Sentences with phrase «state board chair»

State board chair Mike Kirst has argued that the Golden State's approach leads to more teacher buy - in and will prove itself in the end.

Three cheers for California's governor, state superintendent, and state board chair, for applying for a waiver from NCLB that doesn't kowtow to Washington.

Three cheers for California's governor, state superintendent, and state board chair, for applying for a waiver from the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (aka No Child Left Behind) that doesn't kowtow to Washington.

A few years back, the governor, chief, and state board chair all agreed to have the Palmetto State become a governing board member of the Smarter Balanced (SBAC) testing consortia.

«The partnership between Stephan and Tim is critical to our success,» stated board chair Steve Moore at the time.

Not exact matches

The state government has appointed Stephen Edwell chair of Horizon Power, and added Kylie Chamberlain to the utility's board.

But in March, Felicia Marcus, the chair of the State Water Resources Control Board, told The Sacramento Bee that those mandates would finally be loosened in the coming months as water levels looked to be returning to normal — the first time they'd done so since 2013.

«This acquisition will allow Desjardins to develop a broader, multi-channel distribution network across the country, while continuing to meet the needs of State Farm's Canadian client base,» said Monique Leroux, Desjardins Group's president, CEO and chair of the board.

But don't expect rates to stop there: In her recent speech, current Federal Reserve Board chair Janet Yellen stated the Fed's goal of reaching a 2 - percent inflation target.

David served on Peter Drucker's Foundation Board in the United States for over a decade, the last few years as Vice Chairman and was Chair of Upper Canada College from 1992 - 97.

Board chairs of companies regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Services reputations may be at stake for company's cybersecurity

Tamara Vrooman, President & CEO, Vancity; Wab Kinew, MLA - Fort Rouge, MB; Pramila Jayapal, Washington State Legislator and candidate for U.S. Congress; Ross Beaty, Executive Chairman, Alterra Power Corp; Janet Austin, CEO, YWCA Metro Vancouver, and former Chair, Greater Vancouver Board of Trade; Irene Lanzinger, President, BC Federation of Labour; Michael Tippett, CEO and founder, Wantoo; Tzeporah Berman, Adjunct Professor, York University Faculty of Environmental Studies; Prem Gill, CEO, Creative BC; Josha McNabb, Regional Director BC, Pembina Institute; Val Napoleon, Professor of Aboriginal Justice and Governance, UVic; and Heather Tremain, CEO, Options for Homes, among others.

Returning Board Members: Tony Lessmeister, Manager / Integration & Configuration Center, Forsythe Technology, Inc., Skokie, Illinois, Chair of the State and Chapter Regional Council; Peter J. Shuler, Manager, Crowe Horwath LLP, Columbus, Ohio, Chair of the Advisory Committees Chairs Council.

The Vanguard 529 College Savings Plan is a Nevada Trust administered by the Board of Trustees of the College Savings Plans of Nevada, chaired by the Nevada State Treasurer.

Mr Bolles is currently Deputy Chair The University of Melbourne FBE Alumni Council, Board member and Audit Committee Chair Road Trauma Support Services Victoria, Independent Chair Australian Dairy Farmers Audit, Risk and Compliance; and Remuneration Committees, Advisory Board member The Salvation Army State Social Command Victoria, Prequalified Audit and Risk Committee Independent Member for NSW Government, Registered Director Tasmanian Government Department of Treasury and Finance, past member of CPA / Victorian Government Problem Gambling Advisory Board and of others.

Throughout her career Deb has been significantly involved in nurse midwifery policy activities, including being the Virginia Chapter American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM) Chair and Legislative Chair during the passage of state prescriptive authority for nurse - practitioners; serving on the ACNM Board of Directors from 1996 — 2000; and developing and chairing the ACNM Division of Health Policy from 2000 — 2005.

