- Gloria Feldt
Gloria Feldt (b. April 13, 1942 in Temple, Texas) is an American writer, commentator, and women's rights advocate. She has written two books, "The War on Choice: The Right-Wing Attack on Women's Rights and How to Fight Back" and "Behind Every Choice Is a Story", as well as contributed to three others. Her commentary has been published in print and she has made appearances on television, radio, and at speaking engagements.
- Anna Burger
Anna Burger was named one of the 100 Most Powerful Women in 2006 and called "the most powerful woman in the labor movement" by Fortune Magazine. She's a top ranking officer at SEIU - the nation's largest and fastest growing union - and the first chair of America's newest labor federation, Change to Win . Breaking with tradition is nothing new for Burger; in the 1970'-80's she was out front on picket lines, anti-war protests and feminist rallies.
- Carroll Quigley
Carroll Quigley (November 9, 1910 - January 3, 1977) was a noted historian, polymath, and theorist of the evolution of civilizations. His books on the Anglo-American elite found a wide readership outside of academic circles.
- Stewart Udall
Stewart was born in St. Johns in far eastern Arizona near the New Mexico line. He grew up as a farm boy, working the horse-drawn plow and cleaning out the irrigation ditch. He'll always have the southwestern high desert country in his blood. When you grow up in a small farming town and you raise your own food, Stewart has said, you are close to the ground, close to the animals: "I grew up in the Colorado plateau and I will love it always."
- Thomas Fortune Ryan
Thomas Fortune Ryan (1851 - 1928) was a U.S. tobacco and transport businessman. Part of his fortune paid for the construction of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Richmond, Virginia.
- Gerry Cohen
Gerry Cohen, a lawyer for the North Carolina General Assembly's legislative drafting division, is a former member of the Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen (now the Chapel Hill Town Council). Cohen was elected in 1973 on the strength of an upsurge in youth voting brought about in part by the war in Vietnam and the ratification of the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution. He was a law student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill at the time.
- Kenneth Claiborne Royall
Kenneth Claiborne Royall (July 24, 1894-May 25, 1971) was a United States Army general and the last person to hold the office of Secretary of War. That position was abolished in 1947, and Royall served as the first Secretary of the Army (a successory position) from 1947 to 1949.
- Grimes Poznikov
Grimes Poznikov, known as "The Human Jukebox," was a fixture of San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf in the 1970s and 1980s. He was a street performer, who would wait in a cardboard refrigerator box until a passerby offered him a donation and requested a song. He would then pop out of the box and play the requested song on a trumpet, kazoo, or one of a number of other instruments. Poznikov was arrested several times for selling marijuana.
- Carol Bellamy
Carol Bellamy, president and CEO of World Learning, will deliver the commencement address at Vermont Law School’s 31st commencement ceremony. The public is invited to attend the ceremony, which will begin at 10:30 AM on the South Royalton town green. Bellamy also serves as president of the School for International Training.
- Larry Echohawk
Larry Echohawk is a member of the Pawnee Tribe of Oklahoma , serves as a Law Professor at Brigham Young University's J. Reuben Clark Law School. Prior to joining the BYU Law School faculty, Mr. Echohawk served as the Attorney General for the State of Idaho, the first American Indian in U.S. history elected as a state attorney general.
- Jack Markell
- Thomas M. Menino
I am the mayor of Boston, MA. You can write me at City of Boston, 1 City Hall Plaza, Boston, MA 02201-1001 for matters about the city. Or you can send me email.
- Neil H. Offen
Neil H. Offen is president and chief executive officer of the 95-year-old Direct Selling Association (DSA), managing this national trade organization representing over 500 corporations and their 13.3 million independent salespeople who sell consumer products primarily in the home. DSA is a full service association conducting educational programs, research, government and public relations, international activities and other member services.
- Theo Yedinsky
Theo Yedinsky Theo Yedinsky Theo Yedinsky is a Senior Advisor to the New Politics Institute. He is part of the team responsible for connecting political leaders and strategists with NPI’s cutting edge work in media, demographics and technology. Prior to joining NPI, he managed Simon Rosenberg’s campaign to become Chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
- Dr Robert George Samaan MD
- Woodrow Wilson Guthrie
Woodrow Wilson Guthrie was born in Okemah, OK, on July 14, 1912, 12 days after his namesake, Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey, was nominated for president at the Democratic National Convention. As this early political connection suggests, Guthrie's father, Charley Edward Guthrie, was himself a politician who, at the time, held the elective post of District Court Clerk as well as being a real estate agent.
