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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