ProfNet Experts Available on Veteran Transition Challenges, SEC Trials, Ebola

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EXPERT ALERTS

• Veterans Day Stories: Transition Challenges Faced by Post-9/11 Vets
• SEC Is Steering More Trials to Judges It Appoints

EXPERT ROUNDUP

• Ebola Virus (Correction)

MEDIA JOBS

• Freelance Writer (Contract) – Education Portal
• Assignment Editor – Watertown Daily News (NY)
• Editor – Daily Republic (CA)

OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES

• Blog Profiles: Pet Blogs
• Freelancing, Time Management and the Single Mom
• Upcoming PR/Media Events

EXPERT ALERTS:

Veterans Day Stories: Transition Challenges Faced by Post-9/11 Vets
Col. David Sutherland, US Army (ret.)
Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer
Easter Seals Dixon Center
"Iraq and Afghanistan soldiers have spent the past 13 years at war at a great personal and professional cost – and their numbers are expected to surge by 26 percent by 2016. Yet, as thousands of organizations reach out to them, these veterans are still not receiving the care and services they need to transition successfully. Community-based solutions resolve that challenge, and ensure that veterans and military families can succeed where they live – even as the wars recede from the minds of the American public and the needs of veterans and military families evolve."
Col. Sutherland served in the U.S. Army for 29 years, commanded the U.S. combat brigade in Diyala Province, Iraq (2006-2007), and served as Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (2009-2012) with a focus on warrior and family support. He is available for interviews about the challenges veterans and military families face as they transition from deployments and war to permanence at home. Areas of expertise include employment, education and health/wellness, which runs the gamut from healthcare to transportation to caregiving.
Website: http://eastersealsdixoncenter.org
Media Contact: Marie Manning, [email protected]

SEC Is Steering More Trials to Judges It Appoints
Alan S. Futerfas
Regulatory Defense Attorney
"The SEC can bring actions in federal court before independent federal judges or before administrative law judges, who are based in the SEC's offices in Washington, D.C., and who are appointed and paid by the SEC. In fact, an initial appeal of an administrative law judge's adverse decision is to the commission itself. In federal court, the SEC has lost some large trials and has had to contend with judges, such the Hon. Jed Rakoff, who are very knowledgeable, very smart and independent. There are excellent administrative law judges, but there is no question that both the SEC and practitioners in this field view the SEC's in-house administrative law judges as a very significant home court advantage. The choice of forum is up to the SEC, so their decision to bring more cases before ALJ simply reflects their desire to have a significant advantage in the litigation. From a public policy perspective, this is not a helpful development, as it is in the best interests of both the SEC and the public for its hotly contested cases to be aired in an open, public, independent forum. This has historically been the check on governmental overreaching. On the other hand, there will always be litigants who, for very good reasons, will prefer to keep their SEC issues in a more private forum. So these comments really apply to those who believe they are truly aggrieved by the SEC's claims and demand a public, independent forum."
Based in New York City, Futerfas has 25 years of litigation experience representing individuals and companies in white-collar criminal and regulatory defense cases, traditional criminal law, complex commercial litigation, trials and appeals, legal ethics, securities related investigations and regulatory matters. The firm has substantial trial and appellate experience, having written and argued appeals and motions in various courts throughout the country. He argued and won a criminal appeal before the United States Supreme Court (1992). The firm has represented corporate officers, directors, hedge funds, an NRSRO and private equity principals in significant and highly publicized cases in the New York region. The firm represents individuals and businesses in civil litigation. Futerfas is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (former member, Judiciary and Criminal Law Committees); New York State and American Bar Associations; Federal Bar Council; New York Criminal Bar Association; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; and the New York Council of Defense Lawyers.
Media Contact: Ahvi Spindell, [email protected]

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EXPERT ROUNDUP: Ebola Virus

In last week's roundup of experts on Ebola, we attached incorrect media contact information for Dr. Jim Arbogast of GOJO Industries. We also omitted two experts, Dr. David Macinga and Dr. Cecilia Rokusek. Following is the corrected version of those three entries. (You can also find the updated version of the full roundup here: http://prn.to/1rgf87s)

