Andrew Mark Cuomo is an American politician,lawyer,and former government official who served as the 56th governor of New York from 2011 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,he was elected to the same position that his father,Mario Cuomo,held for three terms.
The National Women's Law Center (NWLC) is a United States non-profit organization founded by Marcia Greenberger in 1972 and based in Washington,D.C. The Center advocates for women's rights and LGBTQ rights through litigation,policy,and culture change initiatives. It began when female administrative staff and law students at the Center for Law and Social Policy demanded that their pay be improved,that the center hire female lawyers,that they no longer be expected to serve coffee,and that the center create a women's program.
Beachwood High School is a four-year college preparatory public high school located in Beachwood,Ohio,a suburb of Cleveland. It is part of the Beachwood City School District.
Mary Jo White is an American attorney who served as the 31st chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from 2013 to 2017. She was the first woman to be the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York,serving from 1993 to 2002. On January 24,2013,President Barack Obama nominated White to replace Elisse B. Walter as Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. She was confirmed by the Senate on April 8,2013,and was sworn into office on April 10,2013. In 2014,she was listed as the 73rd most powerful woman in the world by Forbes.
Julianna Smoot is an American political aide and fundraiser for the Democratic Party. She served as a Deputy Manager of Barack Obama's 2012 presidential reelection campaign,having previously served as White House Social Secretary,Deputy Assistant to the President. and Chief of Staff to United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk. Smoot previously served as a professional fundraiser for the Democratic Party. She was the national finance director for Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign. Under her direction,the campaign raised $32.5 million during the second quarter of 2007 and by election day,more money than any campaign in American history. She was named Social Secretary after her predecessor,Desirée Rogers resigned on February 26,2010.
Jodi Kantor is an American journalist. She is a New York Times correspondent whose work has covered the workplace,technology,and gender. She has been the paper's Arts &Leisure editor and covered two presidential campaigns,chronicling the transformation of Barack and Michelle Obama into the President and First Lady of the United States. Kantor was a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for her reporting on sexual abuse by Harvey Weinstein.
Valerie June Jarrett is an American businesswoman and former government official serving as the chief executive officer of the Obama Foundation since 2021. She previously served as the senior advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama and assistant to the president for public engagement and intergovernmental affairs from 2009 to 2017. Before that,she served as a co-chair of the Obama–Biden Transition Project.
The White House Office of Public Engagement (OPE) is a unit of the White House Office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States. Under the administration of President Barack Obama,it combined oversight of OPE and the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs (IGA) under the Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs (OPE-IGA). President Donald Trump restored the prior name of the Office of Public Liaison (OPL) and re-separated IGA. President Joe Biden changed the name back to OPE but kept IGA separate in his administration.
Ann Olivarius is an American-British lawyer who specializes in cases of civil litigation,sexual discrimination,and sexual harassment,assault,and abuse.
Roberta Ann Kaplan,also known as Robbie Kaplan,is an American lawyer focusing on commercial litigation and public interest matters. Kaplan successfully argued before the Supreme Court of the United States on behalf of LGBT rights activist Edith Windsor,in United States v. Windsor,a landmark decision that invalidated a section of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act and required the federal government to recognize same-sex marriages. She was a partner at Paul,Weiss,Rifkind,Wharton &Garrison before starting her own firm in 2017. In 2018,she co-founded the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund.
Cody Keenan is an American political advisor and speechwriter who served as the director of speechwriting for President Barack Obama. Keenan studied political science at Northwestern University. After graduation,he worked in the U.S. senate office of Ted Kennedy,before studying for a master's in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. After graduation,he took a full-time position on Barack Obama's presidential campaign in 2008. In 2009,he assumed the position of deputy director of speechwriting. After Jon Favreau left the White House in 2013,Keenan took over as director of speechwriting.
The United State of Women Summit was a summit held in Washington,D.C. focused on gender equality in the United States. The summit was hosted by the White House,the U.S. Department of State,the U.S. Department of Labor,and the Aspen Institute.
Time's Up is a non-profit organization that raises money to support victims of sexual harassment. The organization was founded on January 1,2018,by Hollywood celebrities in response to the Weinstein effect and the Me Too movement. As of January 2020,the organization had raised $24 million in donations.
Debra S. Katz is an American civil rights and employment lawyer and a founding partner of Katz Banks Kumin in Washington,D.C. She is best known for representing alleged victims of sexual assault and sexual harassment,notably Dr. Christine Blasey Ford,Vanessa Tyson,Chloe Caras,and accusers of Congressmen Pat Meehan and Eric Massa,and whistleblowers facing retaliation,including most recently Dr. Rick Bright. Katz's primary practice areas at her firm are employment and whistleblower law,where she represents victims of workplace discrimination and retaliation.
Brian Bond is an American LGBT rights activist who was the first openly gay deputy director in the White House Office of Public Engagement. He is currently the executive director of PFLAG.
Alessandra Rose Biaggi is an American politician who served as a member of the New York State Senate from 2019 to 2022,representing the 34th district,which includes portions of Bronx and Westchester Counties. She was the chair of the New York State Senate Committee on Ethics and Internal Governance. She is the granddaughter of former U.S. Congressman Mario Biaggi.
Lis Smith is an American political strategist affiliated with the Democratic Party. She is most well known for being the senior advisor for Pete Buttigieg's 2020 presidential campaign and the director of rapid response for Barack Obama's 2012 campaign. She has also directed communications and strategy for a number of other gubernatorial,mayoral and congressional campaigns.
Andrew Cuomo,the 56th governor of New York,was accused of sexual harassment by multiple women starting in December 2020,with the accusations covering a range of alleged behavior. He denied all allegations and has apologized for his comments being interpreted as sexually charged. On February 28,2021,New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that she would hire and deputize a law firm to conduct an independent investigation into the allegations. On March 11,the New York State Assembly authorized an impeachment investigation into the allegations. In August 2021,James released an investigatory report which stated that Cuomo sexually harassed 11 women during his time in office,with actions such as unwanted groping,kissing and sexual comments. The controversy surrounding these allegations culminated in Governor Cuomo's resignation from office. Cuomo was replaced by his Lieutenant Governor,Kathy Hochul.
Melissa DeRosa is an American former government official. She served as Secretary to the former Governor of New York,Andrew Cuomo,from 2017 until 2021.
TIME'S UP Legal Defense Fund is an organization headquartered in Washington,DC,that provides legal and media support to individuals who have been subject to workplace sexual harassment. The Fund is housed and administered by the National Women's Law Center (NWLC),a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that advocates for gender justice in the courts,in public policy,and in our society.
