Wallace Ford Appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of GoodWorks International, LLC Sep 11, 2007
He has also taught courses at the Metropolitan College of New York, Pace University and the Medgar Evers College at the City University of New York. In addition to serving on the Board of Advisors for the Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University and United Way International, Mr. Ford has written for numerous publications periodicals and lectured extensively throughout the United States and abroad. (allAfrica.com)
Barron plans run for Brooklyn post Jul 23, 2007
Theodore Hamm, editor of the Brooklyn Rail and a professor of urban studies at the Metropolitan College of New York, said Barron's name recognition makes him a strong candidate. It would be ironic though, Hamm said, if Barron used the borough presidency to block large development projects similar to the Atlantic Yards. (Newsday -- New York City)
Ex-FEMA chief: Politics affected Katrina response Jan 21, 2007
Some in the White House suggested only Louisiana should be federalized because it was run by a Democrat, Gov. Kathleen Blanco, Brown told a group of graduate students at a lecture on politics and emergency management at Metropolitan College of New York. Brown said he had recommended to President Bush that all 90,000 square miles along the Gulf Coast affected by the hurricane be federalized, making the federal government in charge of all agencies responding to the disaster. (CNN)
Former FEMA head in NYC: party politics played role in Katrina Jan 20, 2007
Speaking on Friday in Manhattan to graduate students at the Metropolitan College of New York's public administration program in emergency management and homeland security, Brown defended his performance during the Katrina disaster and urged them to do what is right even in the face of political gridlock ... About 70 students in the Metropolitan College of New York program spend 16 months studying a variety of issues involved in responding to disasters and hazards. (Newsday -- State)
