Isaacson gets 'YES' vote from AIDS Foundation.CB Richard Ellis' Glenn Isaacson, an executive vice president in the firm's Midtown office, was honored by leading AIDS/HIV research organization American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) during the 2005 National Philanthropy Day luncheon. Isaacson founded Young Executive Support (YES) over a decade ago as a response to his brother's death from AIDS. YES is a New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of City-based volunteer committee of professionals dedicated to mobilizing support for AIDS research and raising awareness Raising awareness is a common phrase advocacy groups use to justify a particular event, brochure or even the entire organization. Raising awareness refers to alerting the general public that a certain issue exists and should be approached the way the group desires. of HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome , especially among young people. YES created the fundraising event amfAR Rocks, and has raised more than $2.8 million for amfAR. amfAR is one of the world's leading nonprofit organizations dedicated to the support of HIV/ AIDS research, AIDS prevention, treatment education, and the advocacy of sound AIDS-related public policy. Funded by voluntary contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations, amfAR has invested over $233 million in support of its mission since 1985 and funded grants to more than 2,000 research teams worldwide. Isaacson has over two decades of commercial real estate experience, and throughout his career has leased a total of over four million s/f of space. His clients have included The Boston Consulting Group, Magna Carta Magna Carta or Magna Charta [Lat., = great charter], the most famous document of British constitutional history, issued by King John at Runnymede under compulsion from the barons and the church in June, 1215. Insurance, North Shore--LIJ Health Systems, General Maritime Corporation General Maritime Corporation operates crude oil tankers, mostly in the Atlantic Ocean and in the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Black, and North Seas. Founded in 1997 by current CEO Peter Georgiopoulos, as of 2004 the company is the second largest (based on cargo capacity) operator of , Reckson Associates Realty and Globix Corporation. |
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