No single foundation carries the full cost of protecting Pennsylvania’s forests, streams, and wildlife habitat. Colcom Foundation operates as one contributor within a wider network of funders, including the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the William Penn Foundation, the Heinz Endowments, the R.K. Mellon Foundation, and numerous community foundations spread across the state….
Dr. Andrew Jacono Redefines Facelift Surgery With Deep-Plane Method
For decades, facelift patients had to choose between a younger look and a natural one. Traditional techniques stretched skin tight, often leaving behind the stiff, wind-tunnel appearance long associated with cosmetic surgery. Dr. Andrew Jacono, a New York facial plastic surgeon, changed that equation with an approach that rebuilds the face’s underlying architecture instead of…
Vancouver Innovation and the Cross-Border Outlook of Yazan Al Homsi
Vancouver Innovation and the Cross-Border Outlook of Yazan Al Homsi Vancouver’s position within Canada’s technology economy has made the city a natural home for investors looking beyond traditional industries. Yazan Al Homsi is one example of a venture capitalist using Vancouver as a base while maintaining an investment perspective that extends into international markets. A…
Justin Nelson of JP Morgan Rethinks Neurodiverse Talent Pool
Wealth management has long prized candidates who interview well, but Justin Nelson believes that habit costs the industry access to some of its most capable workers. Nelson, who serves as Managing Director at JP Morgan Private Bank, has spent recent years arguing that neurodiverse individuals deserve a different path into financial careers. Nelson heads JP…
Kelcy Warren Built a Pipeline Empire From Scratch
Kelcy Warren built one of the largest energy infrastructure networks in the country by starting small and thinking big. In 1996, Warren and co-founder Ray Davis launched Energy Transfer as a modest intrastate natural gas pipeline operator in East Texas, running about 200 miles of pipe. Nearly three decades later, the company Kelcy Warren helped…
Colcom Foundation Reviews Fifty Years of Population Growth
Colcom Foundation’s research lays out five decades of U.S. population change, starting from a pivotal moment: in 1970, the country’s total fertility rate stood at 2.54, putting the population on pace to double from 205 million to 410 million within 57 years. These include the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), the American Border Patrol,…
Why Dr. Andrew Jacono’s Facelift Results Last Longer
A facelift that fades within a few years frustrates patients and surgeons alike. Longevity is often the real measure of whether a technique succeeds, and it is where Dr. Andrew Jacono’s extended deep-plane method stands apart from more conventional options. Structure Over Stretch Standard SMAS facelifts tighten the tissue layer beneath the skin and trim…
JP Morgan’s Justin Nelson on Hidden Workplace Talent
Financial firms spend enormous effort recruiting for technical skill, yet often ignore a candidate pool already suited to precise, detail-heavy work. Justin Nelson, who heads the Asset Management and Financial Principals Coverage Team at J.P. Morgan Private Bank in Connecticut, points to neurodiverse individuals as exactly that pool. Nelson oversees a book of business exceeding…
Michael Polk’s Case for Sharp Decision-Making in Business
Among the qualities Michael Polk Newell Brands has identified as central to CEO effectiveness, the ability to make sharp choices stands alongside accessibility and authenticity. Over four decades in executive leadership, Polk developed a framework for decision-making that holds across company types from the complexity of leading Newell Brands to the focused environment of running…
Michael Polk on the Growth Advantages of Smaller Private Companies
Before joining Implus LLC in 2020, Michael Polk was the kind of executive most people associate with scale. He served as CEO of Newell Brands from 2011 to 2019, leading an organization of over 50,000 people through a complex transformation from a holding company model to a streamlined operating structure. That job, and the decades…