The Bill Green Lecture Series memorializes Bill Green (1929-2002), who represented the East Side of Manhattan in Congress from 1978 to 1992.
Rep. Green, a Republican, was an independent thinker who frequently crossed the aisle to collaborate on critical issues such as the environment, urban policy, and affordable housing. He served as a trustee of The New School and a board member of Milano.
This lecture series, which pays tribute to his deep commitment to bipartisanship, is generously funded by the Taconic Foundation, on whose board he also served- The New School
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Jenny Backus
Jenny Backus is a consultant and strategist for the Democratic Party (unaffiliated in the 2008 presidential race).
Ronald Brownstein
Ronald Brownstein is political director of the Atlantic Media Company and National Journal Group's editorial director, in charge of long-term editorial strategy. He also writes a weekly column and regularly contributes other pieces for both National Journal and The Atlantic, and coordinates political coverage and activities across publications produced by Atlantic Media.
Brownstein was twice named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the 1996 and 2004 presidential campaigns. In addition, he is the recipient of several journalism awards, including the Exceptional Merit in Media Award from the National Women's Political Caucus, the Excellence in Media Award from the National Council on Public Polls in 2005, and the Journalist of the Year Award from the Los Angeles Press Club in 2005. In 2007, the American Political Science Association presented him its Carey McWilliams Award for lifetime achievement.
David Chalian
David Chalian is political director of ABC News.
David Greenberg
David Greenberg is a historian, teacher, and writer on political and cultural affairs. He is assistant professor of journalism and media studies and history at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
His first book, Nixon's Shadow: The History of an Image (W.W. Norton, 2003) won the Washington Monthly Annual Political Book Award, the American Journalism History Award, and Columbia University's Bancroft Dissertation Award. He is currently at work on a biography of Calvin Coolidge for the American Presidents Series.
Prof. Greenberg has written for numerous scholarly and popular publications, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Atlantic Monthly, the New Yorker,Foreign Affairs, the Journal of American History, Reviews in American History, and Daedalus. He is a regular contributor to the online magazine Slate, where he writes the "History Lesson" column and other occasional reviews and essays.
Prof. Greenberg holds a BA in history from Yale University (Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude, 1990) and a PhD in History from Columbia University (2001).
Fred P. Hochberg
Fred P. Hochberg is the dean of Milano at The New School for Management and Urban Policy.
Hochberg has more than twenty-five years of experience in business, government, civil rights activities, and philanthropy. From 1998 through 2000, he served as deputy and then acting administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), an agency elevated to cabinet rank by President Bill Clinton, with more than 4,000 employees and 100 offices across the country.
At the SBA, he directed the delivery of a comprehensive set of financial and business development programs for entrepreneurs, with particular outreach to women and minorities. He also served on President Clinton's Management Council.
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