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Senator Charles Schumer

Over the past three decades in public service, U.S. Senator Charles “Chuck” Ellis Schumer has built a reputation as a leader in finding common-sense solutions to national issues and as a tireless fighter for New York.

Chuck was born in Brooklyn, NY on November 23, 1950 to parents Selma, a homemaker active in the community, and Abe, who owned a small exterminating business. Chuck grew up the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood and with his siblings, Fran and Robert, attended PS 197 and Madison High School. Chuck has two daughters, Jessica and Alison, and he still resides in Brooklyn with his wife, Iris Weinshall.

After graduating from Harvard College and Harvard Law School in 1974, Chuck returned home and ran for the New York State Assembly, becoming, at 23, the youngest member of the State Legislature since Theodore Roosevelt. He soon made his mark with his trademark vigor and tireless advocacy...

Over the past three decades in public service, U.S. Senator Charles “Chuck” Ellis Schumer has built a reputation as a leader in finding common-sense solutions to national issues and as a tireless fighter for New York.

Chuck was born in Brooklyn, NY on November 23, 1950 to parents Selma, a homemaker active in the community, and Abe, who owned a small exterminating business. Chuck grew up the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood and with his siblings, Fran and Robert, attended PS 197 and Madison High School. Chuck has two daughters, Jessica and Alison, and he still resides in Brooklyn with his wife, Iris Weinshall.

After graduating from Harvard College and Harvard Law School in 1974, Chuck returned home and ran for the New York State Assembly, becoming, at 23, the youngest member of the State Legislature since Theodore Roosevelt. He soon made his mark with his trademark vigor and tireless advocacy. In 1980, at 29, Chuck ran for and won the seat in the 9th Congressional District.

Chuck represented the 9th CD in Brooklyn and Queens for eighteen years, where he established his reputation as a pioneer in the fight against crime and as a consumer advocate. Chuck authored the Omnibus Crime Bill, which put 100,000 new cops on the street. He was the leading sponsor of the Violence Against Women Act, to combat domestic violence and sexual assault, and the Brady Bill, which instituted mandatory background checks for handgun purchases. He co-wrote the Assault Weapons Ban, and sponsored the Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which organized data on crimes of bigotry and allowed federal authorities to prosecute these crimes. He also sponsored legislation that required banks and credit card companies to provide greater disclosure to consumers.

In 1998, Chuck was elected to the U.S. Senate; he became New York's senior senator when Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan retired in 2000. Chuck kicked off his first Senate term by announcing he would visit each of New York's 62 counties every year, a tradition he continues today. Doing so has enabled Chuck to keep in touch with voters from every corner of the state.

Throughout his time in the Senate, Chuck has made improving New York's economy his top priority, bringing affordable air service to Upstate New York and the Hudson Valley and delivering over $20 billion in aid to New York City following the attacks on September 11, 2001. Chuck was the author of legislation that eliminated barriers that delay low-cost generic medications from entering the marketplace and led the charge to make college tuition tax deductible. He also aggressively championed agricultural measures to preserve vital market support programs for New York’s dairy farmers and crop growers.

After New Yorkers re-elected him in 2004, Chuck was awarded two powerful posts by his colleagues. The first, a seat on the Senate Finance Committee, which oversees the nation’s tax, trade, social security and health care legislation. The second honor was the Chairmanship of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC). Chuck successfully led the DSCC for two consecutive cycles before stepping down at the end of 2008.

Following the elections of 2006, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) appointed Chuck to serve as Vice Chair of the Democratic Conference, the number three position on the Democratic Leadership team and a position he continues to hold. In 2009, Chuck was selected as the Chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, which oversees federal elections, voting rights, campaign finance, and the operation of the Senate complex. After New Yorkers re-elected him for a third term in 2010, Chuck took on an expanded role in the Senate as Chairman of the Democratic Policy and Communications Center.

Chuck also sits on the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; the Judiciary Committee, where he is Chairman of the Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and Border Security; and the Joint Committee on the Library.

Nicholas D. Kristof, The New York Times

For the first time ever, join Internet Week NY in celebrating digital through a series of Fireside Chat Keynotes.

