Sunday, July 11, 2010

William Loiry Has Confirmed More Than 1,000 Speakers at National Forums

From January of 1996 through September of 2010, more than 1,000 prominent speakers have participated in the national and international forums organized by William Loiry and his team. Speakers have included U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, Member, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations and U.S. Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources; U.S. Senator David Vitter, Member, U.S. Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources; Congressman Bennie Thompson, Chairman, U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security; U.S. Coast Guard Commandant & National Incident Commander Thad Allen; BP Claims Chief Darryl Willis; BP Executive Vice President Kris Sliger; Jefferson Parish Council Chairman John Young; Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger, Member, U.S. House Appropriations & Intelligence Committees; Congressman Earl Blumenauer, Member, U.S. House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming; Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, Member, U.S. House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming; Congressman Curt Weldon, Vice Chairman, U.S. House Armed Services Committee; Congressman Tom Davis, Chairman, U.S. House Government Reform Committee; Tom Ridge, the first Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; James Lee Witt, Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); David Paulison, Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Mark Holman, Special Assistant to the President for Homeland Security; Robert Bonner, U.S. Customs & Border Protection Commissioner; John Taylor, U.S. Treasury Under Secretary; Kirk Robertson, Executive Vice President, U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC); Lincoln Bloomfield, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State; Kathleen Blanco, Governor of Louisiana; Ray Nagin, Mayor of New Orleans; Andy Kopplin, Executive Director, Louisiana Recovery Authority; Gary Matherne, Coordinator, Louisiana Hurricane Housing Task Force; Dr. Edward Blakely, Executive Director for Recovery, City of New Orleans; Dr. Jerome Hauer, Executive Director for the Response to Emergencies and Disasters Institute, George Washington University; William Hoagland, Director of Budget & Appropriations, Office of the Senate Majority Leader; Chuck Ludlam, Counsel, Office of U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman; Marsha Evans, President of the American Red Cross; and Charles McCormack, President of Save the Children. William Loiry and his team have organized five national forums in 2010 alone, bringing together leaders on homeland security, clean energy, disaster response, and the Gulf oil spill disaster.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

William Loiry Has Introduced Hundreds of Prominent Speakers

From January of 1996 through June of 2010, hundreds of prominent speakers have participated in the national and international forums organized by William Loiry and his team. Speakers have included U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, Member, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations and U.S. Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources; Congressman Bennie Thompson, Chairman, U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security; Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger, Member, U.S. House Appropriations & Intelligence Committees; Congressman Earl Blumenauer, Member, U.S. House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming; Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, Member, U.S. House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming; Congressman Curt Weldon, Vice Chairman, U.S. House Armed Services Committee; Congressman Tom Davis, Chairman, U.S. House Government Reform Committee; Tom Ridge, the first Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; James Lee Witt, Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); David Paulison, Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Mark Holman, Special Assistant to the President for Homeland Security; Robert Bonner, U.S. Customs & Border Protection Commissioner; John Taylor, U.S. Treasury Under Secretary; Kirk Robertson, Executive Vice President, U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC); Lincoln Bloomfield, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State; Kathleen Blanco, Governor of Louisiana; Ray Nagin, Mayor of New Orleans; Andy Kopplin, Executive Director, Louisiana Recovery Authority; Gary Matherne, Coordinator, Louisiana Hurricane Housing Task Force; Dr. Edward Blakely, Executive Director for Recovery, City of New Orleans; Dr. Jerome Hauer, Executive Director for the Response to Emergencies and Disasters Institute, George Washington University; William Hoagland, Director of Budget & Appropriations, Office of the Senate Majority Leader; Chuck Ludlam, Counsel, Office of U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman; Marsha Evans, President of the American Red Cross; and Charles McCormack, President of Save the Children. William Loiry and his team have organized three national forums in 2010 alone, bringing together leaders on homeland security, clean energy, and the Gulf oil spill disaster.

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Senator Bob Graham Thanks Bill Loiry for Service to America

Bob Graham, former two term popular Governor of Florida, who later served as Chairman of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee and more recently as Chairman of the bipartisan Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Proliferation and Terrorism, commended Bill Loiry today: "Thank you for your service to America and our security."

