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 and son of former governor Mario Cuomo,Cuomo previously served as the attorney general of New York from 2007 to 2010.
Christopher Charles Cuomo is an American television journalist anchor at NewsNation,based in New York City. He has previously been the ABC News chief law and justice correspondent and the co-anchor for ABC's 20/20,news anchor for Good Morning America from 2006 to 2009,and an anchor at CNN,where he co-hosted its morning show New Day from 2013 through May 2018,before moving to Cuomo Prime Time in June 2018.
Mark Evan Halperin is an American journalist,television cable host,political commentator and founder of the interactive media platform 2WAY. Halperin previously had worked as the political director for ABC News,where he also served as the editor of the Washington,D.C.,newsletter The Note. In 2010,Halperin joined MSNBC,becoming the senior political analyst and a contributor. Along with John Heilemann,Halperin served as co-managing editor of Bloomberg Politics. Halperin and Heilemann co-wrote Game Change and Double Down:Game Change 2012,were co-hosts of MSNBC and Bloomberg's With All Due Respect,and produced and co-starred with Mark McKinnon in Showtime's The Circus:Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth, which followed the presidential candidates behind the scenes of their campaigns in the 2016 United States Presidential Election.
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.
Ryan Christopher Lizza is an American journalist. His 2017 interview with White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci resulted in Scaramucci's dismissal.
Valerie June Jarrett is an American businesswoman and former government official serving as the chief executive officer of the Obama Foundation since 2021. She was the longest-serving senior advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama. She was assistant to the president for public engagement and intergovernmental affairs,overseeing the office of the same name,and chaired the White House Council on Women and Girls. Before that,she was the chief executive officer of The Habitat Company and served as a co-chair of the Obama–Biden Transition Project.
The White House Council on Women and Girls was an advisory council within the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs of the Executive Office of the President of the United States. It was established by Executive Order 13506 on March 11,2009,with a broad mandate to advise the president on issues relating to the welfare of women and girls in order to ensure gender equality. It also ensured that other White House agencies acted in a manner to allow all things to be possible for all people. The Council was chaired by Valerie Jarrett and included the heads of every federal agency and major White House office.
Ann Olivarius is an American-British lawyer who specializes in cases of civil litigation,sexual discrimination,and sexual harassment,assault,and abuse.
Bill Clinton,the 42nd president of the United States (1993–2001),has been publicly accused of sexual misconduct,including rape,harassment,and sexual assault. Additionally,some commentators have characterized Clinton's sexual relationship with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky as predatory or non-consensual,despite the fact that Lewinsky called the relationship consensual at the time. These allegations have been revisited and lent more credence in 2018,in light of the #MeToo movement,with many commentators and Democratic leaders now saying Clinton should have been compelled to resign after the Lewinsky scandal.
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.
The United State of Women Summit was a summit held in Washington,D.C. on June 14,2016 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 was a non-profit organization that raised 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 Christine Blasey Ford,Charlotte Bennett,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,deputy manager of Martin O'Malley's 2016 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 that 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. In 2023,she released a memoir titled What’s Left Unsaid:My Life at the Center of Power,Politics &Crisis.
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.
