Sherry Sylvester is a political worker and journalist. She was the communications director for Doug Forrester's 2005 campaign for Governor of New Jersey. [1]
She served briefly as the communications director for the Republican Party of Texas [2] after heading Texas Media Watch, a project of the Lone Star Foundation, that reported on bias in the Texas press. [3]
She graduated from Oklahoma State University. In 2005, Sylvester was named Alumna of the Year by the Graduate School of Political Management, now at George Washington University. [4]
Sylvester is the Senior Advisor to Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. [5] Sylvester formerly was a San Antonio-based political consultant, whose clients include Texans for Lawsuit Reform . [6]
As a journalist, Sylvester won awards in both New Jersey and Texas. She was the political writer at the San Antonio Express-News, stepping down in early 2003. [7] Sylvester was the Chief Political Writer for the Trentonian in Trenton, New Jersey for almost a decade. Her political commentary appeared there and in several Gannett-owned state newspapers. [8]
Robert Guy Torricelli, is an American attorney and former politician. A Democrat, Torricelli served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 9th district from 1983 to 1997 and as a United States senator from New Jersey from 1997 to 2003.
The Alamodome is a 64,000-seat domed indoor multi-purpose stadium in San Antonio, Texas. It is located on the southeastern fringe of downtown San Antonio. The facility opened on May 15, 1993, having been constructed at a cost of $186 million.
Henry Barbosa González was an American Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Texas, who represented Texas's 20th congressional district from 1961 to 1999.
Barbara-Rose Collins was an American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan and the first black woman from Michigan to be elected to Congress.
Robert William Jensen is a former professor of journalism from the University of Texas at Austin. From 1992 to 2018 he taught graduate and undergraduate courses in media law, ethics, and politics.
Jefferson H. Van Drew is an American politician and dentist serving as the U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 2nd congressional district since 2019. He was first elected to Congress as a Democrat in 2018, but became a Republican in 2020 due to his opposition to the first impeachment of Donald Trump.
Julián Castro is an American lawyer and politician from San Antonio. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the youngest member of President Obama's cabinet, serving as the 16th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2014 to 2017. Castro served as the mayor of his native San Antonio, Texas from 2009 until he joined Barack Obama's cabinet in 2014.
Tara A. Smith is an American philosopher. She is a professor of philosophy, the BB&T Chair for the Study of Objectivism, and the Anthem Foundation Fellow for the Study of Objectivism at the University of Texas at Austin.
On September 5, 2006, Newsweek revealed that Hewlett-Packard's general counsel, at the behest of HP chairwoman Patricia Dunn, had contracted a team of independent security experts to investigate board members and several journalists in order to identify the source of an information leak. In turn, those security experts recruited private investigators who used a spying technique known as pretexting. The pretexting involved investigators impersonating HP board members and nine journalists in order to obtain their phone records. The information leaked related to HP's long-term strategy and was published as part of a CNET article in January 2006. HP hired public relations firm Sitrick and Company to manage their media relations during the crisis.
Legal advertising is advertising by lawyers and law firms. Legal marketing is a broader term referring to advertising and other practices, such as client relations, blogging, cross-selling, public relations and maintaining contact with alumni.
Sherry Ross is an American sports broadcaster and journalist who most recently worked alongside Matt Loughlin as a color commentator for the NHL's New Jersey Devils radio broadcasts. She is the first woman to serve as an analyst for the Stanley Cup Finals, and the first woman to call play-by-play for a full NHL game.
The Conscience-in-Media Award is presented by the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) to journalists that the society deems worthy of recognition for their distinctive contributions. The award is not given out often, and is awarded to those journalists which the ASJA feels have demonstrated integrity to journalistic values, while enduring personal costs to themselves. Candidates are decided by an initial vote of the ASJA's First Amendment Committee, which must then be confirmed by a separate vote of the ASJA's board of directors.
Abelardo Saavedra is a former school district superintendent. He previously served as the superintendent of the Houston Independent School District (HISD) headquartered in Houston, Texas, United States. In addition he formerly served as superintendent of the Corpus Christi Independent School District (CCISD) and the South San Antonio Independent School District (SSAISD).
Jose Antonio Menendez is a member of the Texas Senate for District 26. A member of the Democratic Party, he is a former member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 124. He won a special election on February 17, 2015, for the state Senate, to replace Leticia Van de Putte. She resigned to run, unsuccessfully as it developed, against the short-term incumbent, Ivy Taylor, for mayor of San Antonio, Texas. Menendez handily defeated fellow Democratic State Representative Trey Martinez Fischer for the right to succeed Van de Putte. Even though Menendez and Fischer remain political opponents, their relationship appears to have been civil.
Beryl Alaine Howell is the Chief United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. She was a federal judge supervising the grand jury for special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections.
Kenneth Robert Buck is an American lawyer and politician who represents Colorado's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican. Since March 30, 2019, Buck has served as chair of the Colorado Republican Party, having replaced Jeff Hays.
Donna Sue Burrows Campbell is a politician and physician who is the 25th District member of the Texas Senate. On July 31, 2012, she became the first person in Texas history to defeat an incumbent Republican senator, Jeff Wentworth of San Antonio, in a primary election.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of San Antonio, Texas, United States.
Tomasz P. Malinowski is an American politician and diplomat who is the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 7th congressional district. A Democrat, he served as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor in the Obama administration.