Saturday, January 30, 2010

How To Help Haiti - Part 2

Bill Loiry, who has been a leader in facilitating disaster response and reconstruction from Bosnia to Katrina, emphasizes that the best way to help the people of Haiti is still to immediately send financial donations to the following organizations:

Clinton Foundation

Clinton Bush Haiti Fund
International Medical Corps
Direct Relief International
World Vision
International Relief Teams
Yele Haiti
American Red Cross
Operation USA
CARE
World Food Programme
World Concern
Save the Children
UNICEF USA
International Committee of the Red Cross
United Methodist Committee on Relief
The Haitian Embassy in Washington, DC

As you know, the devastating 7.0 earthquake in Haiti and more than 50 aftershocks killed an estimated 200,000 people and left 194,000 injured and 1.5 million homeless. The country's entire infrastructure has been almost destroyed.

Please help today!

Thursday, January 14, 2010

How To Help Haiti

More than 100,000 people may have perished in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake. Many more are injured. Bill Loiry, who has facilitated disaster response and reconstruction since 1996, emphasizes that the best way to help is to immediately send financial donations to the following organizations:


Clinton Foundation
International Medical Corps
Direct Relief International
World Vision
International Relief Teams
Yele Haiti
American Red Cross
International Committee of the Red Cross
Operation USA
CARE
World Food Programme
World Concern
Save the Children
UNICEF USA
United Methodist Committee on Relief
USAID

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Earthquake Devastates Haiti

A catastrophic earthquake hit Haiti today, the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation. The most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Haiti comes after the country was devastated by four tropical storms in 2008.

President Bill Clinton -- now the U.N. Special Envoy for Haiti -- said the world body was "committed to do whatever we can to assist the people of Haiti in their relief, rebuilding and recovery efforts."

Wyclef Jean, who has devoted considerable resources to the reconstruction of Haiti, said tonight, "I cannot stress enough what a human disaster this is, and idle hands will only make this tragedy worse. The over 2 million people in Port-au-Prince tonight face catastrophe alone. We must act now."

Please act now and in the coming days. Time is of the essence. Here are a few of the organizations which need your support to provide assistance to Haiti:

International Medical Corps
Direct Relief International
World Vision
International Relief Teams
YĆ©le Haiti
American Red Cross
Operation USA
CARE
Catholic Relief Services
World Food Programme
World Concern
Save the Children
UNICEF USA

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Equity International's 15th Anniversary

Equity International, founded on January 5, 1995, is pleased to celebrate its 15th year anniversary. William Loiry founded the firm on his strong belief and conviction that we can – and should – generate revenue and make the world better at the same time.

Overcoming extraordinary odds, Equity International has brought together more than 35,000 government officials, business leaders, financial leaders, philanthropists, military officials, and diplomats to help find solutions to some of the world’s most critical problems.

The leadership of Equity International has helped thousands overseas affected by wars and natural disasters, including Bosnia, Croatia, Kosovo, Serbia, Turkey, South Asia, China, Central America, Venezuela, and the Caribbean.

Thousands more were helped by Equity International’s efforts in Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, and Texas, following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and other storms.

Following the difficult transition from Communism to democracy and capitalism, Equity International was there when it counted: helping to establish stock markets in Romania, banking systems in Hungary and Bulgaria, and facilitating post-war economic reconstruction in Southeastern Europe.

In 1998, three years before the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Equity International convened the first conference on the threat of Osama bin Laden to Americans overseas. Since then, it has convened countless conferences, roundtables, and trade shows facilitating solutions in aviation security, border security, bioterrorism, emergency communications, and global security.

In 2008, when the U.S. State Department needed help with a major international conference on renewable energy, Equity International used all of its considerable resources to help make the event an historic forum, which featured almost 9,000 delegates from 119 countries.

Extremely important, from 2005 to today, Equity International has been a strong supporter of the Clinton Global Initiative, which has brought together more than 100 current and former heads of state, global CEOs, and major philanthropists to tackle the world’s most urgent problems, including poverty, health, education, economic development, clean energy, and climate change. Clinton Global Initiative members have made nearly 1,700 commitments valued at $57 billion, which have already improved more than 200 million lives.

We have received considerable praise from many leaders, including President Bill Clinton, the first Homeland Security Secretary – Tom Ridge, mayors and governors, CEOs and nonprofit leaders, military leaders and diplomats. Our efforts have received extensive news media coverage, from CNN and Fox to The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times.

Perhaps most gratifying of all is the knowledge that, with few resources and iron grit, we made the world a better place.