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Alexis Raymond

Senior Manager

Chief Sustainability Office

Alexis Raymond is a senior manager within Cisco’s Chief Sustainability Office, working to raise visibility of the impact Cisco's sustainability efforts have on customers, communities, and the planet.

Alexis began her career as a print journalist and still loves developing compelling stories that people like to read and find inspiration in. Before joining Cisco’s CSR team, Alexis was the Director of Communications for RedRover, a U.S. nonprofit organization that provides emergency sheltering and disaster relief for animals, financial assistance for veterinary care, and humane education for elementary-age children. She has also been a writer, editor, project manager, and grammar cop for two universities, a hospital, a graphic design studio, and a Washington, DC-based media consulting firm.

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Breaking Down Barriers to Children’s Healthcare in Brazil

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This week, Cisco launched its newest CSR program – Connected Healthy Children – Brazil. Much of the Brazilian population lives far away from major cities, so distance can pose a real barrier for children who need specialized medical care. For example, 41 percent of all infants under age 1 and 90 percent of newborns with […]

Cisco’s Kathy Mulvany Featured in Women in CSR Series

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This week TriplePundit featured Cisco Corporate Affairs Senior Director Kathy Mulvany in its series on leading female CSR practitioners. Read the complete interview below. Thanks to TriplePundit for permission...

Video-Equipped Mobile Clinics Bring City Doctors to Clinics

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Today, the Wall Street Journal featured a video on Cisco’s Connecting Sichuan program, which revitalized healthcare with technology in Sichuan Province after a massive earthquake in 2008. The program included mobile clinics equipped with Cisco videoconferencing technology and uplinks. Today these clinics connect rural villages to more than 30 networked hospitals around the region, giving […]

Cisco Technology Allows for Virtual Visits with Medical Specialists

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Amanda Spencer’s young son, Jonathan, needs specialty medical care that isn’t available in the family’s hometown of Monterey, California. But through Cisco HealthPresence technology, Amanda and Jonathan can meet with a pediatric urologist at Stanford University, 80 miles away, without even leaving Monterey. “In Monterey, it’s a small town and we really don’t have enough […]

Supplier Diversity Programs Bring Out the Entrepreneur Within

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This piece was authored by guest blogger Jasmin Herro, founder and CEO of Outback Global Australia and vice president of Outback Global USA. Outback Global is an Indigenous-owned business certified with Supply Nation, along with Cisco Australia, which is also a member. Supply Nation is an organization dedicated to growing diversity within the supply chain.  […]

How Grameen Foundation Connects the Unconnected

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The following blog was originally posted on the Grameen Foundation Insights Blog Today, Cisco asked us all to share our vision of how the Internet of Everything can improve our world, by “connecting the unconnected.” Like Cisco, we believe that human networks and technology can play a significant role in transforming people’s lives. At Grameen Foundation, our […]

Cisco Partners Recognized for Promoting Achievement in K-12 Education

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This week, 2 of Cisco’s current or former education nonprofit partners were recognized by Business Roundtable for their work to prepare U.S. K-12 students for college and the workplace. MIND Research Institute. MIND’s Spatial Temporal (ST) Math program is a language-free, web-based software program that uses animation to help students learn key math concepts. Cisco support […]

Cisco Supports Citizen Schools as a National Leadership Partner

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Citizen Schools, a national nonprofit organization that partners with middle schools to expand the learning day for underserved students, today announced Cisco as a new National Leadership Partner. Cisco and the Cisco Foundation have supported Citizen Schools since 2009, providing more than $1.24 million in grants and products to help the program expand from 10 schools in five states to […]

How Cisco is Increasing Professional Opportunities for Women in the Middle East

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Today on Triple Pundit, Leon Kaye writes about the challenges Saudi Arabian women face in finding meaningful employment, and how the Cisco Networking Academy program is helping...