Sentences with phrase «national field director of»

Bird rose from humble beginnings — he was raised in a trailer park outside St. Louis — to become national field director of Barack Obama's 2012 campaign.

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He helped launch 270 Strategies after serving most recently as the National Field Director for the 2012 re-election campaign of President Barack Obama, where he had primary responsibility for building a nationwide army of staff and volunteer organizers.

On December 7 2013, Jeremy Bird, Barack Obama's National Field Director during the 2012 presidential election, gave a keynote speech on the fundamentals of community - based organizing to the Broadbent Institute's Municipal Political Action Conference.

«Our campus access challenges give this generation of students an opportunity to reinvent campus ministry,» stated Greg Jao, InterVarsity's national field director, in a press release which noted:

Mr. Walmsley, rector of St. Paul's Church (Episcopal) in New Haven, Connecticut, served for ten years as director of the Episcopal Church's national program in the field of social action and civil rights.

Goalkeepers must now leave the field when they suffer an apparent injury and the referee stops the clock, according to a new rule approved by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Soccer Rules Committee and subsequently approved by the NFHS Board of Directors.

Her contributions to the field of babywearing education include founding an independent babywearing group and working with the educational development of new educators, establishing a Babywearing International Chapter where she worked to become a Master Babywearing Educator, the President of the Chapter as well as the Education Coordinator for her local chapter, and on a National level has held such titles as BWI Board of Directors; Treasurer, Diversity and Inclusivity Committee member and BWI Accreditation Coordinator.

In 1987 educators, program directors and experienced midwives in the field of direct entry midwifery decided it was time to begin developing a national credential, the Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) credential, which is administered through the North American Registry of Midwives and has rigorous standards for knowledge, skills and experience.

after a stimulating and thorough forum led by Kate Press, Deputy National Field Director for J Street on Secretary of State John Kerry's Initiative To Achieve a Two State Solution To The Israeli / Palestinian Issue, club members nominated and elected the remaining Officers and Executive Committee members for 2014.

She was also Obama's deputy field director in 2012 and deputy director of the National Day of Service on the Presidential Inauguration Committee.

Wicks worked on Obama's 2007 - 08 campaign starting as the campaign's Western region field director in Chicago, then as field director in California, deputy field director in Texas, director of the campaign's national volunteer program («Obama Organizing Fellows»), and in the fall state director for Missouri.

Deputy national field director at the League of Conservation Voters from Jan. 2012.

Luke Martz (Charleston)- came to SC after the Iowa caucuses, where he was a field staffer Michael Joffrion (Greenville)- national regional political director Phil Valenziano - came to SC towards the end of the primary campaign; he also was a field staffer in Iowa

He also served as Deputy Assistant Director and Assistant Director of the Cyber Division, Chief of the Computer Investigations Unit in the National Infrastructure Protection Center, field supervisor of the Computer Crimes Squad for the Baltimore Field Office, and Chief of the Executive Staff for the National Security Brfield supervisor of the Computer Crimes Squad for the Baltimore Field Office, and Chief of the Executive Staff for the National Security BrField Office, and Chief of the Executive Staff for the National Security Branch.

NEW YORK, NY — Attorney General of the United States Loretta E. Lynch, Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara for the Southern District of New York, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman for the District of New Jersey, Federal Bureau of Investigation («FBI») Director James B. Comey, Assistant Director - in - Charge William Sweeney of the FBI New York Field Office, Special Agent in Charge Timothy Gallagher of the FBI Newark Field Office and Commissioner of the Police Department for the City of New York («NYPD») James O'Neill announced that Ahmad Khan Rahami, a / k / a «Ahmad Rahimi,» has been charged in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, for conducting and attempting to conduct bombings in New York City and various locations in New Jersey on September 17, 2016, and September 18, 2016.

Addressing reporters in Awka, Deputy Director General of Tony Nwoye Campaign Organisation, Chief Azuka Okwuosa, said national officers of the party and many captains of industry would also attend the flag off, which is expected to take place at the All Saints Cathedral field, Onitsha.

Other candidates are Lorna Johnson, the honorary consul for Jamaica in Los Angeles; Latoia Jones, assistant director of human rights for the American Federation of Teachers and co-founder of Black & Engaged; Rick Palacio, chairman of the Colorado Democratic Party; and Adam Parkhomenko, co-founder of Ready for Hillary and was appointed by DNC Interim Chairwoman Donna Brazile to serve as the DNC's national field director for the general election.

