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Executive director is a term sometimes applied to the chief executive officer (CEO) or managing director of an organization, company, or corporation. It is widely used in North American non-profit organizations, though in recent decades many U.S. nonprofits have adopted the title "President/CEO".
Confusion can arise because the words "executive" and "director" occur both in this title and in those of various members of some organizations' Board of directors. The precise meanings of these terms are discussed in the "Directors" section of the article on Board of directors.
The role of the Executive Director is to design, develop and implement strategic plans for their organization in a cost-effective and time-efficient manner. The Executive Director is also responsible for the day-to-day operation of the organization, including managing committees and staff and developing business plans in collaboration with the board for the future of the organization. In essence, the board grants the executive director the authority to run the organization. The Executive Director is accountable to the Chairman of the Board and reports to the board on a regular basis - quarterly, semiannually, or annually. The Board may offer suggestions and ideas about how to improve the organization, but the Executive Director decides whether or not, and how, to implement these ideas.
Ayn Rand ( /ˈaɪn ˈrænd/; born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum, February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982) was a Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. She is known for her two best-selling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged and for developing a philosophical system she called Objectivism.
Born and educated in Russia, Rand moved to the United States in 1926. She worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood and had a play produced on Broadway in 1935–1936. After two initially unsuccessful early novels, she achieved fame with her 1943 novel The Fountainhead. In 1957, she published her best-known work, the philosophical novel Atlas Shrugged. Afterward she turned to nonfiction to promote her philosophy, publishing her own magazines and releasing several collections of essays until her death in 1982.
Rand advocated reason as the only means of acquiring knowledge and rejected all forms of faith and religion. She supported rational and ethical egoism, and rejected ethical altruism. In politics, she condemned the initiation of force as immoral and opposed all forms of collectivism and statism, instead supporting laissez-faire capitalism, which she believed was the only social system that protected individual rights. She promoted romantic realism in art. She was sharply critical of the philosophers and philosophical traditions known to her besides Aristotle.
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Genres: Documentary,Actors: Joseph Garcia Quinn (actor), Joseph Garcia Quinn (director), Joseph Garcia Quinn (producer), Justin McEwen (actor), Justin McEwen (producer), Larry Harvey (actor), Larry Harvey (actor), Benar Geer (actor), Howard Zimmer (editor), Marian Goodell (actress), Tosca Rivola (actress), Avi Davis (actor), Adam Ad Luv Levine (composer), Jud Birza (actor), David Kur (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Documentary, Western,Actors: Udo Schenk (actor), Eva Habermann (actress), Rainer Kühn (composer), Marc Fehse (actor), Tabea Heynig (actress), Andreas Schlee (producer), Andreas Schlee (writer), Andreas Schlee (director), Arne Stephan (actor), Andreas Schell (actor), Matthias Bernhard (editor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Rupert Bryan (producer), Rupert Bryan (actor), Ben Loyd-Holmes (actor), Edwin Sykes (composer), Alec Christie (editor), Alec Christie (producer), Alec Christie (writer), Alec Christie (actor), Guy Burnet (actor), Rufus Graham (actor), John Joyce (actor), Glenn Conroy (actor), Norberto Morán (actor), Lieve Carchon (actress), Kelvin Hutchins (editor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Dan Eggleston (actor), Dan Eggleston (producer), Steve Powers (actor), Jeff Runnels (actor), C.C. Stinson (actress), John McLean (editor), John McLean (director), John McLean (producer), John McLean (writer), John McLean (actor), Patricia A. Robinson (actress), Michelle Keffer (actress), D.J. Willis (actor), Hanna Hardin (actress), Hanna Hardin (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Tim Ware (actor), Denzel Washington (actor), Ric Reitz (actor), Ethan Suplee (actor), Will Patton (actor), Brett Rice (actor), Afemo Omilami (actor), Tom Nowicki (actor), David Dwyer (actor), Mike Pniewski (actor), J. Don Ferguson (actor), Ryan Gosling (actor), Donald Faison (actor), Gregory Alan Williams (actor), John Wesley (actor),
Plot: Suburban Virginia schools have been segregated for generations, in sight of the Washington Monument over the river in the nation's capital. One Black and one White high school are closed and the students sent to T.C. Williams High School under federal mandate to integrate. The year is seen through the eyes of the football team where the man hired to coach the Black school is made head coach over the highly successful white coach. Based on the actual events of 1971, the team becomes the unifying symbol for the community as the boys and the adults learn to depend on and trust each other.
Keywords: 1970s, affirmative-action, african-american, african-american-protagonist, american-football, banana, based-on-true-story, bigotry, brick-thrown-through-a-window, car-crashActors: Tobey Maguire (actor), Mark Harmon (actor), Flea (actor), Lyle Lovett (actor), Stephen Bridgewater (actor), Gregory Itzin (actor), Michael Jeter (actor), Gary Busey (actor), Larry Cedar (actor), Penn Jillette (actor), Benicio Del Toro (actor), Johnny Depp (actor), Troy Evans (actor), Richard Portnow (actor), Christopher Meloni (actor),
Plot: The big-screen version of Hunter S. Thompson's seminal psychedelic classic about his road trip across Western America as he and his large Samoan lawyer searched desperately for the "American dream"... they were helped in large part by the huge amount of drugs and alcohol kept in their convertible, The Red Shark.
Keywords: 1970s, absurd, american-dream, american-flag, anti-war-protest, author-cameo, bar, based-on-novel, based-on-true-story, batActors: Masaichi Nagata (miscellaneous crew), Eiji Funakoshi (actor), Yûzô Hayakawa (actor), Bontarô Miake (actor), Mikio Narita (actor), Kenji Ôyama (actor), Masaichi Nagata (producer), Seitaro Omori (composer), Koji Shima (director), Kazuro Funabashi (writer), Kiyoko Hirai (actress), Akira Natsuki (actor), Mayumi Nagisa (actress), Mako Sanjô (actress), Toyo Suzuki (editor),
Genres: Horror,