- Keith Kamisugi
Keith Kamisugi's public relations experience includes positions as a regional spokesman for Verizon Communications, an account manager at tech PR firm Niehaus Ryan Wong, an independent PR consultant and as associate director of communications for the Equal Justice Society, a social justice advocacy nonprofit. He has presented talks on public relations and business for classes and organizations at the University of California at Berkeley, University of San Francisco, Golden Gate . . .
- Chris Nolan
Chris Nolan, Editor/Founder, Spot-on.com
- Kristyn O'Brien
Kristyn O'Brien Kristyn O’Brien grew up in Dorchester, MA. She attended Suffolk University ’s International Campus in Madrid, Spain; earned a B.A. in English and Government from Suffolk University; and has plans to pursue a law degree. Kristyn worked as a special event coordinator for Boston 2004, Inc. , the host committee for the 2004 Democratic National Convention.
- Kristin Kelly
Kristin Kelly Kristin Kelly joined WCAX in June 2005 as co-anchor of the Channel 3 News at 6:00 and the Channel 3 News at 11:00. Before returning to Vermont, Kristin was a General Assignment reporter for New England Cable News (NECN) in Boston. Starting in 2002, Kristin covered major stories in the Boston market - from the clergy sex abuse scandal and the Democratic National Convention, to the Red Sox historic World Series run.
- Carole Migden
Carole Migden received her M.A. in clinical psychology from Sonoma State University in 1978. She currently represents the 13th District in the California State Assembly, which includes most of the city and county of San Francisco. Migden served five years on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors beginning in November, 1990 before moving to the Assembly. While on the Board, she served on the San Francisco Transportation Authority and the Golden Gate Bridge Authority.
- Dorothy Ann Willis Richards
Dorothy Ann Willis Richards ( September 1 , 1933 – September 13 , 2006 ) was an American politician and teacher from Texas . She first came to national attention, as the Texas state treasurer , when she delivered the keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention (detailed below). Considered the first woman elected governor of Texas in her own right, she served in that post from 1991 to 1995 ; she was defeated for re-election in 1994 .
- Connie Chung
Connie Chung is one of a very small group of women who have achieved prominence in American network news. Along with Barbara Walters, Diane Sawyer and Jane Pauley, Chung is one of the leading female journalists on television. Until 1995 she co-anchored the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, as well as Eye to Eye with Connie Chung , a primetime news hour.
- Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani
Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani . [Source: FBI] Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani , a high-level al-Qaeda operative from Tanzania suspected of participating in the 1998 bombings of US embassies in East Africa, is captured in Gujrat, Pakistan, after a violent standoff with Pakistani police. [ CNN, 8/3/2004 ] Ghailani’s arrest is publicly announced on July 29, four days later.
- Lucius A. Vassar
Lucius A. Vassar , Esq. , Director of Corporate and Civic Affairs , joined the staff in July 2002. Vassar maintains relationships with corporations, civic organizations, and the philanthropic community. He recently led a retention effort to keep 300 jobs of a food distribution company headquartered in Detroit, which does $1billion yearly in revenues in the City.
- Mike Dino
Dino said he attended Democratic National Conventions going back to 1992 in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. He also met several times with organizers of the Democratic convention in Boston back in 2004. "I guess I have something to contribute and offer here and I should step up to the plate," Dino said. "We've got a big job ahead of us, and I'm just glad to be part of the effort."
- Tod Story
Tod Story Tod Story is a 23 year resident of Las Vegas, he graduated from Las Vegas' Bonanza High School and then graduated from UNLV with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Studies, with emphasis in public relations and political science. Tod was one of the original founders of the UNLV College Democrats in 1995 (Now UNLV Young Democrats).
