I have no idea how many times I’ve done this. I used to know. I could tell you I’d circled the earth three times in my travels. But I’d be guessing. Somewhere the counter broke. Was it four? Six? If you count all the miles I’ve flown over the years, the number is embarrassing and […]
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Fourth of July, and this summer’s family trip took us to the Cliffs of Moher on Ireland’s west coast to learn how another republic came to be. The kids stood at the Atlantic edge under the tricolor and we talked about how Ireland won itself. The 1916 Easter Rising, then a war, then a free […]
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This is my mom. She has dementia. And we want none of your pity. No Pity. I Mean It. She has lived – will live – a wonderful life, with fierce pride. I am honored to be the strength for her now. The strength she is for me. Pity does not help her and it […]
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Wow! Today I am starting as the first Chief Strategy and Growth Officer at Intelehealth. I am humbled by Neha Verma‘s trust in me to help Intelehealth improve access to primary health care and lower costs for national health insurance programs via telemedicine methodologies and technologies. I’ll be focused on four core activities for the organization […]
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I am sad to say that USAID is dying. I am watching in horror as 25 years of my life is crushed by this new Administration. Yet, I am not one to wallow in the past. What’s done is done. I must move on. I did so in a way that came naturally to me. […]
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