at the 1999 Webby Awards what American lawyer, businessman, and mayor lobbied to move the ceremony to New York City,
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1999 Webby Awards The 1999 Webby Awards were held on March 18, 1999, at the Herbst Theater (War memorial Opera House) in San Francisco, California. IDG, which still owned the awards organization, continued to retain Tiffany Shlain to produce the awards even though the magazine division she had been working for had been shut down. Mayor Rudy Giuliani had lobbied to move the ceremony to New York City, but San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown interceded with Schlain by promising the City's support, including hosting a post-award party at the newly remodeled City Hall.
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Rudy Giuliani Rudolph William Louis Giuliani {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} ( ; born May 28, 1944) is an American lawyer, businessman, public speaker, former mayor of New York City, and an informal adviser on cybersecurity to the White House.
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H. Edward Knox Haden Edward "Eddie" Knox (born January 22, 1937) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 49th Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina from 1979 until 1983.
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Joe Frank (politician) Joe Samuel Frank (born November 14, 1942) is a former mayor of Newport News, Virginia. A native of Newport News, he is a lawyer by trade and was first elected mayor for the term starting July 1, 1996. His last term expired June 30, 2010. He was re-elected in May 1998, 2002, and 2006. He is the first directly-elected mayor in the history of the City. Mayor Frank is an Eagle Scout and was recently awarded the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. In homage of this occasion, the Captain's Lounge in the Rappahannock Scout Camp at Bayport Scout Reservation will be named in his honor. Frank is a father and grandfather.
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Lori Cohen Moseley Lori Cohen Moseley was the mayor of the city of Miramar, Florida consecutively from 1999-2015. She is also a member of the Democratic party.
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2016 Webby Awards The 20th annual Webby Awards for 2016 was held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City on May 16, 2016, which was hosted by comedian and actor Nick Offerman. The awards ceremony was streamed live on the Webby Awards website. Judges from the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences picked the over one hundred winners, which may or may not match the people's choice.
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Ambrose Kingsland Ambrose Cornelius Kingsland (May 24, 1804 – October 13, 1878) was a wealthy sperm oil merchant who served as the 71st mayor of New York City from 1851 to 1853. In 1851 he initiated the legislation that eventually led to the building of Central Park.
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Richard Varick Richard Varick (March 15, 1753 – July 30, 1831) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 2nd Attorney General of New York and the 45th Mayor of New York City.
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Gordon Davis Gordon Jamison Davis, a partner in the New York office of the law firm Venable LLP, was born in Chicago in 1941 and has been a resident of New York City since his graduation from Harvard Law School in 1967. Mr. Davis has been a prominent leader in New York City's public, civic, and legal affairs for four decades. He was Mayor Ed Koch’s first commissioner of parks and recreation and is considered one of New York’s most successful parks commissioners. He was one of the first African Americans to become a partner in a major New York corporate law firm (Lord Day & Lord, 1983). He is the Founding Chairman of Jazz at Lincoln Center, one of the four Founding Trustees of the Central Park Conservancy, a Founding Member in the first class inducted into the Performing Arts Hall of Fame at Lincoln Center, a Life Trustee of the New York Public Library, an appointee of President Barack Obama to the board of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and a recipient of an honorary degree (LL.D.) and the Bicentennial Medal from his alma mater, Williams College.
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Stephen P. Webb Stephen P. Webb (born February 23, 1946) is an American politician. He served as the Mayor of Beverly Hills, California from 2006 to 2007.
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George Klicka George H. Klicka (born December 23, 1934) is an American businessman and former politician.
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Dwight Clinton Jones Dwight Clinton Jones (born February 3, 1948) is an American politician and pastor who served as the 79th Mayor of Richmond, Virginia. Jones took office on January 1, 2009, was inaugurated for his second term on January 12, 2013, and was succeeded by Levar Stoney on December 31, 2016. Jones is a member of the Democratic Party, and was elected chairman of the Democratic Party of Virginia on March 15, 2014.
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Edward Thompson (FDNY Commissioner) Edward Thompson (July 19, 1913 – August 5, 1995) was appointed the 19th Fire Commissioner of the City of New York by Mayor Robert F. Wagner on January 1, 1962, and served in that position until his resignation on August 6, 1964. The FDNY has named a medal for Outstanding Courage in his honor.