In this Keynote Presentation, world renowned NY Times Journalist, Nicholas Kristof will explore how the Internet and social media have led revolutions and sparked change, leaving wakes of effect around the world. Following the talk, David-Michel Davies, Chairman of Internet Week NY and The Webby Awards, will moderate the crowd in a brief question and answer period

Nicholas D. Kristof has been writing his twice-weekly Op-Ed column for The New York Times since November 2001. Previously, Mr. Kristof was associate managing editor of The Times, responsible for Sunday editions.
 
Mr. Kristof joined The Times in October 1984, initially covering economics. He later was a business correspondent based in Los Angeles, Hong Kong bureau chief, Beijing bureau chief and Tokyo bureau chief. In 2000, he covered the presidential campaign and in particular Gov...

For the first time ever, join Internet Week NY in celebrating digital through a series of Fireside Chat Keynotes.

In this Keynote Presentation, world renowned NY Times Journalist, Nicholas Kristof will explore how the Internet and social media have led revolutions and sparked change, leaving wakes of effect around the world. Following the talk, David-Michel Davies, Chairman of Internet Week NY and The Webby Awards, will moderate the crowd in a brief question and answer period

Nicholas D. Kristof has been writing his twice-weekly Op-Ed column for The New York Times since November 2001. Previously, Mr. Kristof was associate managing editor of The Times, responsible for Sunday editions.
 
Mr. Kristof joined The Times in October 1984, initially covering economics. He later was a business correspondent based in Los Angeles, Hong Kong bureau chief, Beijing bureau chief and Tokyo bureau chief. In 2000, he covered the presidential campaign and in particular Gov. George W. Bush, and he is the author of the chapter on Mr. Bush in the reference book “The Presidents.”
 


In 1990 Mr. Kristof and his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, then also a Times journalist, won a Pulitzer Prize for their coverage of China’s Tiananmen Square democracy movement. They were the first married couple to win a Pulitzer for journalism. In 2006 Mr. Kristof won a Pulitzer Prize for his commentary, which focused attention on genocide in Darfur and gave voice to the voiceless in other parts of the world. Among his other journalism prizes are a George Polk Award, an Overseas Press Club Award, a Michael Kelly Award, American Society of News Editors Award, a National Journalism Award and an Online News Association Award.
 
Mr. Kristof and Ms. WuDunn are the authors of  “China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power,” published in 1994, and “Thunder from the East: Portrait of a Rising Asia,” published in 2000.  Their most recent book, “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide,” was published in September 2009 by Knopf.

Joan Young, Curator, Guggenheim Museum

Joan Young joined the curatorial staff of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, in 1995. In her capacity as Associate Curator of Contemporary Art and Manager of Curatorial Affairs, Young manages both loan- and collection-based exhibitions for the museum’s international network of sites, contributes to publications, and works with acquisition committees to develop the museum’s collection of contemporary art.

Among the projects Young has curated for the Guggenheim Museum are the exhibitions of Hugo Boss Prize winners Rirkrit Tiravanija (2005), Tacita Dean (2007), and Emily Jacir (2009) as well as Phoebe Washburn: Regulated Fool’s Milk Meadow (2007) and Julie Mehertu: Grey Area (2009-10) for Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin...

Joan Young joined the curatorial staff of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, in 1995. In her capacity as Associate Curator of Contemporary Art and Manager of Curatorial Affairs, Young manages both loan- and collection-based exhibitions for the museum’s international network of sites, contributes to publications, and works with acquisition committees to develop the museum’s collection of contemporary art.

Among the projects Young has curated for the Guggenheim Museum are the exhibitions of Hugo Boss Prize winners Rirkrit Tiravanija (2005), Tacita Dean (2007), and Emily Jacir (2009) as well as Phoebe Washburn: Regulated Fool’s Milk Meadow (2007) and Julie Mehertu: Grey Area (2009-10) for Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin. She has also provided curatorial support for the exhibitions Robert Rauschenberg: A Retrospective (1997), The Hugo Boss Prize 1998, Andreas Slominski (Deutsche Guggenheim, 1999), Postmedia: Conceptual Photography in the Guggenheim Museum Collection (2000), Lawrence Weiner: NACH ALLES/AFTER ALL (Deutsche Guggenheim, 2000), Matthew Barney: The CREMASTER Cycle (2002), Moving Pictures: Contemporary Photography and Video from the Guggenheim Museum Collections (Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, 2003), Singular Forms (Sometimes Repeated): Art from 1951 to the Present (2004),Douglas Gordon’s The VANITY of Allegory (Deutsche Guggenheim, 2005), Marina Abramović: Seven Easy Pieces (2005), All in the present must be transformed: Matthew Barney and Joseph Beuys (Deutsche Guggenheim, 2006; Peggy Guggenheim Collection, 2007), theanyspacewhatever (2008), and Intervals: Kitty Kraus (2009). She was recently involved in YouTube Play, A Biennial of Creative Video, a collaborative project with YouTube, and is currently preparing Once Upon a Time, an exhibition of video works from the Guggenheim’s collection for display at Deutsche Guggenheim in summer 2011. Young has a B.A. in the History of Art from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.A. in the History of Art from the University of Texas at Austin.

