American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ:AAL), has gifted Green Door Behavioral Health with a year-end contribution of $200,000 in honor of Will Ris, a longtime Green Door Board member who is retiring this month after 20 years as head of American’s Washington DC office. Green Door Behavioral Health is a community-based non-profit that serves more than 1800 DC residents living with persistent mental illness and complications related to substance use disorders. More than 90% of Green Door’s clients live at or below the poverty line.
“American Airlines’ generous gift in honor of Will Ris is a testament to his service to Green Door Behavioral Health and to the larger DC community as a whole,” said Dr. Richard Bebout, CEO of Green Door Behavioral Health. “And while Will is retiring from American Airlines we’re thrilled that he will continue to serve on the Green Door Board.”
Ris has been a Green Door Board member since 1995 and has served in many roles, counting chair of the Board. This year he is co-chairing the annual Remarkable Journeys Gala on May 18, which celebrates Green Door’s 40th Anniversary.
American Airlines Group Inc., through its auxiliaries, operates in the airline industry. As of December 31, 2014, the company operated 983 mainline jets, in addition to 566 regional aircrafts through regional airline auxiliaries and third-party regional carriers. It serves 339 destinations in 54 countries. The company was formerly known as AMR Corporation and changed its name to American Airlines Group Inc. in December 2013. American Airlines Group Inc. was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.
AT&T, Inc. (NYSE:T), declared today it is planning to expand the availability of ultra-fast speeds through AT&T GigaPowerSM to homes, apartments and small businesses in parts of 38 additional metros across the United States, which will total at least 56 metros served, counting in the Huntsville area.
With the launch of our ultra-fast Internet service in parts of 2 of these metros recently – Los Angeles and West Palm Beach – AT&T GigaPower is now available in 20 of the nation’s largest metro areas.
Internet speeds up to 1 gigabit per second over the AT&T GigaPower network let you instantly access the latest online movies, music, games and more.3 AT&T GigaPower can also improve your experience when connecting to the cloud and videoconferencing, and gives you the speed to power all of your devices.
“We’re proud to declare plans to launch our AT&T GigaPower network in Huntsville, where we will offer ultra-high broadband speeds to local consumers and employers in the area,” said Fred McCallum, president of AT&T Alabama. “At AT&T, we are committed to innovation and bringing cutting-edge technologies, services, and products that provide opportunities for enhancements in all segments of our economy - education, health, research and business.”
AT&T Inc. provides telecommunications services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Wireless and Wireline. The Wireless segment offers data and voice services, counting local, long-distance, and network access services, in addition to roaming services to youth, family, professionals, small businesses, government, and business customers.