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Leonard Silverman Leonard Silverman (November 10, 1930 – September 7, 2015) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
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Jamie Parsons James McClary Parsons (1941 – December 26, 2015) was an American civil servant, politician and businessman who served as the Mayor of Juneau, Alaska, from 1991 until 1994. Parsons originally moved to Juneau in 1972 to become the city's first Director of Parks and Recreation. He served on the Assembly of the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska, during the 1980s before being elected Mayor in 1991. Parsons declined to seek re-election for a second term, Instead, Parsons devoted his attention to the defeat of a 1994 statewide ballot initiative, which would have moved the Alaskan state capital from Juneau to Wasilla. He has been widely credited with the rejection of the proposal by voters.
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George L. Forbes George Lawrence Forbes (born April 4, 1931) is an American politician of the Democratic Party. From 1974 to 1989, Forbes served as one of the most powerful presidents of Cleveland City Council. He is the former President of the Cleveland NAACP and is semi-retired from practicing law.
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Fiorello H. La Guardia Fiorello Henry La Guardia ( ; born Fiorello Enrico La Guardia, ] ) (December 11, 1882 – September 20, 1947) was an American politician. He is best known for being the 99th Mayor of New York City for three terms from 1934 to 1945 as a Republican. Previously he had been elected to Congress in 1916 and 1918, and again from 1922 through 1930. Irascible, energetic, and charismatic, he craved publicity and is acclaimed as one of the greatest mayors in American history. Only five feet, two inches (1.57 m) tall, he was called "the Little Flower" ("Fiorello " is Italian for "little flower").
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Jack Hidary Jack Hidary is a technology and financial entrepreneur who lives In New York City. He is the chairman of Samba Energy and was the co-founder of EarthWeb/Dice, Inc. and Vista Research. He also co-founded the Auto X Prize and was one of the architects for the Cash for Clunkers program. Hidary was a 2013 New York City mayoral candidate running as an independent.
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William Jay Gaynor William Jay Gaynor (February 2, 1849September 10, 1913) was an American politician from New York City, associated with the Tammany Hall political machine. He served as the 94th mayor of the City of New York from 1910 to 1913, and previously as a New York Supreme Court Justice from 1893 to 1909. As mayor he was noted as a reformer who broke ranks and refused to take orders from the Tammany boss Charles Francis Murphy.
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Katherine Oliver Katherine Oliver is an American media and entertainment executive based in New York City. Oliver is currently a Principal at Bloomberg Associates, a philanthropic consultancy firm founded by Michael Bloomberg to provide advice and long-term solutions to cities worldwide. On August 1, 2002, she was appointed by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg as the Commissioner of The New York City Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting, which facilitates all aspects of film, television and commercial production in New York City, coordinating on-location filming, liaising with the community and promoting the City as an entertainment capital. Oliver was the main liaison between the Mayor's Office and Hollywood and aimed "to make filmmakers and production companies happy to return to New York." In 2013, Oliver and Mayor Bloomberg were featured on the cover of Variety and were credited for their role in "revitalizing the city's entertainment sector." An economic impact study released by the Boston Consulting Group in 2012 found that New York City's entertainment industry during Oliver's tenure as film commissioner had grown to account for a $7.1 billion annual direct spend in New York City, an increase of $2 billion since 2002, and that the local industry created 30,000 jobs in New York City since 2004, growing to employ 130,000 people. AM New York noted that: "New York's film and TV industry is stronger than it has ever been, pumping $7.1 billion into the local economy in 2011 and bringing in some $60 billion over the last decade." After Bloomberg announced that former president and co-founder of NYC Media Group Arick Wierson was returning to the private sector, Bloomberg named Oliver as the incoming president of NYC Media and general manager of NYCTV. In July 2010, Oliver became the commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, the city agency that includes the Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting, NYC Media, and NYC Digital.
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Joseph J. Davenport Joseph Jackson Davenport (1849–1921) was a lawyer, realtor and Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri in 1889.
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William M. Daley William Michael Daley (born August 9, 1948) is an American lawyer and former banker. He served as White House Chief of Staff to President Barack Obama from January 2011 to January 2012. He also served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 1997 to 2000 under President Bill Clinton. His private-sector positions included membership on the Executive Committee of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Until dropping out of the race on September 16, 2013, he was a candidate for Illinois Governor.