January 1, 2010
November 18, 2009
GREEN & GLOVER: The Hillary diet
That's not the only thing that gets expensive. "I'm blowing through clothes," Mr. Coale fretted. "I have to go to Filene's Basement all the time to get blue blazers at over $200 a clip." Nothing wrong with helping your heart and the economy at the same time. Mr. Coale, Miss Van Susteren and other bigwigs from politics, business and media gathered at the National Portrait Gallery for a pre-reception and screening of "Ten9eight: Shoot for the Moon," a documentary from director Mary Mazzio about inner-city youngsters turning into viable entrepreneurs thanks to a contest run by the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship.
November 17, 2009
Documentary Moves Crowd to Tears
The after party Monday night in the Paris Room of the Hotel Monaco for the movie "Ten9Eight" — a documentary following a group of kids from rough neighborhoods (Compton, Harlem, etc.) as they participate in creating business plans for the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) — still had people wiping away tears. AOL's Jimmy Lynn - flanked by Redskins cheerleaders - told POLITICO "meeting the students" was the best part of his night. "We were all trying to be cool, but we were all crying."
November 6, 2009
Documenting Boxer Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini
Fresh off the heels of Fight Night – a charity that brings a couple thousand men together in a room to watch boxing and smoke cigars - two-time World Boxing Association Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini will be dining with author Mark Kriegel, journalists George Pelecanos, Michael Wilbon and Mike Wise and entrepreneurs Jimmy Lynn and Chris Tavlarides at Café Milano tonight.
March 3, 2009
Jimmy Lynn, Leading AOL’s Diversity Partnerships
Jimmy Lynn’s title is Vice-President for Diversity Partnerships and Strategic Relationships at AOL, where he manages employee affinity networks and non-profit partnerships. Jimmy, whose late father was Irish-American father and whose mother is of Japanese descent, is aware through his work and civic activities that diversity brings strength to a nation. He also noted an interesting trend in the country.
July 5, 2007
Jimmy Lynn, AOL vice president for diversity partnerships, Arlington
Growing up as a half-Japanese, half-American child in Tokyo and Northern Virginia was not always easy; I was in the minority wherever I lived. During college I finally embraced being of mixed racial heritage after a classmate told me how she wished she had been lucky enough to grow up with two distinct cultures. When I bought this house, I told my mom I wanted to have an Asian-themed room. She gave me all these terrific Japanese things she had saved from my late grandmother, Obachama, and Great-Aunt Keiba, who were so wonderful to me when I was growing up.
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In the Big Leagues Now
Once a slow town for professional sports, Washington is now home to lots of people who make megadeals—and megamoney—on the games we love. “There’s money to be made for people who can figure it out,” says Jimmy Lynn. You won’t find Jimmy Lynn on any list of Washington’s rich and famous. But his BlackBerry holds the phone numbers of people who are. Lynn counts Ted Leonsis as a friend and mentor along with Mario Morino, godfather of Washington’s tech industry. He seized a chance encounter with Desirée Rogers to chat up the Obama confidante. He’s handsome, charming, and so earnestly ambitious as to be endearing.