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Emmy Award winning actress and humanitarian, Susan Saint James starred in the popular 1980’s television comedy series “Kate and Allie” as well as in the dramatic series “McMillan and Wife” and “Name of the Game”. She also starred in several films, including “Love at First Bite”. In 2008, in recognition of her work, she received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Ms. Saint James is very proud of her long involvement with the Special Olympics which began in 1972 and continues to this day. She has assisted in some capacity on the board of Connecticut Special Olympics since 1983. Susan also served as an executive member of the 1995 Special Olympics World Games in New Haven, working closely with 90,000 volunteers. She continues as an advisor, volunteer, fundraiser and cheerleader for the Special Olympics world wide, most recently during the 2007 games in China. Susan has been honored with various awards for her many contributions.
Susan enjoys traveling, watching sports with her husband, former NBC Executive, Dick Ebersol and spending time with her four children and grandchild.
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Lisa Sanders, M.D. is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Yale University School of Medicine and a clinician educator in Yale’s Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency program. Dr. Sanders writes the popular “Diagnosis” column, which appears monthly in The New York Times Magazine.
Her column was the inspiration for the acclaimed Fox television show “House M.D.,” and she currently serves as technical advisor for the show. Although teaching about clinical reasoning and diagnostic error is her first love, much of her research and practice focus on the treatment of overweight and obese patients. She is the author of The Perfect Fit Diet: How to Lose Weight, Keep it Off And Still Eat the Foods You Love and Every Patient Tells A Story.
Before entering medical school, Dr. Sanders was an Emmy Award-winning producer at CBS News, where she covered medicine and health and she also worked as a producer at ABC and NBC News. She resides in New Haven, Connecticut. |
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As Vice President Director of Design for Jones New York Dress, Bunny Donahue has responsibility for the design and production of all dresses for the Jones New York brand. Although she travels to Europe to shop trends and to factories in Asia to oversee product development, hers is not the glamorous world of haute couture. Her goal is to produce quality dresses for the American working woman.
Bunny’s mother, a bit of a style icon during the 60’s and 70’s, shared her love of fashion with her daughter, teaching her the art of style and dressing. Bunny moved east from Ohio to pursue her education, landing in New York. She worked in retail before returning to school to pursue her dream of fashion design. After graduating from the Fashion Institute of Technology, she worked in collection sportswear before landing a job in the dress market in the mid 1990s.
The fashion industry has all of the pressures that manufacturing businesses face. Through flexibility, creativity, and perseverance, Bunny has established herself as one of the top dress designers in her field. Her bottom line advice: always look fabulous and never take “no” for an answer.
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