Sentences with phrase «who spearheads the effort»

«We wanted to show you how much you make our day when we come here,» said David Burton, a local dentist who spearheaded the effort.

The case in point, of course, is Tea Party Texas Senator Ted Cruz, who spearheaded an effort to tie the GOP's campaign to repeal Obamacare to the process of renewing funding for the federal government.

CoinJanitor's CEO, Marc Kenigsberg who spearheaded the effort to partner up with CoinGate is excited to announce the partnership: «Our success in cleaning crypto will be directly proportional to the support we get from the wider crypto community.

It seems to be Christians (certainly not all) who spearhead the efforts to deny equal rights to all people.

I spoke briefly yesterday with Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries, who spearheaded the effort to send the original letter to Steiner.

California and New York — where almost 1 in 5 Americans live — are on their way to raising their minimum wage to $ 15 an hour, and the activists who spearheaded those efforts are now setting their sights on other similarly liberal, Democratic - led states.

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.

FREDONIA - A local professor who spearheaded the effort to ban the sale of products containing microbeads is one of six New Yorkers being recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency.

One of them is an internationally known economist specializing in labor law in the developing world, who spearheads efforts to involve labor in GHG reduction.

Justice Arthur Chaskalson, former Chief Justice of South Africa, and Aruna Roy, who spearheaded efforts to enact India's ground - breaking Right to Information Act through her organization MKSS, were honored with the inaugural World Justice Project Rule of Law Award.

Not exact matches

Johnson, who is «very bullish» on the future of cryptocurrency, has spearheaded research efforts in crypto at both Jump Trading and Jump Capital to help understand the nascent market.

To help spearhead that effort, Caplan tapped Mitch Grossbach, who had been an executive at a customer relationship management software company called Interface Software, to head a new digital division.

Strider, who helped spearhead Democratic faith outreach in 2006 and 2008 - when he directed that work for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign - said the party put substantially fewer resources and effort into faith - based strategy work this year than in any election since 2004.

«For Catholic outreach, a defining moment in this campaign has been (Mitt) Romney's selection of Paul Ryan as his running mate,» said Broderick Johnson, a senior adviser with Barack Obama's campaign who spearheads Catholic outreach efforts.

In the case of Norwalk, Connecticut, for instance, it was Diane Beltz - Jacobson, Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City, who, once a concerned mother brought the issue to the attention of governmental officials, spearheaded the effort which led to adoption of a concussion safety ordinance by the city.

Several people involved in this effort spearheaded the successful push for same - sex marriage, including Cuomo's former chief of staff, Steve Cohen, and ex-aide Katherine Grainger, who is now working for Civitas Public Affairs Group.

Edson accused Lipe of spearheading the organizing effort against the congresswoman, who is among the Democrats» top 2018 targets.

Reached by phone, Queens Assemblyman Ed Braunstein, who spearheaded the downstate effort, said:

(CNN)- Despite a disappointing showing by Republican Senate candidates on Election Day, the man who spearheaded the GOP Senate election effort is poised to take the number two position in the party's leadership behind Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, several GOP aides told CNN.

Stringer, who has spearheaded the Blueway Plan — an effort to reimagine the waterfront between East 38th Street and the Brooklyn Bridge with a variety of public leisure spots and amenities — already had allocated $ 3.5 million for the transformation of the 11,000 square - foot swath of beach at Dover and South streets.

More to the point, Illinois was the site of the most extensive challenge process, which fell short despite repeated efforts spearheaded by Cook County state's attorney, Benjamin Adamowski, a Republican, who also lost his re-election bid.

Former Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, a Democrat who spearheaded the act, said the Cuomo administration's hiring practices had undercut reform efforts.

James, who became the first woman of color to hold citywide office four years ago, has sued the city at least 11 times and spearheaded the passage of a bill that prohibits employers from asking job applicants about their salary history in an effort to close the pay gap between women and men.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is spearheading an effort to find a credible primary opponent to defeat turncoat state Sen. Simcha Felder, the Brooklyn Democrat who caucuses with Republicans, sources said Tuesday...

«The imam who is spearheading this effort has said some incredibly upsetting things, I think blaming America in fact for the 9/11 attack, sympathizing, in so many words, with terrorist organizations, refusing to criticize Hamas,» Lazio said.

