ZapMe! CEO Rick Inatome Appointed to National Campaign Against Youth Violence's Board of Directors.Business Editors SAN RAMON San Ramon (Spanish for "Saint Raymond") may refer to one of the following places:
Rick Inatome, president and chief executive officer (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 ZapMe! Corp. (Nasdaq: IZAP), the leading provider of quality technology and online educational content to schools and communities nationwide, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the National Campaign Against Youth Violence (NCAYV NCAYV National Campaign Against Youth Violence ), a national non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. focused on ending youth violence. President Clinton announced the formation of the non-partisan National Campaign Against Youth Violence in August of 1999 with the objective of helping communities across the nation stop youth violence. The initiative was established in May 1999 at the White House Summit on Youth Violence, which was chaired by the President, Vice President, First Lady, and Mrs. Gore. &uot;I am honored to have been selected to serve on this very prestigious national board working to stem the rising tide Noun 1. rising tide - the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide); "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare flood tide, flood of violence among our young people,&uot; said Inatome. &uot;As both a father and the CEO of an educational technology company, I am passionate about helping provide kids an environment where they can grow up safe, without fear of gunfire or other violence.&uot; In remarks made in October of last year at a youth violence PSA (Professional Services Automation) An information system designed to organize, track and manage all opportunities, work, resources, costs, revenues and invoices to improve the productivity and efficiency of the workforce. campaign rollout, the President noted the success of the NCAYV initiative to date: &uot;In August, we helped launch the National Campaign Against Youth Violence, to pull together commitments from people and organizations from all different walks of life. Although this new campaign is not even two months old, it has already made a remarkable start.&uot; Jeff Bleich, Executive Director of the National Campaign selected by President Clinton, said, &uot;Both the President and I are deeply grateful to have Rick as a member of the Campaign's Board. Rick Inatome brings with him not only the ability to reach out to middle schools and high schools around the country with ZapMe!'s Internet media network resources but also his intelligent leadership to this effort to prevent youth violence.&uot; The Board of the National Campaign will include other corporate, political, educational, and community leaders dedicated to overseeing a comprehensive national program for reducing violence by and against youth. ZapMe! will provide schools with curricula, online projects, public service announcements and offer other anti-violence resources with its national broadband broadband Term describing the radiation from a source that produces a broad, continuous spectrum of frequencies (contrasted with a laser, which produces a single frequency or very narrow range of frequencies). educational network. The company will also add Internet resources to its netspace so that teachers, parents and students can explore this pressing issue together. &uot;We have been leading the way in the use of the Internet in education by establishing America's largest Internet media network specializing in education, and we are happy to bring these resource to the table in this important fight against youth violence,&uot; said Inatome. &uot;Students, parents and teachers embrace the Internet as a teaching tool, so it is only natural to use 21st century technology in schools to fight the epidemic epidemic, outbreak of disease that affects a much greater number of people than is usual for the locality or that spreads to regions where it is ordinarily not present. of violence threatening youth today.&uot; NCAYV's goal is to change the way the public thinks about and addresses violence. For several decades, rates of violence in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. have been five to ten times that of any other industrialized in·dus·tri·al·ize v. in·dus·tri·al·ized, in·dus·tri·al·iz·ing, in·dus·tri·al·iz·es v.tr. 1. To develop industry in (a country or society, for example). 2. nation. The National Campaign will encompass four main initiatives: (1) to establish a comprehensive public education campaign directed at raising public consciousness about youth violence and ways to prevent it; (2) to facilitate public-private partnerships Public-private partnership (PPP) describes a government service or private business venture which is funded and operated through a partnership of government and one or more private sector companies. These schemes are sometimes referred to as PPP or P3. at the local level that are proven to reduce violence; and (3) to work with corporate leaders to help connect young people and parents on-line to the resources they need to address violence in their communities; and (4) to work with existing affiliates, Internet providers Internet provider - Internet Service Provider , and others to distribute an effective non-violence curricula in every school through text, video and the Internet. Mr. Inatome (46) was appointed CEO of ZapMe! in September of 1999. He comes to ZapMe! from Inacom Corp., a global Fortune 500 technology services company (1999 ranking: 363), where he is now on the Board and previously served as chairman. In addition, Mr. Inatome co-founded Computer City, Inc., one of the country's leading computer superstore su·per·store n. A very large retail store that stocks highly diversified merchandise, such as groceries, toys, and camera equipment, or a wide variety of mechandise in a specific product line, such as computers or sporting goods. chains, and is co-chairman of American Speedy Printing Centers, Inc., the nation's fourth largest quick-printing chain. Mr. Inatome has been closely involved in planning and executing technology and education initiatives. He is chairman of the Michigan Virtual University Michigan Virtual University (MVU) is a non-profit group formed in 1998 to manage e-learning systems and career services for K-12 students exclusively for Michigan residents. Services MVU runs:
biographical dictionary of notable living people. [Am. Hist.: Hart, 922] See : Fame in America for more than 15 years. About the National Campaign Against Youth Violence The National Campaign Against Youth Violence is organized as a California non-profit corporation and has obtained 501(c)(3) status. It was established by a broad cross-section of educators, parents, corporate executives, religious leaders, media representatives, juvenile justice officials, and leaders in the fields of youth development and violence prevention at the White House Summit on Youth Violence on May 10, 1999. The Campaign is a non-profit, non-partisan, public-private partnership committed to working with private individuals and institutions to encourage ordinary Americans to work against in their daily lives and communities, improve networks in local communities to share effective techniques, and support community-based projects with promise. About ZapMe! Corporation ZapMe!, a champion of student privacy rights and the leading provider of quality technology and online educational content to schools and communities nationwide, has built America's largest Internet media network specializing in education. ZapMe! is dedicated to bridging the digital divide and closing the technology gap in schools by providing students with access to the latest technology and educational resources they need to succeed in the digital age. High-performance computer labs with satellite broadband capabilities provide safe, high-speed delivery of aggregated educational web content-including 13,000 pre-selected, indexed educational sites-and make the ZapMe!(tm) netspace the premier interactive educational medium and provide a powerful learning experience to middle and high school students, educators and parents across the country. ZapMe! (www.zapme.com) is located in San Ramon, Calif. For more information, please call 925-543-0300. ZapMe! is a trademark of ZapMe! Corporation. All other names are trademarks of their respective companies. |
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