Panels and training sessions starred political directors and digital gurus from the Democratic National Committee, Planned Parenthood, NextGen Climate, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee who walked audience members — many of them field organizers and young digital staffers from various midterm races — through the micro-tactics that worked in 2014 and the ones that didn't.

«This exciting research, supported by the National Science Foundation, represents a seminal advance in the field of molecular machines,» said Eugene Zubarev, a program director at the NSF.

Miller's «departure from the field will have serious ramifications for many on - going archaeological projects throughout» the Near East, where she studies plant remains to better understand agricultural economies, wrote Melinda Zeder, director of the archaeobiology program at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., in a letter sent last weekend to Richard Hodges, the museum's director.

Alongside colleagues that include former National Institutes of Health Director Harold Varmus, Bienenstock has emphasized the importance of increasing funding for all sciences, noting the interdependencies of scientific fields.

But many scientists and administrators — including Dean Peterson, director of the Superconductivity Technology Center (STC) at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico — still believe in the field's technological potential.

He recognized that the study of aging had lacked robust scientific inquiry, and he conjectured that molecular biology tools could fuel real progress in the field — a forward - looking viewpoint that few others espoused at the time, says immunologist Claudio Franceschi, director of the Italian National Research Center on Aging in Ancona.

Ami Radunskaya — a professor of mathematics at Pomona College, president - elect of the Association for Women in Mathematics, and director of the national Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE) Program — was chosen as the winner of the 2016 AAAS Mentor Award for launching «dramatic education and research changes leading to an increase in the number of female doctorates in the field of mathematics.»

A large part of it is due to fewer students choosing to pursue STEM fields in college because of a dropping interest in science and math in recent years, said Karen Gardner, director of human resources at the Albequerque, New Mexico, campus of Sandia National Laboratories.

«I think that Harvard will grow to regret their loss of preeminence in the primate infectious disease research field, once the dust settles,» wrote Nancy Haigwood, director of the Oregon National Primate Research Center.

Lab Director Sam Aronson speaks at the ceremony at which the American Physical Society (APS) honored Brookhaven National Laboratory as a historic site in the advancement of the field of physics.

Astronomer Martin Harwit, former director of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D. C., points out that if this were true, the vast energy, angular momentum, and magnetic fields generated by each collapse would be clearly visible — but they are not.

Stacia Friedman - Hill, Ph.D., a program director at NIH's National Institute of Mental Health, says these findings are particularly relevant to the field of mental health research because many mental health disorders are marked by changes in cognitive function, sometimes years before clinical symptoms become significant, and because mental health disorders often involve changes in the developing brain.

Meave Leakey, Director of Field Research at TBI and research professor at Stony Brook University's Department of Anthropology, received the 2016 Hubbard Medal, named for the first president of the National Geographic Society, Gardiner Greene Hubbard, often called National Geographic's highest honor.

It will be a landmark in the field,» said Tom Devereaux, director of the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences (SIMES) at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, where Zhang is a principal investigator.

France Córdova is an astrophysicist and the 14th director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), the only U.S. government agency charged with advancing all fields of scientific discovery, technological innovation, and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education.

Director Dot Harris, Office of Economic Impact and Diversity at the Department of Energy, will be on the line with Dr. Rebecca Spyke - Keiser, Associate Deputy Administrator for Strategy and Policy at NASA; Jill Fuss, Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Stephanie Stilson, Engineer at Kennedy Space Center and NASA Headquarters, and a class at Andrew Jackson Middle School in Titusville, Florida, to discuss ways to find role models for young people in STEM fields and answer questions from students and the general public about STEM careers.

Suzanne Simons, executive director of the Chicago - based National Headache Foundation, suggests that patients take a pro-active approach in choosing a specialist — asking questions, such as how much of a doctor's practice is dedicated to treating headaches, or whether they publish research on headaches — to get a feel for a physician's involvement in the field.

E-RYT, RPYT (Founder and National Program Director) is a is a perinatal fitness specialist with over 30 years of experience training 2000 + pregnant and new moms, and educating hundreds of fitness instructors, health professionals, and childbirth educators on the rapidly changing field of perinatal fitness and wellness.

