Kinderhook Portfolio Companies Avita and ZP Earn Top “Best Places to Work” Honors; CEOs Committed to Inclusive Workplaces, LGBTQ and Deaf Communities
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Private equity firm Kinderhook Industries LLC announced today that two portfolio companies Avita and ZVRS and Purple Communications (ZP) recently earned “Best Places to Work” honors from two of the nation’s foremost benchmarking surveys for equity and inclusion. Under the leadership of Chief Executive Officers Lorrie A. Carr of Avita and Sherri Turpin of ZP, both companies continue to drive strong business growth and innovation, providing access to critical healthcare and communications services for the LGBTQ and Deaf communities respectively.
Service & Sacrifice: “Young, dumb, and innocent.” -Self-description of a C-130 combat pilot
A C-130 pilot described his “rude awakening” when he first flew into Vietnam. What he thought were fireworks celebrating his arrival, was enemy ground fire. Author: John Becker Updated: 7:08 PM EST March 11, 2021
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. A C-130 combat pilot and veteran of 72 combat missions in Vietnam said the enemy fired on his hulking four engine cargo plane on every landing and takeoff but he never found a bullet hole in his plane.
“My angels have been watching over me. That s all I can say. I ve been very, very fortunate. I ve been very blessed,” said Jim Warner, a 20-year veteran of the Air Force who earned the military’s highest award for heroics in the sky in 1972.
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The IAS is an international non-profit organization and a participant of the UN Global Compact. We are strongly committed to corporate social responsibility and sustainability and promote high levels of transparency and accountability, emphasizing the need for continuous improvement in all of our operations. The IAS secretariat is encouraged to work in a socially, environmentally and economically sustainable way and the organization’s CSR working group is constantly searching for innovative ways to incorporate CSR into practices at the IAS Secretariat, at IAS Conferences and in HIV awareness campaigns.
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U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester (D-MT) introduced bipartisan legislation to reinstate a critical rule allowing veterans and their representatives 48 hours to review and dispute disability claims verdicts before they are finalized.
In April 2020, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) eliminated the critical 48-hour review period a decades-old practice allowing veterans and their representatives time to review benefits determinations prior to VA’s final decision. Reinstating this necessary tool will result in greater efficiency, mitigate potential errors and reduce the need for appeals. The
Veterans Claim Transparency Act would resume the review period to ensure accredited Veteran Service Organizations, attorneys and claims agents have the ability to review and course correct benefits determination, prior to VA’s final decision.
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