanto en la literatura como en distintas formas de práctica social.Julia Ramírez-Blanco interviews Lisa Garforth, author of the book Green Utopias and specialist in environmental utopias. With her, we talk about the possible ways of defining ecotopias, and how they manifest themselves both in literature and in different forms of social practice.http://re-visiones.net/audio/Entrevista-Lisa-Garfoth.mp
An interview with Alfredo Falcone and Lisa Salvatore: RECOURSE and trifluridine/tipiracil in metastatic colorectal cancer
No full textProfessor Alfredo Falcone and Dr Lisa Salvatore speak to Roshaine Gunawardana, Managing Commissioning Editor: Professor Alfredo Falcone is the Director of the Department of Oncology and the Specialization School at the University Hospital of Pisa, Italy. He trained in Pisa and Genoa, Italy, and has held major positions in Italian oncology since 2000. He currently has more than 300 publications, including papers in peer-reviewed international and national journals, book chapters, and more than 600 abstracts of presentations to international and national conferences. The majority of his papers regard clinical and translational research, with a particular focus on metastatic colorectal cancer. Dr Lisa Salvatore is a medical oncologist in the Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Pisa. She has been an author on about 40 publications in major peer-reviewed publications and has made numerous presentations in national and international conferences. Her main interest is focused on clinical and translational research in metastatic colorectal cancer
RHM Author Interview: Dr. Lisa Melonçon, RHM Editor, Interviews Dr. Abby Dubisar and Sara Davis on Their Persuasion Brief, "Communicating Elective Sterilization: A Feminist Perspective"
No full textRHM Author Interview: Dr. Lisa Meloncon, RHM Editor, interviews Dr. Abby Dubisar and Sara Davis on Their Persuasion Brief, “Communicating Elective Sterilization: A Feminist Perspective.
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Q & A with Lisa Duggan
No full textLisa Duggan is a Professor in American Studies at New York University. She was chair of this year's plenary session, which was entitled “Lesbian, Counter, and Queer: New Directions in the Study of Femininity.” She is author of Sapphic Slashers: Sex, Violence, and American Modernity, which won the John Boswell Prize of the American Historical Association in 2001. Her new book, The End of Marriage: The War over the Future of State Sponsored Love, will be published by University of California Press
Preservation assessment of the collections at the Oregon State Library, Salem, Oregon: October 6, 7 & 8, 2009
No full textReport -- Appendix A. Documentation Images -- Appendix B. Resources -- Appendix C. Recommended Books, Collection Policy Resources, Organizations for Reference & Vendors for Supplies -- Appendix D. Cost Estimates.prepared by Lisa Duncan, Art Conservator, LLC.Title from PDF title page (viewed on February 8, 2023).This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Includes bibliographical references.Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
After the goldrush : Joe Felber, Sasha Grbich, Lisa Harms
No full textCatalogue of an exhibition held at SASA Gallery, Adelaide, 5 May-5 June 2009.Artist: Lisa Harms.
Editor: Mary Knights.
Includes bibliographical references
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