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On September 4, 2015, the NHF Board elected a new member, Emily Kaplan Kandel. Emily Kandel is an interior designer in the New York Metropolitan area. Her design experience ranges from high-end residential to health care interiors. After completing a BFA in design, Emily worked in the facilities department of Citibank Credit Card Services. Subsequently, she worked for M( Group), a highend interiors firm in NYC. After leaving M( Group), Emily went out on her own, first founding Inverness Design Group with a partner, and for the past 3 years, she has owned Emily Kandel Design.
Emily was raised in New York City, and attended the Brearley School. She has a BA from Bryn Mawr College, and a BFA from The Parsons School of Design.
She and her husband, Paul, who serves on the NHF Honorary Board, live in Scarsdale, New York. Emily, her husband and daughters, Allie and Libby, established the Libby Fund in 2012. The Libby Fund is an affiliate of the National Headache Foundation and supports research into adolescent migraine. HW
“ A World Without Headache” Video Contest Winner
In honor of National Migraine and Headache Awareness Month in June, the National Headache Foundation hosted a video contest to increase awareness of the impact of headache and migraine. Entrants were asked to imagine“ a world without headache” and capture what that would mean to them in a short video. We want to thank our Board member, Alan Rosenberg, MD, for his generous support of this contest. Videos were submitted from sufferers all over the country with four being selected for a chance at the grand prize of $ 1,000. In early July, readers were given the opportunity to view and vote for their favorite video on www. headaches. org. Voters selected Julie Fleck and her“ My World Without Headache” video as the winner. We want to thank everyone who participated in the“ World Without Headache” video contest. HW
To watch all of the videos entered in the contest, visit: http:// bit. ly / without-headache-vote
Plans are underway for the 30th Annual Benefit of the NHF, The Purple Ball – Rule Your Headache, will be held on Saturday, May 21, 2016, at the Ritz-Carlton Chicago. The evening will include dinner, dancing, silent auction, raffle, and Wallof-Wine.
For information about the gala, please contact our staff at 1-888-NHF-5552 or info @ headaches. org.
8 HeadWise ® | Volume 5, Issue 1 • 2015