Newly Revised Book By Music Business Legend, Bunny DeBarge Gaining Biopic Buzz, Released Juneteenth
WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ — VocalzMusic & Publishing announces that famed Motown songwriter, recording artist and lone female member of legendary R&B sibling singing group, DeBarge, Bunny DeBarge released her newly revised, tell all memoir, “The Kept Ones: DeBarge, The Fame Years,” in print, with a gold ribbon design, on Monday, June 19, 2023.
Free Tickets Announced for Concert Promoting Juneteenth, Pride Month – Can Music Heal Our Nation?
WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ — The nonprofit “Faith In Peace” Concert Saturday, June 17, 2023 7:30-10pm will be held in the Sixth & I Synagogue in Washington, DC by the Concert for the Human Family (CFHF), with recently announced free ticket offers, says Light4America. The concert benefits multiple nonprofits including Rotary District 7620 (Washington, DC and parts of Maryland).
The Friday before Memorial Day is Declared ‘Don’t Fry Day’ to Encourage Sun Safety and Awareness
WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ — To help reduce rising rates of skin cancer from overexposure to the ultraviolet rays of the sun, the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention has designated the Friday before Memorial Day, May 26, 2023, as “Don’t Fry Day” to encourage sun safety awareness and to remind everyone to protect their skin while enjoying the outdoors. This year, the campaign, “I’m Doing this For Me” highlights sun safety as an important way to take care of yourself and those around you.
Planet Defense LLC, the City of Jacksonville Arkansas, and Rokee LLC Partner to Develop a Groundbreaking Innovation Hub in Jacksonville, AR
JACKSONVILLE, Ark. /ScoopCloud/ — Planet Defense LLC, in partnership with the City of Jacksonville, Arkansas, and Rokee LLC, is pleased to announce the launch of the Smart Arkansas Innovation Hub that is now being developed in Jacksonville, Arkansas. Currently, this very important, timely and advanced technology-oriented Public-Private Partnership (P3) includes the three Founding Partners named above along with numerous public and private sector sponsors.
NCNW HIRES NEW PRESIDENT AND CEO: Lauded Civil Rights Organization Changes Governance Structure First Time in 88-Years
WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ — Today, National Council of Negro Women, Inc. (NCNW) announced Shavon Arline-Bradley was hired to serve as the organization’s first president and chief executive officer. After 88 years, the organization changed its governance structure to work more efficiently.
Housing Finance Strategies Announces #HousingDC23
WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ — Housing Finance Strategies Founder & CEO Faith Schwartz today announced the return of the highly successful #HousingDC conference on September 26-27, 2023. More than 2,000 viewers participated in #HousingDC22 presented last September ahead of the midterm elections and post event attendee surveys confirmed high demand for continued delivery.
HBCU Green Fund and Center for Environmental Justice Cites Small Progress Toward Climate Justice at COP27 in Egypt and Commit to Helping Young African Students
WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ — In an effort to increase diversity at the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, the HBCU Green Fund and the Harambee House/Citizens for Environmental Justice (HH/CFEJ) partnered to lead a delegation of 27 persons from the United States, Africa and the diaspora to participate in the global summit touted as “COP Africa.”
Planet Defense LLC and Cape Fox Corporation Partner to Develop a Groundbreaking Innovation Hub in Ketchikan, Alaska
WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ — Planet Defense LLC announced today its close partnership with Cape Fox Corporation (CFC) to develop and manage a technology Innovation Hub in Ketchikan, Alaska, starting immediately. This new project – a Public-Private Partnership – will strengthen Ketchikan’s native community and local commercial businesses by providing them with emerging and smart technologies. This endeavor will particularly benefit the Alaska Native people living in the area.
MediSked’s Doug Golub: Washington, D.C. 2022 Timmy Award Winner for Best Tech Manager
WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ — Doug Golub, President of MediSked, LLC, has been announced as Washington, D.C.’s Best Tech Manager Timmy Award Winner for 2022, chosen by peers in tech. Presented by community platform Tech in Motion, the Timmys is a celebration of the top people and companies to work for in technology.
Sustainable Africa Future Network’s PRE-COP27 Virtual Climate Change Collection Kicks Off with Poignant Remarks by U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield
WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ — U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield urged activists to come together to achieve climate justice during her opening message to nearly 500 people logged on from around the world for today’s kick-off of the PRE-COP27 Virtual Climate Change Collection hosted by the HBCU Green Fund’s Sustainable Africa Future Network.
