Time Warner Honors Employees' Outstanding Volunteer Achievements with 25th Annual Andrew Heiskell Community Service Awards; Time Warner Cable's VolunTEAM Committee Receives Community Service Team Award.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 -- Time Warner Inc.: --Turner Broadcasting's Dennis G. Quinn Honored with Civic Leadership Award --Vartan Gregorian Speaks at Today's Awards Luncheon Time Warner Inc. today celebrated the 25th anniversary of its annual Andrew Heiskell Community Service Awards, which highlight the exceptional volunteer efforts of its employees. The awards, named for Andrew Heiskell, the late former chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Time Inc., are being presented at a luncheon ceremony today at Jazz at Lincoln Center Jazz at Lincoln Center is a constituent company of the Lincoln Center performing arts organization, whose performing arts complex, Frederick P. Rose Hall, is located at 60th Street and Broadway in New York City, slightly south of the main Lincoln Center campus and directly in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. to eight Time Warner employees in recognition of their outstanding individual contributions to community and public service. Time Warner is also presenting a Community Service Team Award to recognize a group of employees that exemplifies Time Warner's values of responsibility and teamwork. The 2006 Community Service Team Award is being presented to Time Warner Cable's (Los Angeles division) VolunTEAM Committee, which performs community service activities for a wide variety of nonprofit organizations in Southern California. In addition, Dennis G. Quinn, Executive Vice President of Business Development for Turner Broadcasting System Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (often abbreviated TBS Networks or TBS, inc.) is the company managing the collection of cable networks and properties started by Robert Edward "Ted" Turner from the mid-1970s to the late-1990s. , Inc., will receive the Civic Leadership Award, which recognizes a senior executive for outstanding community leadership. In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Heiskell Awards, guest speaker Vartan Gregorian, President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York Carnegie Corporation of New York, foundation established (1911) to administer Andrew Carnegie's remaining personal fortune for philanthropic purposes. Initially endowed with $125 million, the foundation received another $10 million from the residual estate. and the former President of Brown University, will pay tribute to Mr. Heiskell and speak about his legacy of volunteerism and community service. Mr. Gregorian, who served as President of the New York Public Library New York Public Library, free library supported by private endowments and gifts and by the city and state of New York. It is the one of largest libraries in the world. from 1981 to 1989, worked closely with Mr. Heiskell on his philanthropic activities on behalf of the Library. Dick Parsons, Chairman and CEO of Time Warner, said: "The 25th anniversary of the Heiskell Awards commemorates our company's longstanding tradition of strengthening the communities in which we do business. We're proud to celebrate the achievements of our colleagues who have made exceptional contributions in public service, community development, human rights and equal opportunity." Jeff Bewkes, President and COO of Time Warner, said: "This year's award winners are part of a community of thousands of Time Warner employees who generously volunteer their time and demonstrate a remarkable level of generosity and compassion. We're pleased to honor their remarkable accomplishments and support their ongoing efforts to enrich the lives of others." Each Andrew Heiskell Community Service Award winner receives $5,000 from Time Warner, in the form of a $3,000 donation to the nonprofit organization or organizations of his or her choice, and a personal honorarium HONORARIUM. A recompense for services rendered. It is usually applied only to the recompense given to persons whose business is connected with science; as the fee paid to counsel. 2. of $2,000. In addition, as part of the Community Service Team Award, Time Warner makes a $10,000 donation to the nonprofit organization or organizations of the team's choice. In honor of Mr. Quinn, Time Warner will make a $5,000 donation to the nonprofit organization or organizations of his choice. This year's honorees, who were nominated by their peers and chosen from among Time Warner's 87,000 employees worldwide, are: Andrew Heiskell Community Service Awards David L. Cole, Senior Vice President, Systems Operations, AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. , Reston, Virginia, who has served on the board of the Prince William County (Virginia) Chapter of the American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. for the past six years and as Chairman for the past four years. He has provided disaster assistance to hundreds of local families and has trained thousands of other residents on how to prepare for and respond to disasters. Scott Derek Gaba, Costumer, Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . Entertainment, Burbank, California, who co-founded Fresh Start, a sober-living home providing a positive place for peer group recovery support and an