Welcome to our Board Member Spotlight, featuring Tom Leskovec. Tom is a valued member of the Orange Effect Foundation's board of directors, working hard to ensure informed and impactful grant-making decisions are made each quarter. Today, we take a break from our usual topics as Tom shares with us how embracing surprises can bring us closer to our loved ones and make a positive …
Orange Effect Board Member Spotlight: Tom Leskovec
Today’s spotlight is on Orange Effect Foundation Board Member, Tom Leskovec. What do you do for your day job? I lead a team of Clinical Research professionals at a pharmaceutical company. My team oversees pharmaceutical clinical trials at clinical research sites to ensure the trials are being done safely as well as per local and federal regulations. The work we do aims to support accurate …
Appreciating the Gift of Speech
As we enter the holiday season, our minds often turn towards gifts. Some gifts are tangible, some are flashy, some are small, and some we may take for granted. One gift that many might take for granted is that of speech. I’ll admit that I too have been guilty of under appreciating speech.A recent experience that helped me realize firsthand what a gift speech is was my participation in the …
Change a Child’s Life
“Change a child’s life.” Those words were the first thing I saw as I dejectedly walked out of the office of my undergraduate thesis advisor. He had just told me my summer research internship was cancelled due to lack of funding. This was going to be a HUGE opportunity for me as I was accepted to a joint program at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh to study the impacts of …
