Sentences with phrase «former state commissioner»

The idea of Common Core resonated with him after former state commissioner of education Terry Holliday visited the church to promote it.

November 3, 2015 — Richard Freeland, former state commissioner of higher education from 2008 to 2015 and president of Northeastern University 1996 - 2006, and John Davis, chairman and CEO of the American Saw and Manufacturing Company, cite high remediation rates, and...

November 3, 2015 — Richard Freeland, former state commissioner of higher education from 2008 to 2015 and president of Northeastern University 1996 - 2006, and John Davis, chairman and CEO of the American Saw and Manufacturing Company, cite high remediation rates, and an increasingly globalized business environment in support of assessments aligned to higher standards, rather than a measurement system designed nearly 20 years ago.

A good many are former state commissioners or district superintendents who have parlayed their expertise into lucrative jobs as education experts.

Not exact matches

Furthermore, as a former state insurance commissioner, Nelson would understand the issue and be able to sell it.

«The typical state prosecution is for a standard common - law crime,» explains Philip A. Feigin, an attorney with Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons in Denver and a former commissioner of the Colorado Securities Division.

NaVorro Bowman, a former Penn State and San Francisco 49ers linebacker, talked about the reported $ 50 million dollar contract NFL commissioner Roger Goodell wants.

Silver has been dramatically different than his predecessor, David Stern, but even the former commissioner has voiced his support for legalized sports betting in the United States.

NaVorro Bowman, a former Penn State and San Francisco 49ers linebacker, talked about the reported $ 50 million dollar contract NFL commissioner...

Unexpected costs, especially the state - mandated archeological study that ended up costing more than $ 300,000 when Native American artifacts and a burial site were discovered on land earmarked for the golf course, made the project more expensive, former park commissioner Phil Landry said.

Cuomo also hired two former Bloombeg administration staffers: Kevin Kelly, who had served as deputy commissioner of NYC Business under the former mayor, will be COO of New York State Homes and Community Renewal; and Jamal Othman, who was chief of staff in the New York City Mayor's Office of Veterans Affairs will now be deputy director of the state Division of Veterans» AffState Homes and Community Renewal; and Jamal Othman, who was chief of staff in the New York City Mayor's Office of Veterans Affairs will now be deputy director of the state Division of Veterans» Affstate Division of Veterans» Affairs.

Joseph Holland, a former state housing commissioner in the administration of former Gov. George Pataki, is also considering a Senate bid.

Marc Molinaro will now vie with state Sen. John DeFrancisco and Joe Holland, a former housing commissioner, for the GOP line ahead of its May convention.

Marine Corps Lt. Col. Dan Sullivan, the state's former commissioner of Alaska's Department of Natural Resources who entered the contest last October.

Molinaro, 42, will now vie with state Sen. John DeFrancisco (R - Syracuse) and Joe Holland, a former housing commissioner, for the GOP line ahead of its May convention.

Also seeking the nomination besides Molinaro, who is the presumptive GOP candidate, and Giambra are former state housing commissioner Joseph Holland, a Republican, and Libertarian candidate Larry Sharpe.

Cahill was Pataki's top aide and is a former state Department of Environmental Conservation commissioner.

Other commission members were Scott P. Campbell, executive director of the Elton John AIDS Foundation; Rose Harvey, commissioner of the State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; Thomas Krever, CEO of the Hetrick - Martin Institute; Kelsey Louie, CEO of Gay Men's Health Crisis; Christine Quinn, the former City Council speaker who is now CEO of Women in Need; Melissa Sklarz, development director at the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund; and Glennda Testone, executive director of the LGBT Community Center.

Sean Connolly, the former state veterans affairs commissioner from Hebron who brought a centerist perspective to the Democratic race for governor, will drop his bid and endorse Ned Lamont.

Delegating the authority to a commissioner would require a public referendum under state law, said Paul Sabatino, a Huntington Station attorney and former chief deputy Suffolk County executive.

Matt Driscoll, the former Syracuse mayor who spearheaded the I - 81 project until last year as commissioner of the state Department of Transportation, said the governor's decision simply respected the overwhelming consensus of local legislators.

The governors are considering replacing Port Authority chairman John Degnan with former New Jersey state senator Kevin O'Toole, who was recently confirmed as a Port Authority commissioner.

He joined the attorney general's Civil Rights Bureau in 2008, is a former deputy commissioner at the state Division of Human Rights and was a staff attorney at the Lambda Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

Harris, the former consumer protection commissioner and one - time West Hartford mayor tried to parlay his extensive contacts in the state Democratic Party into a successful bid for the governor's office.