- Leora Halpern Lanz
Leora Halpern Lanz , who serves as HVS International's Director of Marketing, has been with the firm since 1999. She also spearheads HVS' Marketing Communications consulting service. For nearly ten years, Leora served as the Director of Public Relations and Advertising for the Sheraton Hotels of New York (and New Jersey), and ultimately, the Starwood Hotels of New York.
- Dennis Culloton
Dennis Culloton Executive Vice President As an experienced crisis manager, media strategist and corporate communicator, Dennis provides seasoned public affairs counsel to Res Publica’s clients. In his role at Res Publica, Dennis is heavily involved in shaping strategy for all of the firm’s clients.
- Gary Fong
Gary Fong Gary Fong most recently was the director of editorial graphics technology at the San Francisco Chronicle. Fong is the principal of Genesis Photo Agency, a group of professional photographers with a dream of elevating the effectiveness of photography in evangelical publications around the world.
- Charlton D. McIlwain
Charlton McIlwain , with RingOut, since its beginning, fielded press during the summer of '04. In a June 10 interview with notorious conservative talk-show host Laura Ingraham, she said "You actually have a concept: pass out bells, ring bells, ring out Bush. That's a consistent theme. I can grab ahold of that theme. It's ringing through my mind and I get that theme. "We're going to have Charlton back because at least he has a concept, a theme, and a point.
- Mary Astrid Bergan
Mary Astrid Bergan was elected president of the California Federation of Teachers in April 1991 with a pledge to renew the organization’s commitment to excellence in education, to reinforce its efforts to increase education funding and to raise the organization’s profile in the media and public eye. Bergan received her Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of California at Berkeley in 1965.
- Ahmed Khalfan
Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani. [Source: FBI] Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a high-level al-Qaeda operative from Tanzania suspected of participating in the 1998 bombings of US embassies in East Africa, is captured in Gujrat, Pakistan, after a violent standoff with Pakistani police. [ CNN, 8/3/2004 ] Ghailani’s arrest is publicly announced on July 29, four days later.
- Anna Burger
Anna Burger , Vice Chair A respected labor leader, Ms. Burger made history in 2005 when she was elected chair of Change to Win labor federation, becoming the first woman to head such an organization. Founded by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and six other national unions, Ms. Burger leads Change to Win in its effort to organize workers across the nation.
- William A. Brandt Jr
Mr. Brandt has advised Congress on matters of insolvency and bankruptcy policy, and in that capacity was the principal author of the amendment to the Bankruptcy Code permitting the election of trustees in Chapter 11 cases. Mr. Brandt was also involved in drafting several amendments to the bankruptcy code enacted into law in April 2005 as part of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, which substantially rewrote the nation’s bankruptcy laws.
- John Alexander McClernand
John Alexander McClernand John Alexander McClernand ( May 30 , 1812 – September 20 , 1900 ) was an American soldier and lawyer . May 30 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (151st in leap years). ... 1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... 1900 (MCM) is a common year starting on Monday. ...
- Karen Park
Karen Park Board Member Karen Park is a Vice President with Bernstein's private client investment management team in San Francisco. Karen Park is a Vice President with Bernstein's private client investment management team in San Francisco. Her practice is focused on providing investment planning and management services to high net worth individuals, families, foundations and endowments.
- Susan Carpenter
Susan brings over 28 years of food service industry experience to MFS Events. Her first job at 16 was washing dishes at a 100 bed Nursing Home, but later transpired to the weekend cook by the time she was off to college!
- Vickee Adams
Vickee Adams Senior Managing Director, Hill & Knowlton Vickee’s extensive experience with Burston-Marsteller, Dow Jones, Ketchum and currently Hill & Knowlton has led to an outstanding reputation for superior client service and management expertise. As a former broadcast journalist, Vickee coaches senior executives to communicate in high-stakes communications situations.
- Sandra Dungee Glenn
Sandra Dungee Glenn Chief Executive Officer President Sandra Dungee Glenn graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 1978 with a Bachelor of Science degree. Ms. Glenn served as Associate Director with the Philadelphia Area Project on Occupational Safety and Health and Regional Director of Pennsylvania Citizen Action, receiving an outstanding service award from each organization. From 1991 to 1994 she served as Chief of Staff to State Senator Chaka Fattah.