Sentences with phrase «director for the public advocate»

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Anthony is also on the Board of Directors of Men Having Babies, a nonprofit organization created to educate the public and advocate for men having children through non-traditional means.

Similarly, James Weill, president of Food Research & Action Center, a leading anti-hunger group, referred to the bill in a press release as «ill conceived» and «deeply flawed,» while Margo Wootan, Nutrition Policy director for the Center for Science in the Public Interest, stated that the bill «would roll back key progress that schools, health advocates, and the Administration have worked so hard to achieve over the last six years.»

Chakrabarti is the latest high - profile advocate to enter parliament, with two former directors of public prosecution also taking party whips: Keir Starmer on the green benches for Labour, Ken Macdonald on the red benches for the Liberal Democrats.

Fink, who Mayor de Blasio counts as one of his most trusted advisors, was chief of staff to State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky; he served as director in Anthony Weiner's district office, handled the campaign of Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley for Congress and most recently was deputy chief of staff in the public Advocate's office and a senior adviser to Mr. de Blasio's mayoral campaign.

Blake's encounter hit close to home for Williams and Kirsten John Foy of Al Sharpton's National Action Network, who previously served as director of intergovernmental affairs for then Public Advocate Bill de Blasio.

«Anything that can be done to improve New York's appalling voter participation rate is worth doing,» said Blair Horner, executive director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, a nonprofit that advocates for better election laws.

Kallos, who previously served as director of policy and communication for former Public Advocate Mark Green's 2009 campaign, heads up Kallos Consulting, which has the tagline «Where Technology, Politics and Law Come Together.»

Also at noon, NYC Councilman Ben Kallos Liz Accles, the executive director of Community Food Advocates and Monique Lindsay, a public school parent leader and food advocate hold conversation on universal free lunch, food access and nutrition for New York City's public school students, NYSHealth's office, 1385 Broadway, 23rd floor, conference room, Manhattan.

After Obama took office in 2009, Blake served in the White House as Associate Director of Public Engagement and Deputy Associate Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, where he administered outreach to minority business owners, then oversaw Reshma Saujani's unsuccessful campaign for public advocate inPublic Engagement and Deputy Associate Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, where he administered outreach to minority business owners, then oversaw Reshma Saujani's unsuccessful campaign for public advocate inpublic advocate in 2013.

Public Advocate Letitia James; Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer; District Leader Carlina Rivera, who is running for Mendez's seat; District Leader Anthony Feliciano; Jamila Hammami, director of the Queer Detainee Empowerment Project; the Urban Justice Center; and faith leaders from the Islamic Council of America and Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, will also be participating in the rally.

It was the best fundraising period ever for de Blasio, the city's Democratic public advocate and former city councilman, according to his campaign's financial director.

«The good news for Public Advocate Bill de Blasio is that he probably can start drafting his inauguration speech,» said Mickey Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, who is one of a handful of Democrats gearing up for a 2013 mayoral run, has hired a veteran D.C. operative to serve as his new communications director.

He recently left his post as communications director for NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio.

«Angie pledged to fight for reform, advocated for the public funding of elections, and ran a grassroots campaign with the support of many progressive organizations and local elected officials,» said End Citizens United's Communications Director Adam Bozzi.

«When it comes to judges, they should be Caesar's wife,» said Blair Horner, legislative director for the New York Public Interest Research Group, a good - government advocate that has no position on the proposition.

Development director Ben Kalish was finance director for de Blasio's 2009 public - advocate campaign, it says, and Michael Gaspard, a senior adviser, is the brother of de Blasio confidant and former White House political director Patrick Gaspard.

Elizabeth Lynam, director of state studies for the Citizens Budget Commission, said her organization had advocated for on - time budgets, but not at the expense of true deliberation and robust public vetting.

«From what we can tell the Cuomo administration has done a very good job rolling out the exchange,» said Blair Horner, legislative director for the New York Public Interest Research Group, a consumer advocate.

Prior to her 2016 campaign work, Sara worked as Director of External Affairs in the office of New York City Public Advocate Letitia James; New York City Regional Director for State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli; Community Liaison of Immigrant Affairs, Latino Outreach, and Education for New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn; and Intergovernmental Affairs Liaison and Latino Affairs Liaison for Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer.

Last week we launched a new segment we're calling Ad Nauseum and for our second installment we'll delve into that decision with Susan Lerner, the Executive Director of Common Cause New York and Bill de Blasio, the New York City Public Advocate.

Normal Siegel, former director of the ACLU and a candidate for public advocate, said he and others were researching a possible legal challenge to the granting of a waiver.

Immediately prior to joining Environmental Advocates, he worked for the Cuomo administration as Director of Communications and Public Affairs for the New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities, where he was the chief messaging strategist and spokesperson for one of the state's largest agencies.

Kirsten John Foy, the northeast regional vice president of Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network — who previously served as director of intergovernmental affairs for then public advocate Bill de Blasio — contended de Blasio is preventing Pantaleo from being held accountable.

Any CDC director, as the face of public health, will also have to be a capable advocate for global health — funding investments.

Today's decision in the Washington Alliance case demonstrates that this is not true,» says a statement by Dale Wilcox, executive director of the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI), a nonprofit «public interest legal education and advocacy organization dedicated to advocating for the rights and interests of United States citizens in immigration - related matters,» according to its website.

Kim Sweet is executive director of Advocates for Children of New York, an organization working to secure quality and equal public education services for New York City's most impoverished and vulnerable families.

A staunch advocate for charter schools, he serves on the review board for the Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools and the boards of directors of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers and 4.0 SCHOOLS.

