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BISMARCK, N.D.– Gov. Doug Burgum has appointed Jeffry Volk of West Fargo to a four-year term on the state Board of Higher Education and reappointed Dr. Casey Ryan of Grand Forks to a second four-year term on the board.
Volk is president and CEO of Moore Holding Co., an engineering consultancy, and he previously served as president and CEO of its subsidiary, West Fargo-based Moore Engineering Inc., from 2005 to 2018. Volk worked for Moore Engineering for more than 40 years and led the employee-owned company through a period of expansion. As a water resources engineer, Volk played a key role in some of the region’s largest water projects, including the Sheyenne River Diversion, Maple River Dam and the planned Fargo-Moorhead Area Diversion Project.
Burgum makes appointments to North Dakota s higher-ed board
Gov. Doug Burgum appointed Jeffry Volk, of West Fargo, to a four-year term on the State Board of Higher Education and reappointed Dr. Casey Ryan, of Grand Forks, to a second four-year term on the board. 5:41 pm, Feb. 2, 2021 ×
Casey Ryan, State Board of Higher Education member and co-chair of the UND presidential search committee, speaks during the community listening session held in 2019 at the Center for Innovation. Sydney Mook / Grand Forks Herald
Gov. Doug Burgum has appointed two members to North Dakota’s higher-ed governance board.
Burgum appointed Jeffry Volk, of West Fargo, to a four-year term on the State Board of Higher Education and reappointed Dr. Casey Ryan, of Grand Forks, to a second four-year term on the board.
Ryan has applied for consideration for a second four-year term. 4:40 pm, Jan. 29, 2021 ×
State Board of Higher Education members Nick Hacker and Casey Ryan listen during a meeting in this 2019 photo. Sydney Mook / Grand Forks Herald
Four finalists have been recommended for two positions on North Dakota’s State Board of Higher Education.
The four candidates are seeking to fill board openings that will occur when the terms of two incumbents, Casey Ryan and Kathleen Neset, end on June 30. Ryan has applied for consideration for a second four-year term. Neset has served two terms and, according to the North Dakota Constitution, is not eligible for reappointment.
Reed Smith boosts diversity agenda with billable-hours credit scheme
29 January 2021
Diversity and gender-related activities to count towards 50 hours of billable work
Shutterstock Reed Smith is encouraging its lawyers to carry out diversity and gender-related work by rewarding them with 50 hours of credit towards their billable time targets. The incentive scheme allows fee-earners and other timekeepers to spend time working on activities that fall under the firm’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Women Initiative Network and Racial Equity Action Plan (REAP) programmes. Sandy Thomas, Reed Smith’s global managing partner, said: “Building an inclusive culture is integral to our business and should be rewarded and incentivised, not left to chance. Diversity is an area where Reed Smith has always been a leader in the legal industry, and this new policy is a real investment behind our own commitment and goals.”
January 29, 2021 at 11:56 AM
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Biglaw firms are finally starting to put their money where their mouth is when it comes to diversity and inclusion. At least two firms Dorsey & Whitney in 2019 and Hogan Lovells in 2021 have announced that approved diversity and inclusion-related work will be billable for attorneys and will count toward bonus thresholds. Now, another leading law firm has stepped forward to announce that
all timekeepers, not just lawyers, will be able to receive billable-hours credit for their diversity work. The firm is the first to offer a program like this.
Reed Smith, a firm that came in at #26 in the latest Am Law 100 rankings, announced this new policy earlier this week. Under this new protocol, all timekeepers at the firm will be able to allocate up to 50 hours of work and activities related to its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion program (DE&I), its Women Initiative Network program (WINRS), and its Racial Equity Action Plan (REAP) as billable time.