Sentences with phrase «to spearhead the effort»

«I want to thank County Legislator Rich Andres for spearheading the effort in gaining the funds necessary for the new band shell,» said Mayor Pappas.

The program was explained in detail at Tuesday night's Town Board meeting by Orangetown Highway Superintendent James Dean, who spearheads the effort along with his administrative assistant, Stephen Munno.

Enderwick credits culture for allowing employees at Netflix to thrive, and he commends CEO Reed Hastings and the executive team for spearheading the effort.

And he has helped spearhead efforts in the state to persuade other Catholics to do the same.

Adam successfully spearheaded an effort of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida to draft an administrative order safeguarding the principles of collaborative family law (just the fourth such administrative order in Florida) and has completed over 40 hours of basic and advanced collaborative family law continuing legal education credit.

Aborn, the former Brady Campaign president, is credited with spearheading the effort to include the original ban on large - capacity magazines in the assault weapons ban.

A thought leader in the international collaborative law community, Adam successfully spearheaded an effort of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit to draft an administrative order safeguarding the principles of collaborative family law (just the fourth such administrative order in Florida).

Anticipating bringing similar success to United Nations by spearheading efforts for external communication tools (and in other areas), I invite you to go through the details mentioned in the enclosed document.

The New Jersey Council of Collaborative Practice Groups spearheaded the efforts toward passage of the act with the support of its eight practice groups, consisting of hundreds of collaboratively trained professionals throughout New Jersey.

After a charge from the CEO to put in place a state - of - the - art system for managing the company's litigation portfolio, the claims team spearheaded an effort to identify a matter management software system that would automate the way the company interacted with its outside law firms.

But rather than using that scale to crush the competition, he has spearheaded an effort called Apollo, aimed at making the advancement of self - driving car technology an open, collaborative process.

Clinton became governor again at 34, and Hillary forever stepped into the spotlight as a political wonk in her own right, spearheading efforts on education reform (previously, Hillary's feminist, Midwestern background, lack of accent, and thick - rimmed glasses did not sit well with Southern Democrats).

As director of the Clyfford Still Museum, Dean Sobel spearheaded the efforts to create a permanent home for the Clyfford Still Estate, encompassing approximately 3,200 works of art by Still that were donated to the City of Denver in 2004.

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At HGSE, students» praise Nonie's teaching and mentorship, and she has been a strong institutional citizen, most recently spearheading an effort to formalize professional development for our many doctoral teaching fellows.»

Quadriplegic entrepreneur spearheads efforts to develop smartphone and other devices for people with physical limitations.

The White House is exploring plans to host multiple summits on race between prominent athletes and artists and President Donald Trump, according to the outside adviser spearheading the effort.

Village resident Arlen Gould - who does not live in the Lake Arlington neighborhood but has spearheaded the efforts supporting the nature sanctuary proposal - said that he was pleased by the board's decision.

Given that low - income individuals are the most likely to not vote largely because they need to work - often being paid hourly and needing the money more desperately than others, and that low - income individuals are more likely to be Democrats than Republicans, why hasn't a democratic politician spearheaded this effort that could see increased turnout from their base?

Senegal spearheaded efforts to deploy west African troops in The Gambia after Jammeh's departure, in order to secure a country whose military forces were riven with factions still loyal to the ex-leader.

As chair of the New York City AIDS Memorial Foundation board of directors, Fox spearheaded efforts to mobilize community sentiment in favor of the project and build a network of donors to pay for it.

She is a consistent advocate for Smart Growth and environmental sustainability and has long spearheaded efforts to reduce the town's dependence on fossil fuels.

The drumbeat over the controversial Caithness II power plant, proposed for construction in Yaphank, continues, with Republican Sen. Tom Croci spearheading an effort to get Gov. Andrew Cuomo to intervene in favor of the project with PSEG Long Island, which has put it on ice — along with any other new plants — indefinitely.

The move came a week after Robinson spearheaded efforts to give a vacant seat on the city council to one of Miner's former opponents when she ran for mayor.

In - house, former Cuomo spokesman Matt Wing spearheaded the effort, along with public policy director (and former Staten Island Republican congressional candidate) Michael Allegretti.

In 2007 the borough president spearheaded efforts to provide more fresh fruit and vegetables to urban areas.

Zerbo also spearheaded efforts to make the monitoring data more accessible for scientific purposes.

For example, Christopher Albanese, PhD, one of the co-leaders, will spearhead an effort at Georgetown Lombardi to develop conditionally reprogrammed cells (CRCs) for each patient's tumor.

APSA's Partnerships Committee spearheads efforts to negotiate, maintain, and plan for outreach and partnerships.

An anthroposophical group could very well spearhead this effort - after all didn't Rudolf Steiner advocate raw milk as the perfect food.

The charismatic, mustachioed Mireles spearheads the efforts to unite the towns of the Mexican state of Michoacan.

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder, Northwestern University, and the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University are already spearheading efforts to measure education leaders» use of research.

The Olin Foundation spearheaded an effort to fund faculty, curricula, and guest lectures that introduced the logic of competitive markets and a tempered view of government regulation into legal decision - making.

In 2000, the state's governor spearheaded an effort to eventually provide every public school student with a laptop computer.

The teachers union spearheaded the effort to defeat the measure.

But adding play back into kindergarten after years of focusing on test scores is not always easy for teachers and principals, says Eva Phillips, the district's Ready Schools coordinator, who has helped Oates spearhead the effort.

Small but efficient turbocharged 4 - cylinder engines and clever options like parallel parking assist spearhead the effort to set the compact Ford apart from its competitors.

By working in partnership, veterinarians, municipalities and animal welfare groups can spearhead efforts through accessible spay / neuter programs to create communities that are safe for everyone — both animals and people.»

Mrs. Voss spearheaded efforts to provide temporary housing for animals that once lived in comfortable homes.

In 2010 East Bay SPCA spearheaded the effort to bring awareness to the increasing numbers of homeless Chihuahuas and Chihuahua mixes entering Bay Area shelters.

Todd Galitz, Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Pratt Institute, has spearheaded an effort over the last three years to identify many of these iconic works and has led the organization of the exhibition that will bring this impressive body of work to the public.

At the state capitol this year, Scenic Hudson spearheaded efforts to prevent the Hudson River Valley Greenway from becoming a budget casualty.

And decades later, he became the technical lead for CalCars, the organization that spearheaded efforts during the past six years to promote plug - in hybrids.

With experience in the financial services industry, Villalba spearheaded the effort to build the first corporate green roof in Latin America at HSBC Tower in Mexico City.

Gervasi spearheaded the effort from the early to mid-1980s to figure out how big Natuna's carbon footprint would be and what to do about it.

In 1994 LaBudde and ESP spearheaded efforts to expose Asia's illegal black market trade in endangered species which resulted in the U.S. implementation of trade sanctions against Taiwan for illegal commerce in rhino horn and tiger bone, and passage of domestic legislation in China, South Korea and Hong Kong to ban the trade.