As the state's housing commissioner and a former New York state legislator from Brooklyn, I believe I can offer a unique perspective on the historic rent - regulation bill Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed into law last week.

Former state veterans affairs commissioner Sean Connolly staked out centerist positions on several key economic issues, including raising the minimum wage and paid family and medical leave.

She faces businessman Ned Lamont, Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim and former state Veterans Affairs commissioner Sean Connolly.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday he will nominate Matt Driscoll to serve as executive director of the New York Thruway Authority, shifting the former Syracuse mayor from his post as commissioner of the state Department of Transportation.

The Board of Regents on Tuesday unanimously elected a former Florida schools superintendent the new commissioner for the state Department of Education.

Lauren Passalacqua, a spokeswoman for Democratic candidate Eric Dinallo, a former state insurance commissioner who voted in 14 of 18 years since he registered to vote in New York City, had no comment.

These days, former Republican state Attorney General Dennis Vacco is a partner at Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP in Buffalo, and among his clients is Buffalo Board of Education member Carl Paladino, who is currently facing four separate appeals to the state education commissioner for his removal from office.

Former Assemblyman Darryl Towns resigned in early April to become Cuomo's commissioner and C.E.O. of New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR).

«The governor thanked the former commissioners for their service to the State and wished them well in their future endeavours.

He also mentioned Ifeanyi Ararume, the immediate past Secretary to the State Government and immediate past chief of staff, and two former commissioners for information and strategy.

In May, Gov. Andrew Cuomo appointed Sam Roberts, the former lawmaker representing the 128th, as the state's commissioner of welfare programs.

Scores of political gladiators in Osun, as well as residents of the state were in total confusion on Thursday as news filtered in that former commissioners...

The two other Republican candidates, former Erie County executive Joel Giambra and former New York state housing commissioner Joseph Holland, have no endorsements from county or state GOP committee members.

Furthermore, in regards to concerns over the Interstate 81 reconstruction project, as the former commissioner of the New York State Department of Transportation, I can tell you that the veto of this bill is separate and distinct from the state's unwavering commitment to improving its infrastructure in Central New State Department of Transportation, I can tell you that the veto of this bill is separate and distinct from the state's unwavering commitment to improving its infrastructure in Central New state's unwavering commitment to improving its infrastructure in Central New York.

A former state assemblyman, Port Authority commissioner, and chairman of the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority.

Other Democrats who were immediately mentioned are Assemblywoman Addie Russell, who hails from Watertown; Darrel Aubertine a former state senator and agriculture commissioner who now works for Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and opted against a run in 2009; and longtime Plattsburgh town supervisor Bernie Bassett.

The New York state education commissioner's plans to quell the testing opt out movement is getting some back lash from some Republicans in the legislature, including a former teacher.

He's already won the support of a majority of the state committee, but still faces state Sen. John DeFrancisco (R - Syracuse) and Joe Holland, a former state housing commissioner.

The federal act was drafted by U.S. Secretary of Education John King, the former New York state education commissioner, following the repeal of the No Child Left Behind Act on Dec. 10, 2015.

Also at the event were former mayor David Dinkins; Ray Kelly, who was police commissioner for all 12 years of the Bloomberg administration and for the final year of the Dinkins administration; Patrick Lynch, president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association; state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman; City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito; city Comptroller Scott Stringer; and Public Advocate Letitia James.

Eleven of the 14 JCOPE commissioners voters in favor of Biben, a former federal prosecutor who worked in Cuomo's AG office and now serves as state inspector general.

President Barack Obama on Thursday submitted the nomination of John B. King, New York State's former education commissioner, to be secretary of the U.S. Department of Education to the Senate for confirmation.

«[HCRA] became a vehicle for directing revenues that got created with some health care attachment, and using it to fund purposes with some healthcare attachment,» said Dennis Whalen, president of the Healthcare Association of New York State, and former executive deputy commissioner at the state health departState, and former executive deputy commissioner at the state health departstate health department.

Crist, a former state senator, education commissioner, attorney general and governor, has been a champion fundraiser, but that was as a Republican.

Idirisu said that on receiving information on the abduction, the state's commissioner of police, Abubakar Sadiq - Bello, mobilised policemen, led by the deputy commissioner in charge of operations to search for the abducted former minister.

John Cahill, an environmental commissioner under former Gov. George Pataki, said the No. 1 question he is asked in his bid for state attorney general is «Who is your opponent?»