Lauren Cornell, Executive Director, Rhizome; Adjunct Curator, the New Museum

Cornell oversees and develops Rhizome's programs, all of which serve to promote and contextualize art engaged with technology. Previously, Cornell worked as a curator and writer in London and New York. She worked in the Andy Warhol Film Project at the Whitney Museum and, from 2002-2004, she served as Executive Director of Ocularis, an organization dedicated to avant-garde cinema, video and new media. Cornell is also Adjunct Curator at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, where she collaborates to produce exhibitions and the monthly New Silent Series.

Robert A. Bowman, CEO, MLB Advanced Media

As President and CEO of MLB Advanced Media, Bob Bowman is at the forefront of online video and mobile applications. Join David-Michel Davies, Chairman of Internet Week NY and The Webby Awards, in discussing the way modern and mobile technology is changing the way video is consumed. Entertainment has been revolutionized by digital, and mobile applications have drastically effected television on both the consumer and industry.

Bob Bowman joined Major League Baseball Advanced Media LP (MLBAM), the interactive media and Internet company of Major League Baseball, as its first President and Chief Executive Officer in 2000 following 2 years of work in the Internet space. MLBAM was created in June 2000 when the owners of the 30 professional baseball teams voted to centralize all of Baseball’s Internet operations under one roof. MLBAM operates the official League site, www.MLB.com, as well as each of the 30 individual team sites...

As President and CEO of MLB Advanced Media, Bob Bowman is at the forefront of online video and mobile applications. Join David-Michel Davies, Chairman of Internet Week NY and The Webby Awards, in discussing the way modern and mobile technology is changing the way video is consumed. Entertainment has been revolutionized by digital, and mobile applications have drastically effected television on both the consumer and industry.

Bob Bowman joined Major League Baseball Advanced Media LP (MLBAM), the interactive media and Internet company of Major League Baseball, as its first President and Chief Executive Officer in 2000 following 2 years of work in the Internet space. MLBAM was created in June 2000 when the owners of the 30 professional baseball teams voted to centralize all of Baseball’s Internet operations under one roof. MLBAM operates the official League site, www.MLB.com, as well as each of the 30 individual team sites.

Prior to joining MLBAM, Mr. Bowman was President and Chief Operating Officer of ITT Corporation one of the world’s largest and pre-eminent conglomerates. He joined ITT in 1991 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ITT Sheraton, the Boston-based global hotel network. In 1992 he was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the parent company before being named President and Chief Operating Officer in 1995. Following the trivestiture of the Company’s business divisions in 1995, Mr. Bowman successfully oversaw the growth and operations of the $8 billion conglomerate until its merger with Starwood Hotels and Resorts in 1998. During his tenure, Mr. Bowman and the senior management team at ITT created more than $25 billion of value for the company’s shareholders.

Before joining ITT he served as Treasurer for the State of Michigan from 1983 to 1991. The youngest State Treasurer in the nation at the time of his appointment, during his eight year term he grew the State’s pension system from $6 billion to $19 billion in asset value, and improved the State’s credit rating from BBB to AA.

Prior to his appointment in Michigan, Mr. Bowman also worked as an investment banker with Goldman Sachs & Company, and from 1979 to 1981 he served in the US Department of the Treasury as Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Domestic Finance.

A native of Milwaukee, Mr. Bowman graduated from Harvard College in 1977, and received his M.B.A. from The Wharton School in 1979. He serves as President of the Michigan Education Trust and is a member of the Board of Directors of Take-Two Interactive Corp. and Warnaco Corp.

A proven innovator in both the public and private sectors, Mr. Bowman is a frequent speaker and has been a regular guest commentator on CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, Fox Business News and Bloomberg News.