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A career member of the Foreign Service who most recently served as U.S. Ambassador Bulgaria, Ambassador Eric Rubin became president of the American Foreign Service Association in July 2019.

The American Foreign Service Association, the voice of the Foreign Service, is the professional association and labor union for America's diplomats.

Ceci Connolly worked 25 years as a journalist, including 13 years at the Washington Post, and is the co-author of Landmark: America's New Health-Care Law and What It Means for Us All. Additionally, she previously worked at the McKinsey Center for Health Reform and PwC's Health Research Institute and was a former Board member of Whitman-Walker Health; she is also a founding member of Women of Impact.

The Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP) represents the nation's top-performing nonprofit health plans to improve affordability and outcomes in the health care system.

Donna Grande, MGA, is the Chief Executive Officer of the American College of Preventive Medicine and a passionate advocate for health. Donna has over 25 years of experienced leadership, developing innovative programs and integrative strategies, communicating ideas, and managing/directing campaigns and programs to achieve measurable outcomes.

The American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) is a professional, medical society of more than 2,000 physicians dedicated to improving the health and quality of life of individuals, families, communities and populations through disease prevention and health promotion.

Kevin Hagan is CEO of Thrive Impact and former CEO of Feed the Children & the American Diabetes Association. Tucker Wannamaker is co-founder and chief strategist of Thrive Impact and seasoned fundraising and marketing professional.

Thrive Impact, a nonprofit turnaround firm that helps leaders find their unique value and energize their nonprofits.

Rhian Evans Allvin serves as the CEO of NAEYC since August 2013. During Rhian's tenure, NAEYC has successfully completed a dramatic structural transformation to: better serve members nationally and at the state and local levels; exert strong policy and advocacy leadership; and streamline NAEYC's early childhood program accreditation system to decisively and accessibly define early childhood program quality.

The National Association for the Education of Young Children is the largest national professional association for early childhood educators. Its mission is to promote high-quality early learning for all children, birth through age 8, by connecting practice, policy, and research. NAEYC advances a diverse and dynamic early childhood profession and supports all who care for, educate, and work on behalf of young children.

Holly Wade is the director of research and policy analysis for NFIB, where she provides analysis on public policy issues and economic trends affecting small business.

The National Federation of Independent Business is the voice of small business, advocating on behalf of America's small and independent business owners, both in Washington, D.C., and in all 50 state capitals.

Bernie Lee is a former mortgage banking consultant and teacher who wants to help people understand the world better through economic thinking, particularly in regard to international affairs.

Stefano Bertuzzi joined ASM as the CEO of the American Society for Microbiology on Jan. 4, 2016, having previously served as the Executive Director at the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), the Director of the Office of Science Policy, Planning and Communications at the National Institute of Mental Health and as a science policy advisor to the NIH Director, Dr. Elias Zerhouni. Bertuzzi received his Ph.D. in Molecular Biotechnology from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan, Italy with a fellowship in the Microbiology Institute, and his Master's in Public Health (M.P.H.) from the Bloomberg School of Public Health at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore with a specialization in health policy.

With more than 30,000 members, including researchers, educators and health professionals, the American Society for Microbiology, founded in 1899, is one of the largest life science societies. ASM promotes and advances the microbial sciences.

Chris Swonger is the President and CEO of Distilled Spirits Council and Responsibility.Org. Swonger most recently served as senior vice president for global government relations at Smiths Group, a diversified global technology company with interests in homeland security, defense, aerospace, energy & environment, and medical devices, among others. Previously, he spent 15 years in the spirits industry, during which he led government affairs for Beam and Allied Domecq, two spirits industry giants.

Distilled Spirits Council of the United States is the leading voice for distilled spirits in the U.S. market and serves as the industry's advocate in state capitals, the nation's capital and foreign capitals around the globe. Responsibility.org (Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility) is a national not-for-profit , funded by distillers, that leads the fight to eliminate drunk driving and work with others to end all impaired driving, eliminate underage drinking, and empowers adults to make a lifetime of responsible alcohol choices as part of a balanced lifestyle.

In this episode of TTN Insights, Ernesto and Mickey talk about changing systems, adding software features, estimating the cost of new projects, and how organizations should evaluate the worth of doing so.

Every so often, Ernesto Gluecksmann and Mickey Panayiotakis sit down and talk about digital security, new software, technologies, trends, regulations that may impact leaders of organizations. Listen to their Insights on this segment of Through The Noise.