Fordham Institute Executive Vice President Mike Petrilli served as moderator, and he was joined by panelists Sandi Jacobs, Vice President and Managing Director for State Policy, National Council on Teacher Quality; Alice Johnson Cain, Vice President for Policy, Teach Plus; Chet Linton, CEO and President, School Improvement Network; and Rob Well, Director of Field Programs, Educational Issues Department, American Federation of Teachers.

Sam Davidson, California field director of the national advocacy group Trout Unlimited, says of the school's efforts to protect trout habitat in California, «There is wide acknowledgment that without involvement in these efforts by young people, we will ultimately fail or fall short of the results needed to sustain our state's remarkable fish heritage.»

«Making Connections: Teaching Preservice Teachers to Teach Online» will feature Kathryn Kennedy, director of research at the International Association for K - 12 Online Learning, and Leanna Archambault, assistant professor at Arizona State University, who coauthored the 2012 study Offering Preservice Teachers Field Experiences in K - 12 Online Learning: A National Survey of Teacher Education Programs.

«In defining accomplished teaching within career and technical education, the revised standards are rigorous, elegant, and move the field forward in significant ways,» said Kristin Hamilton, NBCT, director of standards at the National Board.

In 1994, two leaders in the workforce development field — Joan Wills, founder and former director of IEL's Center for Workforce Development, and Irene Lynn, former leader of the National School - to - Work Office — came together to provide insight on what motivated involvement in school - to - work programs.

Prior to her role at CEP, Ferguson served as the Vice President for Policy at the Alliance for Excellent Education, Director of the National School Boards Foundation, Director of Field Operations for New American Schools, and director of Communication and Outreach Services for the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education during the Clinton AdminisDirector of the National School Boards Foundation, Director of Field Operations for New American Schools, and director of Communication and Outreach Services for the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education during the Clinton AdminisDirector of Field Operations for New American Schools, and director of Communication and Outreach Services for the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education during the Clinton Adminisdirector of Communication and Outreach Services for the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education during the Clinton Administration.

Reflecting on the changes to the certification process, Renee Moore, NBCT, the 2001 Mississippi Teacher of the Year and former member of the NBPTS Board of Directors and Certification Council said, «The new National Board certification process has put the opportunity to become a certified, highly accomplished teacher within reach for more of today's teachers across an ever - widening field.

The second federally funded study was supported by a field - initiated grant to the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE).

She is a national - award winner in the field of dog training; an internationally - recognized expert and speaker on canine behavior and training for the Association of Professional Dog Trainers; the Curriculum Director for Whole Dog Academy, a non-profit dedicated to improving the human - canine bond; and has helped build Wonder Puppy into a respected, four - time award - winning dog training business.

As National Center for Prosecution of Animal Abuse director, Allie Phillips has suffered from her share of stress — luckily, as a master energy healer and teacher, she's learned how to recognize unhealthy signs of stress and has developed some helpful coping mechanisms for the field, which she shared in the webinar, «Handling the Stress of Combating Animal Abuse.»

SAN FRANCISCO, January 17, 2014: The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy has submitted supplemental materials to the Presidio Trust Board of Directors, elaborating on the programming opportunities and public appeal of the Presidio Exchange (PX)-- a modern, participatory cultural center envisioned for the former Commissary site (currently Sports Basement) in the Mid-Crissy Field area.

Nasher XChange will extend the museum's core mission beyond its walls and into Dallas» diverse neighborhoods, alongside key community partners, to present key advances in the rapidly expanding field of sculpture, raise the level of discourse on the subject within the city, and contribute to broader national and international conversations on public sculpture,» said Nasher Director Jeremy Strick.

Earl Powell, director of the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., who attended a patron reception last Friday, was quite taken by what he called «the authenticity» of the architecture, and by the inaugural exhibition, «Helen Frankenthaler and the Color Field Painters.»

As the inaugural director, he quickly positioned CAM to be a leader in the field of contemporary art, garnering national and international recognition for its exhibitions.

Powell is also the executive director of the National Physical Science Consortium, a partnership among government agencies and laboratories, industry, and higher education dedicated to increasing the number of American citizens with graduate degrees in the physical sciences and related engineering fields.