CONTRIB UTORS
Michael Levin
Nancy Vailakis
New York Times best-selling author Michael Levin is one of America’s most prolific ghostwriters and journalists. He has helped create more successful books than anyone in the publishing industry, and he specializes in business fables and business fiction. His websites are TheFableFactory.com and MichaelLevinWrites.com.
Nancy Vailakis has over 16 years of alternative asset management industry experience as a business development, marketing and investor relations professional, and over 19 years of experience in financial services. She earned her MBA from the New York University Stern School of Business and her BA in English Literature from Binghamton University. Nancy continues to serve the Stern community as an Alumni Advisory Board Member of the Stern Private Equity Club.
Q: How has the pandemic
changed the way you think about self-care?
Nancy is engaged with many nonprofit and professional organizations in New York, including
High Water Women, Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO), 100 Women in Finance, New York Cares and Binghamton Women in Business. She is a regular speaker and writer about industry topics. “It was compelling to highlight Ms. Robinson and VC Include’s mission in this interview. The potential impact of investment models focused on sustainability, diversity and inclusion may resonate well beyond their current popularity. VC Include helps to position investment in women and BIPOC-led funds as a strategic option for the next generation of investors.”
A: Just started to wash my hands when I came home and made sure I got enough sleep—things to strengthen my immune system. Overall, I figured, rightly or wrongly, that I wasn’t at great risk, because I’m healthy and not in the at-risk age group. So, I lived my life as normal. Went to the gym every day, flew half a dozen times, saw friends...and I’m still here!
Q: What’s your favorite thing to do at Canyon Ranch?
A: Mixing and matching physical activity with classes and one-onone sessions with experts. It’s the variety and the high quality that makes it so much fun.
Q: What interested you the
most about Canyon Ranch’s new Pathways program? A: The fact that it’s so easily modified to meet the needs of each individual guest. “One size fits all” is the exact opposite of the Canyon Ranch way!
Q: What’s your favorite way to de-stress and relax?
A: I’m a book nerd, so going to the library and looking at books is very absorbing for me. I know— bor-ing! But it’s what I like! I get as much pleasure from my library card as my Amex card—and there’s no bill at the end of the month!
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Dr. George Everly George S. Everly, Jr., PhD, ABPP, FAPA, FACLP, is an award-winning author and researcher. He is considered one of the “founding fathers” of the field of disaster mental health. Trained in business, neurophysiology, public health and clinical psychology, he holds appointments as professor at the Center for Humanitarian Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, as well as associate professor (parttime) in psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He cofounded a United Nations non-governmental organization and previously served as its chairman and CEO. In addition, he has served on the adjunct faculty of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the FBI’s National Academy at Quantico, Virginia. Dr. Everly holds honorary professorships at the Universidad de Flores, Buenos Aires, Argentina and Universidad de Weiner, Lima, Peru. He was an advisor to the Hospital Authority of Hong Kong, subsequent to the SARS pandemic. Dr. Everly was a Harvard Scholar, visiting in psychology at Harvard
University; a visiting lecturer in medicine at Harvard Medical School; and chief psychologist and director of behavioral medicine for the Johns Hopkins’ Homewood Hospital Center. Among his books are A Clinical Guide to the Treatment of the Human Stress Response, 4th Edition (Springer, 2019), STRONGER (AMACOM, 2015), The Resilient Leader (ICISF, 2010) and The Resilient Child (ICISF, 2009, Gold Medal Winner). He consults internationally on the development of crisis leadership and human resource programs designed to build resilience and psychological immunity to highly stressful situations at both the organizational and personal levels. “As we can get vaccinated and develop immunity against viruses, science has now given us insight into how we can develop ‘immunity’ against excessive stress. As some professionals put on physical body armor to defend against physical injury, it seems we can now put on ‘psychological body armor’ to defend against psychological injury. Are you interested?”