To drive voter turnout, the lawmaker has been spearheading «Super Saturday» efforts each weekend, keeping track of phone calls and door knocks, and hailing campaign volunteers who have chalked up the most voter contacts.

Velez's buddy Rafael Rodriguez, who spearheaded the renaming effort, said Velez, who had two kids and was engaged to be married when he died, «always had a positive attitude.»

The feds folded the probe last week, just days after President Donald Trump fired U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who had spearheaded the Justice Department's anti-corruption efforts in New York City and State.

County Legislator Al Krupski (D - Cutchogue), who spearheaded the zoning proposal when he was a member of the Town Board, said he supports Mr. Cuomo efforts.

Miner did take issue with Katko's praise for Republican leaders who are spearheading the effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

The second purpose is to offer support to Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski who has been spearheading an effort to get a $ 1.6 million grant from New York's Empire State Development fund for the construction of this facility rescinded.

LLC, who is spearheading an effort to construct a $ 5 billion transmission backbone for offshore wind stretching from Virginia to New Jersey.

The award is given annually to recognize an individual who either has worked to put in place policies grounded in educational research or has spearheaded efforts to increase the recognition and support of educational research.

They were accompanied by Glenn Schweitzer, director of Eurasian programs at the Academies, who has spearheaded an 8 - year effort to nurture scientific ties with Iran in the absence of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

The BAA coach Graham and Tom Burke, who had won two events, the 100 and the 400 meters, in Athens, spearheaded the effort.

For many months I have been working closely with Amanda Moon of FSG, who is spearheading the effort to find the best, most authoritative voices for the imprint.

Cheryl, the former film academy president who spearheaded the organization's radical inclusivity efforts after #OscarsSoWhite, was at the sixth annual dinner.

Alongside him (left) is Charles Dance as Commander Alastair Denniston, a fellow decrypter, who helped Turing spearhead Britain's efforts to break the Nazi code.

(In French and English with subtitles) Pray the Devil Back to Hell (Unrated) Feminist documentary chronicles the extraordinary efforts of the group of visionary women who spearheaded the peace movement which led to the end of Liberia's decades - long civil war and the rise to power of Ellen Johnson - Sirleaf, Africa's first elected female head of state.

Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the former film academy president who spearheaded the organization's radical inclusivity efforts after #OscarsSoWhite, was celebrated Tuesday at Icon Mann's sixth annual pre-Oscar dinner.

«From a lawmaker's point of view,» says Jim Cultrara, who is also co-chairman of the New York State Coalition of Independent and Religious Schools and spearheaded a serious, though unsuccessful, effort to have the New York State Legislature pass a tax credit in 2006, «it's fiscally prudent to provide financial assistance to enroll children in independent and religious schools.

10, who spearheaded the fundraising efforts along with several other classmates.

This effort also included partnering with Professor Tom Kane, who spearheaded the Measures of Effective Teaching study.

The effort is spearheaded by the Michigan Higher Education Partnership Council, which includes a unique panel of business, government, college and university leaders who are collaborating to improve educational attainment in Michigan.

That's why Hickey, a former Park City school board member who is still active in education efforts, is spearheading an effort to raise $ 20,000 this spring to help undocumented students apply for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

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.

The effort is being spearheaded by Project i team leader Ulrich Kranz, under new program director Roberto Fedeli, who recently moved over from Ferrari.

«We know that TasteBook's half - a-million members are avid cookbook collectors who heavily rely on print cookbooks as tools and for inspiration,» said Lilly Kim, Associate Director, Digital Channel Development, who has spearheaded TasteBook efforts at Random House.

The original open letter, designed to become a full - page ad in the New York Times, is available in a PDF at the site of author Douglas Preston, who has spearheaded the effort to support Hachette, its authors and readers, in the ongoing negotiations.

The U.S. Treasury and Labor Departments will ask for public comment as soon as next week on ways to promote the conversion of 401 (k) savings and Individual Retirement Accounts into annuities or other steady payment streams, according to Assistant Labor Secretary Phyllis C. Borzi and Deputy Assistant Treasury Secretary Mark Iwry, who are spearheading the effort.