Benjamin Goldman

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Benjamin A. Goldman (born October 21, 1960) was an advisor of the Clinton Administration serving as a charter member of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (1994-1995) and a committee member of the President's Council on Sustainable Development (1994-1995). [1] [2] [3] [4] He is one of the authors for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Commerce. His work in technology and sustainability helped establish Presidential Executive Order No. 12898 in 1994, a Supreme Court victory ( Federal Election Commission v. Political Contributions Data Inc., 943 F.2d 190, 2d Cir. 1991), [5] as well as a national grass-roots effort called “environmental justice".

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Early life and education

Goldman was born to Allen Seymour and Mary (Lemann) Goldman on October 21, 1960, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He earned a bachelor's degree in history from Vassar College in 1982, then a Master of Philosophy from New York University in 1990, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Public Administration from New York University in 1993. [6]

Career

Before and after completing his doctorate, he served governments and nonprofit organizations at local, state, national, and international levels. His career began as a military economics researcher at the Council on Economic Priorities, where he was a Project Director in the early 1980s. [7] [8] He worked as co-founder and president of Public Data Access, Inc. and associate director of the Boston-based Jobs and Environment Campaign. [9] [10] He was also executive director of the Citizens Network for Sustainable Development, which coordinated the participation of U.S. NGOs at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He most recently founded and directed Nature Breakthroughs LLC in 2016.

Art

Goldman was executive director of the art gallery City Without Walls (cWOW), established in 1975, which supported emerging artists from New Jersey and beyond. Some well-known artists participated in cWOW, including Ibou Ndoye, Courtney Burke, and Mansa Mussa. [2] [6] [11]

Goldman founded United Visual Arts, Inc. in 2005. During this, he invented an art display frame and got patent number US 8,365,452 B2 for his invention that was sold by the Museum of Modern Art. [12] International museums Allied Museum and Topkapi Palace have displayed his paintings. [13] [14]

Politics

Goldman's mother was involved in politics in Philadelphia when he was a child and ran for City Council. Goldman ran for Mayor in Weehawken in 2002, [15] and helped several citizen organizations that advocated for sustainable planning along the Hudson River, including Friends of the Weehawken Waterfront and co-founded Weehawken Initiative Now (WIN), [16] and the Weehawken Chamber of Commerce. [17]

Selected publications

Goldman has written several books and research articles focusing mainly on the environment, sustainable development, art, and personal development. According to Google Scholar, his publication and co-authored works have been cited over 1,500 times by researchers. [18]

The following is a list of selected publications by him. [19]

Awards and recognitions

Goldman won $10,000 of a cash prize for “City Without Walls” given by Prudential Financial, Inc. [22]

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  6. 1 2 "City Without Walls Director Resigns". Newark, NJ Patch. 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2021-07-05.[ unreliable source? ]
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  13. ↑ "American Spirit". meridian.org. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  14. ↑ "Rhizome | Ben Goldman". classic.rhizome.org. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  15. ↑ "No minced words among council-at-large candidates Weehawken's first full municipal election in 12 years brings out a host of issues". Hudson Reporter Archive. 2002-05-08. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  16. ↑ "'WIN' ticket will take on incumbents Mayor gets opposition for first time in years". Hudson Reporter Archive. 2002-03-16. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  17. ↑ Reporter, Hudson (2003-03-15). "Weehawken Chamber of Commerce forms New organization to hold a business card exchange at Spirito Grill". Hudson Reporter Archive. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
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  22. ↑ "Prudential Community Resources awards $110,000 To winners of the Strength for Capacity business plan competition" (Press release). 2009-11-12. Archived from the original on 2020-07-11. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
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