«The reality is that our kids are in constant contact with the media,» says Daniel Rossi, director of the Midtown Manhattan campus of Satellite Academy, a four - year public high school with four New York City locations, who is an advocate for media literacy education.

CEEL is designed for state leaders and administrators, leaders of early education service organizations, directors of early education centers or programs, administrators and coaches in public school preK programs, as well as community leaders, philanthropists, grantmakers, and advocates.

Richard Abernathy — Executive Director, Arkansas Association for Educational Administrators Senator Shane Broadway — Arkansas State Legislature John Brown, III — Executive Director, Windgate Foundation Senator Steve Bryles — Arkansas State Legislature Gary Compton — Superintedent, Bentonville Public Schools Debbie Davis — Director, Arkansas Leadership Academy Melanie Fox — Little Rock School Board Luke Gordy — Executive Director, Arkansans for Education Reform Jerry Guess — Superintendent, Camden - Fairview School District Frank Holman — Superintendent, Lincoln School District Senator Jimmy Jeffress — Arkansas State Legislature Laura Kellams — Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families Tom Kimbrell — Commissioner, Arkansas Department of Education Alice Mahony — Arkansas State Board of Education Matt McClure — Superintendent, Cross County School District John Pijanowski — University of Arkansas, College of Education and Health Professions Representative David Rainey — Arkansas State Legislature Vicki Saviers — Arkansas State Board of Education Quentin Suffren — Chief, Academic Officer, The Learning Institute Valerie Tatum — Executive Director, Covenant Keepers Charter School Representative Bruce Westerman — Arkansas State Legislature

«We can't ignore the fact that the South and North Carolina lag behind the rest of the nation in school funding,» said Keith Poston, president and executive director of the Public School Forum of North Carolina, a nonpartisan advocate for better schools.

«A staunch supporter of our state school boards associations, and committed public school advocate, John's presidency comes at a pivotal time when NSBA is both celebrating its past 75 years of success and paving the way for its future,» said NSBA's Executive Director Thomas J. Gentzel.

«We're encouraged that independent observers of public education share our support for legislative and school board candidates across California who support parental choice and who are working to provide high quality education to all children,» said Gary Borden, Executive Director of CCSA Advocates.

Gary Naeyaert, executive director of the Great Lakes Education Project and an advocate for charter public schools, was at the meeting and wondered why there was so much discussion about one charter public school when there were 40 - plus conventional public schools also with deficits.

«For over a decade, I've known Marshall as a passionate leader who believes in the power and the promise of public education,» said Gary Borden, executive director, CCSA Advocates.

Sylvia Lazos, policy director at Educate Nevada Now — a program launched by The Rogers Foundation to advocate for improving public education — called Nevada's school choice law «the most radical voucher program in the country.»

As executive director of Families That Can, Ravare will work to educate, empower and mobilize charter school families to advocate for their schools, and to support the growth of high - quality public school options.

PHILADELPHIA: In a column in the Philadelphia School Notebook, Ron Whitehorne, Director of Philadelphia Citizens Advocating for Public Schools (PCAPS), calls for sustainable community schools as a response to inequities in the city's education system.

Director, Youth Organizing 510-344-7247 [email protected] As a alumni organizer for CCSA Families, Alan builds alumni teams to advocate for public school choices for all families in Oakland.

Director, Parent Organizing, Northern California 510-344-7239 [email protected] As a parent organizer for CCSA Families, Elizabeth builds parent teams at charter schools to advocate for public school choices for all families in Richmond.

Mr. Gerber has been a public school reform advocate for many years, presently serving on the Board of KIPP Memphis and is a founding member of the Board of Directors of Promise Academy.

In 2008, Canter joined Mississippi First, a nonprofit she heads as executive director, that has been leading the charge to introduce charter schools to the state (the group is also developing sex - education curricula for public schools) and to advocate for systemic public - school reform.

Gerard Randall is the executive director of the Milwaukee Education Partnership (MEP), which aims to enhance the quality of teaching and learning in Milwaukee Public Schools; bring every student to grade level or beyond in reading, writing, math and science; improve access to higher education opportunities; and advocate for public educPublic Schools; bring every student to grade level or beyond in reading, writing, math and science; improve access to higher education opportunities; and advocate for public educpublic education.

«We are encouraged and hopeful that we will be able to work more closely with the executive branch, whereas in the past that relationship was very strained,» said Scott Richard, executive director of the Louisiana School Boards Association and an advocate for traditional public schools.

While Malloy is touring the state claiming that his goal is to «win back» the respect of teachers, parents and public school advocates, later this week, Commissioner Pryor and SDE Turnaround Director Morgan Barth will be handing the microphone over to the Connecticut Council for Education Reform, a corporate funded lobby group that has spent over $ 160,000 lobbying on behalf of Malloy's «education reform» initiative.

As the executive director of the Philadelphia Student Union, he has spent decades as an advocate for local voices in public schools.

Prior to working in the federal government she was the Director of Public Policy and Community Partnerships for Green Dot Public Schools where she was responsible for executing Green Dot's reform agenda by advocating at the local, state and federal level for education reform, supporting existing schools with compliance and oversight, the development of new schools and overseeing the implementation a community schools model at the new Locke Wellness Center.

Mark Ray, Director, Instructional Technology & Library Services, Vancouver Public Schools, WA Librarian, provocateur, and blog author Mark Ray recognized the natural intersection between libraries and technology and advocated for the inclusion of strong digital citizenship efforts into his district's strategic plan.

Guy Sconzo, executive director of Fast Growth School Coalition which advocates for facilities funding for traditional public schools, said expanding charter schools» bond capacity is risky.