ProfNet Experts Available on Supply Chain Management, Health Insurance, More

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EXPERT ALERTS

• Importance of Green & Sustainable Supply Chain Management
• Employer Leave Of Absence (LOA) and Continuation of Coverage Issues
• Retirement Savings and Financial Security

MEDIA JOBS

• Managing Editor – Risk & Insurance (PA)
• Reporter, CFO Journal – Wall Street Journal (NY)
• US Correspondent, Tech  – South China Morning Post (NY or CA)

OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES

• Former Washington Post Reporter Launches Podcast About Life After the Newsroom
• 6 Steps to Finding Your True Writing Voice
• Blog Profiles: Podcast Blogs

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EXPERT ALERTS:

Importance of Green & Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Joseph Sarkis
Professor of Business, Management Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
"Businesses can benefit greatly from pursuing proactive environmental and social sustainability efforts. They can build competitive advantages as they seek to improve their environmental and social performance; [and] they can expand their focus to go beyond their own organization, up and down the supply chain. Results have shown that companies that do good, do well. Sustainability, green supply chains, environmental performance, and the circular economy are all areas where private for-profit companies can benefit greatly. "
Sarkis is a Thomson-Reuters Web of Science Industrial Ecology Fellow, and previously was the editor of Management Research Review. His published articles have been featured in the Journal of Cleaner Production, Ecological Economics, and the European Journal of Operational Research.
Contact: Jessica Messier, [email protected]

Employer Leave Of Absence (LOA) and Continuation of Coverage Issues
Jen McCormick
Vice President, Consulting
The Phia Group, LLC
The laws surrounding leave of absence (LOA) and continuation of coverage is crucial for employers to know, as well as employees. This education can help employers draft the appropriate policies. Says McCormick: "Employers must remember that allowing a leave of absence does not necessarily mandate or require continuing coverage. As a result, review and modification of employer policies and health plans is necessary."
McCormick is available to discuss healthcare, including employee benefits consulting, plan drafting, and regulatory compliance. She is a regular contributor to The Phia Group's blog, webinars, and other educational media. In addition to being VP of Consulting, she is a health care attorney and ERISA lawyer with The Phia Group.  McCormick holds a J.D. from Syracuse University.
Website: https://www.phiagroup.com/Home.aspx
Contact: Matthew Painten, [email protected] 

Retirement Savings and Financial Security
Pamela Yellen
Financial Investigator and President
Bank On Yourself
A bestselling author, Yellen is available to discuss solutions to America's retirement savings crisis, and her recent investigation into why Ted Benna, who is known as the "father of the 401(k)," is now putting his personal savings into what's called the "501(k) Plan." She traces the history of the 401(k) and how government and companies used it to replace guaranteed pensions with risky stock investments to the peril of Americans everywhere.
Says Yellen: "Wall Street has been extremely successful at getting us to buy into 401(k)s, IRAs and similar government-sponsored retirement accounts lock, stock and barrel. Most people have little or no savings outside of these vehicles, according to the Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finances. But the chorus of experts warning of the dangers of 401(k)s and IRAs keeps growing."
Based in Sante Fe, N.M., Yellen is author of the New York Times best-selling book, "The Bank On Yourself Revolution: Fire Your Banker, Bypass Wall Street, and Take Control of Your Own Financial Future." She investigated more than 450 financial strategies seeking an alternative to the risk and volatility of stocks and other investments, which led her to a time-tested, predictable method of growing wealth now used by more than 500,000 Americans.
Online press kit: http://pamelayellen.onlinepresskit247.com
Website: www.BankOnYourself.com
Contact: Jennifer Thomas, [email protected]

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MEDIA JOBS:

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• Managing Editor – Risk & Insurance (PA)
• Reporter, CFO Journal – Wall Street Journal (NY)
• US Correspondent, Tech  – South China Morning Post (NY or CA)

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OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES:

Following are links to other news and resources we think you might find useful. If you have an item you think other reporters would be interested in and would like us to include in a future alert, please drop us a line at [email protected]

• Former Washington Post Reporter Launches Podcast About Life After the Newsroom.  This is the latest installment of Career Crossroads, an occasional series that features journalists, bloggers, and freelancers and their professional journeys This installment features Theola DeBose, the first non-foreign correspondent to go to Iraq for The Washington Post: http://prn.to/lifeafterjourno
• 6 STEPS TO FINDING YOUR TRUE WRITING VOICE.  Developing your voice is vital to creating individual content -- it creates a bond with readers, brands your content, gives you focus, and makes your writing stand out. It's how you get people to read what you're writing in the first place, and it makes them hungry for more. They come back because they like how you present ideas. It's also the only sustainable way to write. If you always try to sound like someone else, you'll burn out. Try these seven steps to finding and honing your unique voice: http://prn.to/2unidL7  
• BLOG PROFILES: PODCAST BLOGS. Each week, PR Newswire's Audience Relations team selects an industry/subject and profiles a handful of sites that do a good job with promoting and contributing to the conversation. This week, they look at podcast blogs: http://prn.to/podcastblogs

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