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It's the last day to DONATE in 2025, and tomorrow is the first day to DONATE in 2026. Choose your day. I just finished reading "Effective Altruism" by Jacob Bauer! It's REALLY worth a read. If you are one of my ex Technology Industry/Amazon Web Services (AWS) co-retirees, FLEX your DAF! Think about…

An end of year Coordinated Care milestone for United Ways of California! Kimberly Starrs, CEO of Inland SoCal United Way and her teams led by Christopher Darbee, deployed the GetHelp Coordinated Care Closed Loop Referral System to cover 2 more CA counties, and over 3 million lives. Now, the United…

United Ways of California reached another Data Interoperability innovation milestone today (https://lnkd.in/gRrrrwA9.) Data Interoperability is a detail oriented, multi organization effort to pass JUST the right amount of data on a person, to help better coordinate social care for the least…

#GivingTuesday2025! Join me and others from the tech industry and DONATE HERE: https://lnkd.in/gGQRggWF, to accelerate the digitalization of coordinated social care to the homeless, those experiencing food insecurity, suffering from Substance Abuse, dealing with Mental Health challenges, or in need…

Lightning Step and United Ways of California Collaborate with OC United Way/211OC and Housing for Health CA to Help Community-Based Organizations Deliver Better Coordinated Social Care to Orange County Residents Experiencing Homelessness. READ MORE HERE: http://bit.ly/4m1xo72. Pleased with this NEW…

We’re in June, and now beta testing a new United Way 211 Data Gateway, built on AWS by our CA partner ThingLogix. We’ve come a long way from signing up for DxF and the CA HHS grant in June of 2023. Nine 211 teams have been collaborating for eleven months to discover, scope and agree focus on…

Recently enjoyed some great learnings at UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management, on their Corporate Governance course for Board of Directors. Even as a semi retiree, continuous learning is good for one’s mental growth. Enjoyed learning from the deeply insightful Professor Carla Hayne, the…

Privileged to be working with Peter Manzo, President of United Ways of California, and his nine 211 Contact Centers, as they embrace the digital transformation of their teams and technology helping over 1 million client contacts a year. Since starting with Pete and his team last July, we’ve made…