A State-Of-The-Art Cybersecurity Operations Center (CSOC) Launched by Planet Defense LLC in Stafford County, Virginia
WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ — The creation and implementation of a state-of-the-art Cybersecurity Operations Center (CSOC) that is a core element of the Virginia Smart Community Testbed based in Stafford County, Virginia, was announced today by Planet Defense LLC and its government and industry partners. Planet Defense LLC is a global cybersecurity consulting, engineering and training company headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia.
First Lady Jill Biden to take the stage at the 2022 Concordia Annual Summit
NEW YORK, N.Y. /ScoopCloud/ — The First Lady of the United States, Dr. Jill Biden, will speak on the Metropolitan Stage of the first day of the 2022 Concordia Annual Summit, September 19, at the Sheraton New York Times Square during the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
#HousingDC22 Annual Housing Champion: Frank Nothaft
WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ — Housing Finance Strategies Founder & CEO Faith Schwartz today announced this year’s Housing Champion Award recipient is the late Frank Nothaft. Each year Housing Finance Strategies reviews a short list of candidates for the prestigious Housing Champion award and announces the winner at the #HousingDC conference.
New Children’s Book Embraces the Bond of Parents and Child Through Life and Death
WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ — With an aim to help families begin to heal after the terrible loss of a child, “ScootieToots and the Feathers From Heaven: A Family Healing Book” (ISBN: 978-0228866862) by Audri B. Cabness is a whimsical children’s story with a powerful message that offers families an uplifting vantage point, at any point in their healing process, from which they are given the opportunity to begin to pivot from despair to serenity.
Housing Finance Strategies Names Industry Leader Jeff Jaffee as Senior Advisor
WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ — Housing Finance Strategies Founder & CEO Faith Schwartz today announced she has recruited industry veteran Jeff Jaffee to join her firm as a Senior Advisor focusing on fair lending and consumer protection compliance.
New Writing Program Mobilizes Therapists to Help K-12 Teachers, Librarians and School Administrators
WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ — The Things They Carry Project (TTC), part of New Directions in Writing, an offshoot of the Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis, was launched in April 2021 to offer writing for resilience workshops to frontline Covid healthcare workers suffering the trauma of working during the pandemic. The project has helped over 700 participants from the US, Asia, Brazil, the UK, and the Middle East.
U.S. Climate Activist, Illai Kenney, Urged Young Leaders to Unite Globally for Climate Justice During the Continental Youth Symposium in Uganda
WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ — Determined to encourage unity across the African Diaspora, expand their global network of youth working to advance climate justice and to promote the upcoming PreCOP27 Africa Virtual Summit, the HBCU Green Fund sent a small delegation to participate in the 3rd African Peer Review Mechanism Continental Youth Symposium in Kampala, Uganda last week.
HousingWire identifies Sales Boomerang’s Richard Grieser as a Marketing Leader
WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ — Sales Boomerang, the mortgage industry’s top-rated automated borrower intelligence and retention system, today announced that Richard Grieser, vice president of marketing, was named to the prestigious 2022 HW Marketing Leaders List. This award, presented by HousingWire magazine, is presented to marketing leaders driving outsized business performance in the mortgage and real estate industries.
Mobile Truck Mounted Medical POD to Aid Sick and Wounded Ukrainian Civilians Hand Off Event to United Help Ukraine
WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ — Pacific Engineering Inc. (PEI) has joined forces with United Help Ukraine (UHU), Gaithersburg, MD to take a small, but critical step to provide much-needed care to Kharkiv’s sick and wounded. PEI is honored to make a contribution to UHU by donating a truck-mounted Rapid On Demand – Portable Medical Platform (ROD-PMP™) to provide emergency medical assistance in Ukraine.
Housing Finance Strategies Hires Stuart Quinn as Managing Director
WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ — Housing Finance Strategies Founder & CEO Faith Schwartz today announced she has recruited mortgage consulting and product manager Stuart Quinn to join her firm as Managing Director.
Cheryl Messner joins Sales Boomerang to oversee customer experience department
WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ — Sales Boomerang, the mortgage industry’s top-rated automated borrower intelligence and retention system, today announced that it has tapped Cheryl Messner to manage its customer experience departments. In her new role, Messner will define strategies to enhance Sales Boomerang’s customer experience, engagement, success and operations as well as help the company build upon its growth from a fintech startup to the industry’s leading borrower intelligence solution.
Housing Finance Strategies Names Allen Jones Chief Administrative Officer
WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ — Housing Finance Strategies President Faith Schwartz today announced that she has named industry veteran and former Big 4 consulting executive Allen Jones as Chief Administrative Officer and Managing Director of the Consulting Practice.