environment that allows residents to develop individual recovery programs and become self-supporting. Deborah Lynn Galle, Manager, Employee Communications, Time Warner Corporate, New York, New York, who co-founded the Greenwich Committee for Montefiore Medical Center Montefiore Medical Center, in the Bronx, New York, is the university hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The hospital, named after Moses Montefiore, is one of the 50 largest employers in New York State [1]. in 1991 to raise funds and awareness for important clinical programs, including brain tumor and stroke research. Clifton Leaf, Senior Editor at Large, Fortune Magazine, Time Inc., New York, New York, who is an internationally known advocate for the reform of the cancer world. His award-winning cover article in Fortune in 2004, "Why We're Losing the War on Cancer," gave him a platform to argue for dramatic change. Since then, he has traveled the world delivering galvanizing galvanizing, process of coating a metal, usually iron or steel, with a protective covering of zinc. Galvanized iron is prepared either by dipping iron, from which rust has been removed by the action of sulfuric acid, into molten zinc so that a thin layer of the zinc messages to the cancer establishment and redefining the national debate about cancer. Jimmy Lynn, Vice President, Partnerships and Strategic Development, AOL Sports, Dulles, Virginia, who serves on the boards of three Washington, D.C. organizations - Hoop Dreams Foundation, Super Leaders and the Greater Washington Sports Alliance The Greater Washington Sports Alliance is a non-profit organization which was founded in 2003 under the Greater Washington Board of Trade. Currently, an independent entity, it's Board is headed by Chairman Fernando Murias, Managing Partner of PriceWaterhouseCoopers. - that help inner-city youth. Linda R. Martinez, Receptionist, Time Warner Cable This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , Cypress, California, who is a drug and alcohol counselor at New Directions for Women New Directions for Women was an important early feminist newspaper. It began as a mimeographed newsletter in 1972 in New Jersey, but soon expanded into a tabloid-sized quarterly newspaper. It was the first feminist newspaper in the nation. , where she has volunteered nearly every weekend for the past seven years. Santo C. Ragno, Travel Operations Coordinator, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Burbank, California, who is co-founder and a board member of the Creative Planet School of Performing Arts, a private, nonprofit elementary school that offers accelerated academics and an after-school program to low-income, at-risk youth. Sheilah Williams, Administrative Assistant, Time Inc., New York, New York, who since 2001 has volunteered with Global Initiatives, which offers life-sustaining resources to the people of West Africa. Community Service Team Award VolunTEAM Committee, Time Warner Cable, Los Angeles, California John Borack, Chris Bunney, Julie Gamble, Kathryn Goff, Karen Hannah, Evan Herbeck, Todd Hood, Bill Jankowski, Jason Johnson, Donna Kepner, Susan Leighton, Barbara Malinowski, Guy Nelson, Chris Pickering, Vivian Sheldon, Eddie Siluano, Gail Toth, Betty Walker, John Webber and Judith Whyte. For nearly 10 years, Time Warner Cable's VolunTEAM has performed community services for a wide variety of nonprofit organizations in Orange County, California Orange County is a county in Southern California, United States. Its county seat is Santa Ana. According to the 2000 Census, its population was 2,846,289, making it the second most populous county in the state of California, and the fifth most populous in the United States. . Some of the group's recent activities have included delivering meals to homebound homeĀ·bound adj. Restricted or confined to home, as of an invalid. seniors; preparing dinners for families with seriously ill children who are staying at the local Ronald McDonald House; and supporting local charity events benefiting cancer research. Civic Leadership Award Dennis G. Quinn, Executive Vice President of Business Development, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, who serves as chairman of the board of 21st Century Leaders, an initiative to teach leadership skills to at-risk young people in more than 70 Georgia high schools. Mr. Quinn also serves on the board of Creating Pride, an organization that seeks to spark creativity and learning for students through art-making. About the Andrew Heiskell Community Service Awards The awards are named for the late former Time Inc. chairman and CEO Andrew Heiskell, whose 43-year career at Time Inc. was marked by a distinguished record of public service and philanthropy. He founded the National Urban Coalition, for which he served as co-chairman from 1967 to 1979, and played an important role in the successful 12-year effort to restore Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan. His leadership and generosity have been recognized in numerous ways, including the naming of the New York City Library for the Blind in his honor. About Time Warner Inc. Time Warner Inc. is a leading media and entertainment company, whose businesses include interactive services, cable systems, filmed entertainment, television networks and publishing. |
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