Chris Sekely CWS Kindergarten teacher since 1996 Penn State University, BS in Human Development University of Pittsburgh, MS in Public Health Antioch College, MEd Waldorf Certification & Gradalis Therapeutic Certification Returning Board Member in 2016 Connie Davis CWS Class teacher since 2003 University of the South, BA English Literature 1985 Manufacturing Management 1986 - 1998 Antioch University, Waldorf Teacher Certification 2008 CWS Faculty Chair 2007 CWS Grades Chair 2012 CWS College Chair 2017 Returning Board Member 2017

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

In addition, Dr. Butterfield has designed and runs a year long counseling class for the Department of Midwifery at Bastyr University, and is an officer of several boards related to perinatal services: President — PATTCh; Training and Education Director (past Chair)-- Perinatal Support of WA; State Coordinator for Postpartum Support International.

Dr. Cheyney is also a Certified Professional Midwife in active practice, the Chair of the Governor - appointed Board of Direct - entry Midwifery for the State of Oregon, and the Chair of the Division of Research for the Midwives Alliance of North America where she directs the MANA Statistics Project — the only existing data repository for planned homebirth in the United States.

Newsday hopes Cuomo's pick for SUNY Board of Trustees chair, his erstwhile rival H. Carl McCall, and Chancellor Nancy Zimpher work with him to be a «mighty team to make our essential, but fiscally damaged, state university all it can and must be.»

De Blasio urged the state parole board to reverse its decision to free cop - killer Herman Bell in a fiery letter to the board's chair, an appointee of Cuomo.

He also chairs the New York State Caucus of Environmental Legislators, and sits on the Executive Board of the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators.

Carol M. Browner, former Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and Board Chair of the League of Conservation Voters said: «By building victories in different states and on multiple policies, we can demonstrate strong public support for climate action, demonstrate success that others will want to replicate, and drive down the costs of clean energy».

«I certainly think we now have a Board of Regents that really looks more like the student population that we serve in our state,» Assembly Education Committee chair Cathy Nolan told POLITICO New York.

If the Board of Supervisors changes its mind and does appeal, Kosmider, who is the Essex County chair of the Democratic Committee, said she will see this court case through to the state Appellate Court.

... to provide senior leadership on a new advisory board chaired by the Secretary of State for Culture Maria Miller.

All of this overseen by a world class advisory board chaired by the Secretary of State for Culture and supported by my own Special Representative, Andrew Murrison.

(New York, NY)-- Today, downtown elected officials, including State Senator Brian Kavanagh, Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez, Congressmember Jerrold Nadler, Comptroller Scott Stringer, Public Advocate Letitia James, State Senator Brad Hoylman, Assemblymember Yuh - Line Niou, and Assemblymember Deborah Glick joined with Community Board 2 Chair Terri Cude to release the following statement in opposition to the City's proposed housing development at the beloved Elizabeth Street Garden: «The City's decision to build housing at Elizabeth Street Garden is both unfortunate and a great disappointment.

«Kachikwu is focused on delivering on the reforms currently being implemented in the petroleum sector under the leadership of President Buhari and Acting President Osinbajo in line with his duties as Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Chair of the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC.

A. «Affected State Entities» means (i) all agencies and departments over which the Governor has Executive Authority, and (ii) all public - benefit corporations, public authorities and commissions, for which the Governor appoints the Chair, the Chief Executive, or the majority of Board Members, except for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

«We are basically going to keep the staff in all of the staff leadership with their existing responsibilities,» said Regent Jim Tallon, former Assembly majority leader who chairs the board's state aid committee.

Joanne M. Mahoney, chair, conduct a board meeting of the New York State Thruway and Canal Corporation on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016, in Albany, N.Y. (Skip Dickstein / Times Union)

BY ANDY HUMM Out gay City Councilmember Daniel Dromm, who chairs the Education Committee, is calling for Michael Long, who heads the state's Conservative Party, to step down as board chair of Holy Angels Catholic Academy in Brooklyn after a 13 - year - old student there, Daniel Fitzpatrick, hanged himself on August 11.

Now, McCall is Chair of the State University of New York Board of Trustees, and he was put there by his former primary rival in the gubernatorial race nine years ago, current Governor Andrew Cuomo.

