Greetings from Your New President!

Dear Colleagues,

I hope this July 2006 edition of FOCUS finds you enjoying a welcome break from the bustling pace of the past few months. I think we are fortunate to live in a city that has such distinct and interesting seasons. So far, this one has been pretty tolerable – but then it’s still July…

Some of MCA-I NY's film festival supporters have careers that routinely bring them up close and personal with issues most of us only see on film, like those screened each year in Stories from the Field, the annual United Nations Documentary Film Festival. Maria Emilia Compte, MD, MPH, the vice-president for programs at Intermed International, talked with me about her work on behalf of communities in the developing world.