Sales Boomerang releases Q1 2022 Mortgage Market Opportunities Report
WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ — Sales Boomerang, the mortgage industry’s top-rated automated borrower intelligence and retention system, today released its latest Mortgage Market Opportunities Report. The Q1 2022 report showed an increase in purchase and home-equity loan opportunities that could help lenders offset dwindling refi volume.
Environmental Justice Leader Mustafa Ali to Review Justice40 Initiative with White House Advisor Gina McCarthy at Second Annual BIPOC Climate Justice Dialogue
WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ — Environmental justice leader, Mustafa Santiago Ali, will discuss the progress made on the implementation of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Justice40 initiative with White House Advisor Gina McCarthy during the Second Annual BIPOC Climate Justice Dialogue. Hosted by the HBCU Green Fund and other environmental groups, the two-day virtual event is open to the public and will take place April 7 – 8, 2022.
#HousingDC22 Announces New Sponsors and Author Nick Timiraos
WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ — Housing Finance Strategies President Faith Schwartz made two key announcements today regarding the firm’s annual housing policy and technology event on September 26-27, 2022. The list of #HousingDC22 sponsors is growing and is a testament to the high quality delivered.
#HousingDC22 Announces New Sponsors and Political Commentator Amy Walter
WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ — Housing Finance Strategies President Faith Schwartz made two key announcements today regarding the firm’s annual housing policy and technology event on September 26-27, 2022. #HousingDC22 will take place ahead of the critical midterm elections.
Sales Boomerang releases Q4 2021 Mortgage Market Opportunities Report
WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ — Sales Boomerang, the mortgage industry’s top-rated automated borrower intelligence and retention system, today released its latest Mortgage Market Opportunities Report. The Q4 2021 report identified increasing opportunities for mortgage lenders to assist borrowers with tappable home equity, lending credence to analysts’ expectations for a surge in home-equity-related mortgage activity in 2022.
Housing Finance Strategies Announces #HousingDC22
WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ — Housing Finance Strategies President Faith Schwartz today announced that the firm will host its annual housing policy and technology event on September 26-27, 2022. The returning support of #HousingDC22 sponsors is notable and a testament to the quality of the event.
Plans Announced for a ‘People’s Remembrance’ of January 6 Attack
WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ — Light4America announced its “Fight Fire with Light” project begun November 20, 2021 to remember the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol with a citizen-led, nonpartisan, interfaith candlelight vigil the evening of January 6, 2022.
Galway Holdings Acquires Simatree
WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ — Galway Holdings (“Galway”) today announced its acquisition of Virginia-based Simatree, a strategic advisory firm specializing in data, analytics, technology consultation and digital transformation. Fast-growing, Simatree has won multiple awards for its innovative and transformational digital and analytics solutions, founded by Patrick McCreesh, Wes Flores and Jay Williams, former NBA player and current television analyst.
Sales Boomerang named to Inc.’s 2021 Best in Business list in ‘On the Rise’ category
WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ — Sales Boomerang has been named to the Inc. 2021 Best in Business list in the On the Rise category for businesses 0-4 years old. Inc.’s Best in Business Awards honor companies that have gone above and beyond to make a positive impact.
Sales Boomerang adds ‘Previous Alerts’ to facilitate better-informed conversations between mortgage advisors and prospects
WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ — Sales Boomerang, the mortgage industry’s top-rated automated borrower intelligence and retention system, today announced the availability of a new feature that lets lenders view a history of Sales Boomerang alerts that have previously triggered for each contact in their monitored database.
HousingWire recognizes Sales Boomerang’s Mike Spotten for innovations in mortgage technology
WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ — Sales Boomerang, the mortgage industry’s top-rated automated borrower intelligence and retention system, today announced that Mike Spotten, vice president of product, was named a 2021 HW Tech Trendsetter by HousingWire Magazine. Now in its third year, the HW Tech Trendsetters award program highlights the leading players in the housing economy who drive innovation with advanced digital products and services.
Sales Boomerang named 49th fastest-growing company in North America on the 2021 Deloitte Technology Fast 500
WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ — Sales Boomerang today announced it ranked 49 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, fintech and energy tech companies in North America, now in its 27th year. Sales Boomerang grew 3,882% during this period.
Sales Boomerang recognized as Baltimore’s second fastest-growing company
WASHINGTON, D.C. /ScoopCloud/ — Sales Boomerang, the mortgage industry’s top-rated automated borrower intelligence and retention system, today announced it has earned the No. 2 spot on the Baltimore Business Journal’s (BBJ) 2021 Fast 50, a list of the greater Baltimore region’s 50 fastest-growing private companies. Fast 50 rankings were unveiled by the BBJ at a private reception on Thursday, November 4, 2021.