That panel, chaired by IBM executive Stanley Litow, issued a preliminary report in 2014 that largely summarized proposals from the State Board of Regents and lawmakers, with little new substance.

SERAP was reacting to the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources and the immediate past GMD of NNPC, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, allegation in a letter titled, «Re: Matters of insubordination and lack of adherence to due process by the GMD NNPC — Dr. Baru,» that the NNPC boss had repeatedly sidelined and disrespected the board of the national oil firm, which is chaired by the minister, among other alleged misdemeanours.

Each advisory board chair shall submit an annual report to the County Executive and the Legislature stating the board's accomplishments during the past year and plans for the upcoming year.

A New York State Supreme Court ruling will leave the former New York Stock Exchange chair with but a mere $ 39.5 million of his $ 139.5 million retirement package he lied about to the board that governs the stock exchange.

The universal group of elected officials included State Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins, Westchester County Board of Legislators Chairman Ben Boykin, Vice Chair Alfreda Williams and Democratic Majority Leader Catherine Borgia, Assemblymembers J Gary Pretlow and Shelly Meyers (who is the Democratic nominee for Latimer's vacant State Senate seat) just to name a few.

Activist and Author David Mixner Freedom to Marry Executive Director Evan Wolfson Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation President Jarrett Barrios Board Chair of the Empire State Pride Agenda Frank Selvaggi Human Rights Campaign New York Marriage Director Brian Ellner Former Chief of Staff to Minority Leader Dick Gephardt and Deputy Campaign Manager to John Kerry for President Steve Elmendorf Senior Vice President for External Affairs at the Center for American Progress Winnie Stachelberg Democratic National Committee Treasurer Andy Tobias Former Clinton White House Advisor Richard Socarides Academy Award Winning Producer and AFER Board Member Bruce Cohen Gill Action Fund Executive Director Patrick Guerrero Gill Action Fund Deputy Executive Director Bill Smith

Cuomo over the past month has appointed new leaders and members of the state Workers Compensation Board, putting in a veteran lawyer and board member as chairman and vice chair while adding six new members to fill open and expired tBoard, putting in a veteran lawyer and board member as chairman and vice chair while adding six new members to fill open and expired tboard member as chairman and vice chair while adding six new members to fill open and expired terms.

Also at 8 a.m., City & State Reports hosts a series of panels on the business role in K - 12 education with former Board of Regents chair Merryl Tisch, Stanley Litow of the IBM International Foundation and others, Hunter College, 68th Street and Lexington Avenue, Manhattan.

They and State Sen. Peggy Lehner, the Republican chair of the Senate Education Committee, confirmed that omission by questioning Hansen at Tuesday's board meeting.

A state - owned oil company which can award contracts worth billions of dollars without the knowledge of the minister of state for petroleum who is also chair of its board, and which can administer a petrol subsidy scheme that is not budgeted for is probably not an epitome of anti-corruption!

State and federal investigators last week seized papers, a laptop and cell phones belonging to Frances Libous, a vice chair of the Workers Compensation Board and the wife of Sen. Tom Libous, who is under indictment, two people familiar with the raid said.

Jim Tallon, a former assemblyman and chair of the Board of Regents» state aid committee, expressed broad criticisms of Cuomo's budget proposal, arguing the spending plan should have included more information about the distribution of funding and more money for pre-K for upstate school districts.

Yet eight months later, according to the February 13, 2017 New York Post article «Low voter turnout expected for special election to fill Harlem city council seat» it stated that «Construction and development executive Brian Benjamin, chairman of Community Board 10 and finance chair of the Manhattan Democratic Party, has expressed interest in running» for State Senate.

The state Public Service Commission is on the verge of dropping down to just two board members after the surprise announcement that its chair, Audrey Zibelman, is taking a job in Australia in two months.

Out gay State Senator Brad Hoylman, who once chaired CB2, termed her «an indefatigable member of the West Village,» whose «insight on small business issues and commitment to LGBT causes have been invaluable» on the board.