Tag: Vincenzo Piscopo
Reporter’s notebook: United Spinal increases connection
April 2, 2022Liz Beaulieu, Editor
KEW GARDENS, N.Y. – Vincent Piscopo kicked off the United Spinal Association’s 2022 campaign message, “Strong Wheeled Together,” in a recent address on YouTube.
The campaign will focus on three things: Increasing connection around fitness and athletics and mental health and wellness; and building a platform for achievements.
“United Spinal is excited to reconnect the tenacity and resilience that makes our community strong,” said Piscopo, president...
Q&A with Vincenzo Piscopo
April 29, 2021Tracy Orzel
NEW YORK – Seventy-five years ago, a small support group of paralyzed World War II veterans banded together to advocate for themselves and others in New York City. Today that small support group has 57,000 members and goes by the name of United Spinal Association. HME News spoke with Vincenzo Piscopo, president and CEO, about how the organization is celebrating its year-long anniversary campaign and where the next 75 years will take them.
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United Spinal Association appoints new leader
October 30, 2020HME News Staff
KEW GARDENS, N.Y. - United Spinal Association has named Vincenzo Piscopo as president and CEO. Piscopo, a wheelchair user who was paralyzed from a herniated disk in 2010, previously worked at The Coca-Cola Company for 25 years in a variety of strategic roles both in the U.S. and internationally, most recently as community and stakeholder relations director, where he managed and cultivated company relationships with disability, veteran and Hispanic organizations and advocates. “With the help...