Sentences with phrase «elected leadership focus»

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At the women's rally for Ms. Illuzzi, three elected officials introduced her — two of them men — and focused their remarks largely on tearing into Mayor Bill de Blasio and Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, whose policies they argued made the city less safe, requiring Ms. Illuzzi's leadership.

«This will allow the Scottish Labour party, its members and affiliates the opportunity to not only elect a new leader but a new leadership team focused on winning in 2016.»

But democratic systems also have the downside of high cost of periodic elections, the influence of special interests on elected leaders and the general lack of a sharp national focus, in some cases, because of the frequent changing of leadership and change of national development plans anytime such changes happen, and also the generally slow nature of the decision - making process.

With guidance from an experienced advisor, students may elect courses in such areas as policy analysis, diversity and justice, performance - based leadership, and other topics that focus on reforming and transforming schools and school systems into high performing organizations for all students.

When leadership changed after the 2012 ALA Annual Conference, the new president was prepared to take the lead and brought in new President - Elect Barbara Stripling, who has continued the focus during her presidency.

Under his leadership, the NAS focused on increasing the number of women, minorities, and younger scientists elected to its membership.

Thus, we can't «just» focus on electing a new president who «gets» global warming and who will show leadership and resolve in addressing it: We also have to elect a Congress that «gets it» and that will work to energetically address the issue.

Local Presidents / Presidents - Elect Roundtables — Offered at each of the two national meetings, these leadership roundtables focus on a variety of local topics in an informal setting to encourage information exchange and networking.