Dr. Jim Arbogast, Ph.D.
Vice President, Hand Hygiene Sciences and Public Health Advancements
GOJO Industries
"It has been reported that 80 percent of germs are transmitted by the hands, which makes hand hygiene a critical piece in stopping the spread of illness."
Arbogast created the Skin Care Science team at GOJO Industries, the inventors of Purell hand sanitizer. With more than 20 years of experience in consumer product development, the last 13 years have been focused on skincare. Dr. Arbogast has been directly involved with the formulation of hundreds of products, presented at major scientific conferences, and authored multiple articles and patents. He received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from UCLA. He is available to discuss preventive measures and the importance of proper hand hygiene, especially in the midst of these emerging diseases.
Media Contact: Jackie Kundla, [email protected]

Dr. David Macinga, Ph.D.
Research Fellow
GOJO Industries, Inc.
An adjunct research assistant professor at Northeastern Ohio Medical University, Dr. Macinga is a microbiologist with extensive pharmaceutical drug discovery and antimicrobial product development experience. His areas of expertise include antibiotic and biocide mechanisms of action and resistance, molecular biology, protein biochemistry, and microbiological methods development. He has been with GOJO since 2003, developing new and innovative antimicrobial and antiviral skin hygiene products. He has been widely published since 1995 in the areas of antimicrobial resistance and hand hygiene, and recently led the development of a new ASTM standard test method for the clinical evaluation of hand sanitizer antimicrobial efficacy. He is available to discuss preventive measures and the importance of proper hand hygiene, especially in the midst of these emerging diseases.
Media Contact: Jackie Kundla, [email protected]

Cecilia Rokusek, Ed.D., M.S., R.D.
Assistant Dean for Education, Planning, and Research
Nova Southeastern University's College of Osteopathic Medicine
"Ebola is a major public health threat. It has always been one for Africa, especially central Africa, where it was first recognized in Sudan and the Congo. We, as public health professionals, have always discussed it, but we have not thought of it as a major virus that could impact the U.S. With global travel, which has become a standard way of life for so many people worldwide, this threat now becomes a very real issue for our global society. Ebola, in particular, is so dangerous because it can be transmitted not only from human to human but also from animal to human, and the effects are usually deadly. Like with all public health preparedness issues, we must always be knowledgeable about preparedness and personal precautions. This is something Americans often do not think about until the realities of public health dangers like Ebola are on their back steps. Precautions are simple: awareness and knowledge put into practice for everyone. This includes hand hygiene at all times, respiratory hygiene when around potential infected areas (includes mask wearing), and use of protective equipment when working with individuals infected with Ebola. It is also extremely important to have safe injections and, for drug users, never using an old needle. It is also important to have safe burials for individuals who had the virus. Americans generally do not have an immediate danger, but they must be prepared through good public health practice. We can no longer become complacent to any public health danger anywhere."
Dr. Rokusek is the program manager for NSU COM's Institute for Disaster and Emergency Preparedness (IDEP) and a professor in the college's disaster and emergency preparedness master of science degree program, which she helped establish. She is a national trainer in the area of personal and professional preparedness. She has worked with the National Association of Federally Qualified Community Health Programs in developing and presenting programs on Preparedness and Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP). She works closely with local, state, national, and international agencies to develop and distribute training programs and educational materials related to disaster and emergency preparedness for individuals, businesses, and communities. IDEP is a national center originally funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR). Under Dr. Rokusek's direction, the institute has become a leader in developing and implementing interdisciplinary all-hazards preparedness training and educational materials. She has spoken to a number of state and national medical groups on preparedness issues related to practice and post-disaster recovery.
Media Contact: Jeremy Katzman, [email protected]

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OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES:

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• BLOG PROFILES: PET BLOGS.  As PR Newswire's media relations manager, Christine Cube comes across great blogs that cover a wide variety of topics and interests. Each week, she offers brief profiles of blogs you might not have heard of but that might offer writing opportunities. This week, she shares reviews of a few pet blogs: http://prn.to/1t8xL2Z
• FREELANCING, TIME MANAGEMENT AND THE SINGLE MOM.  Freelancing means freedom, but it also means being responsible to your editors, your family and yourself with smart time management. Freelancer Heidi Russell lays out a typical day in her life and how she balances it all: http://prn.to/1CkFA57
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