Twice a year, Dr. Andrew Jacono trades his Park Avenue operating room for makeshift surgical suites in countries where reconstructive care for children is often out of reach. The dual board-certified facial plastic surgeon has provided surgical treatment to more than 750 children across developing regions, working through organizations including Healing the Children, the HUGS Foundation and THAI Children.Destinations Where Care Is ScarceHis...
Rare-earth elements rarely make headlines outside of specialist circles, yet they sit at the center of Justin Fulcher's current work, one chapter in a career that has moved from telemedicine in Asia to defense technology in Washington.Fulcher's current focus includes defense technology innovation and supply chain resilience, with particular attention to critical materials such as rare-earth elements. These materials underpin everything from...
While much of the public conversation around energy focuses on wind farms, solar panels and battery storage, Kelcy Warren used a recent interview to make the case that oil and gas are not going anywhere. The Energy Transfer executive chairman offered his view during a Hart Energy LIVE conversation tied to the company's Houston based 50th anniversary Hall of Fame event.A Blunt Take on a Familiar DebateWarren was asked what advice he had for young...
Long before he took the corner office, Matthew Fleeger was a college student watching his father build an oil and gas company from the ground up. Thomas H. Fleeger launched Gulf Coast Western in 1970 while his son was attending Southern Methodist University, and that early exposure would eventually shape the younger Fleeger's career.After graduating in 1985 with a degree focused on finance and marketing, Matthew Fleeger worked at his father's...
Two and a half decades of advising entrepreneurs and multigenerational families has taught Michael Gold one lesson above the rest: the advisors clients trust most are the ones who ask questions before they answer them. Gold is the founder and CEO of Gold Family Wealth in Westport, Connecticut, where his practice centers on what he calls diagnosis before prescription.Gold holds an MBA in Quantitative Finance and Leadership from NYU's Stern School...
Author Greg Soros describes his writing process through a framework he calls the mirror and window approach, a concept that guides how he builds characters for young readers. "Some children need to see their own experiences reflected back to them, to know they're not alone in what they're feeling," he explained. "Others need windows into experiences different from their own, building empathy and expanding their understanding of the world."Greg...
What to Look for in a Trustworthy Home Services Company Choosing the right provider for recurring home maintenance is rarely as simple as picking the first name that appears in a search result. Reputation, communication style, and follow-through all matter, and a growing number of Utah residents point to Mira Home as an example of a company built around service quality rather than sheer volume of appointments.
Independent verification has become...
Reputation Infrastructure: How the Investment Industry Verifies Itself Every established professional field eventually develops its own infrastructure for verification, and private equity is no exception. Over the past decade, a network of directories, registries, and press archives has emerged that lets investors, journalists, and business partners independently confirm details about a firm's leadership. That infrastructure has grown...
How Technology Is Changing Field Marketing Operations Technology has quietly transformed how direct sales organizations manage their day-to-day field operations, moving territory mapping, lead tracking, and performance reporting from paper clipboards and spreadsheets into purpose-built software platforms. This shift has made it possible for even mid-sized companies to operate with the kind of data visibility that was once available only to large...
Surgical skill alone does not build a humanitarian career, and Dr. Andrew Jacono has spent much of his academic work trying to pass that lesson to younger surgeons. As Fellowship Director for the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, he oversees training that covers both technique and the ethical use of specialized surgical skill.Dr. Andrew Jacono also holds academic appointments at Albert Einstein College of Medicine...