Jump to content

Sean Eldridge: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
BattyBot (talk | contribs)
Bots
1,920,195 edits
m →‎Early career: fixed references
Line 21: Line 21:
After the New York Senate failed to pass marriage equality in 2009, Eldridge joined [[Freedom to Marry]], the campaign to win marriage equality nationwide. He served initially as Communications Director and then as Political Director, a role in which he helped lead the successful 2011 effort to legalize same-sex marriage in New York.<ref name="Freedom to Marry Staff Bios"/> He currently serves as a Senior Advisor to the group. Eldridge has debated opponents of [[gay rights]] on ''[[Fox News]]'' and ''[[Nightline|ABC News Nightline]]''.<ref>{{cite web |author=Video (8:47 minutes; requires [[Adobe Flash Player]])|url=http://video.foxnews.com/v/4416810/judges-ouster-stirs-debate/ |title= Judges Ouster Stirs Debate &mdash; Iowans Vote Out State Judges over Same Sex Marriage Ruling |date= November 12, 2010 |work= [[Fox News]]|accessdate=January 19, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Video (5:33 minutes; requires [[Adobe Flash Player]])|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/same-sex-marriage-legalized-panelists-debate-gay-rights-11369921?tab=9482930&section=1206872&playlist=7578045&page=2 |title= Should Same Sex Marriage Be Legalized? &mdash; Part 1: Panelists Debate over the Right For Gays To Marry |date= August 10, 2010 |publisher= ''[[Nightline|ABC News Nightline]]''|accessdate=January 19, 2011}}</ref> The ''[[New York Observer]]'' ranked him as one of NY's Top 50 "most powerful gay figures" of 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.observer.com/2011/06/new-yorks-new-power-gays-the-top-50/#slide12 |title= The New Power Gays: NYC’s Top 50 |date= June 21, 2011 |work= [[New York Observer]]}}</ref>
After the New York Senate failed to pass marriage equality in 2009, Eldridge joined [[Freedom to Marry]], the campaign to win marriage equality nationwide. He served initially as Communications Director and then as Political Director, a role in which he helped lead the successful 2011 effort to legalize same-sex marriage in New York.<ref name="Freedom to Marry Staff Bios"/> He currently serves as a Senior Advisor to the group. Eldridge has debated opponents of [[gay rights]] on ''[[Fox News]]'' and ''[[Nightline|ABC News Nightline]]''.<ref>{{cite web |author=Video (8:47 minutes; requires [[Adobe Flash Player]])|url=http://video.foxnews.com/v/4416810/judges-ouster-stirs-debate/ |title= Judges Ouster Stirs Debate &mdash; Iowans Vote Out State Judges over Same Sex Marriage Ruling |date= November 12, 2010 |work= [[Fox News]]|accessdate=January 19, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Video (5:33 minutes; requires [[Adobe Flash Player]])|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/same-sex-marriage-legalized-panelists-debate-gay-rights-11369921?tab=9482930&section=1206872&playlist=7578045&page=2 |title= Should Same Sex Marriage Be Legalized? &mdash; Part 1: Panelists Debate over the Right For Gays To Marry |date= August 10, 2010 |publisher= ''[[Nightline|ABC News Nightline]]''|accessdate=January 19, 2011}}</ref> The ''[[New York Observer]]'' ranked him as one of NY's Top 50 "most powerful gay figures" of 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.observer.com/2011/06/new-yorks-new-power-gays-the-top-50/#slide12 |title= The New Power Gays: NYC’s Top 50 |date= June 21, 2011 |work= [[New York Observer]]}}</ref>


Following the New York marriage equality victory, Eldridge founded the investment fund Hudson River Ventures in 2011 in order to address the growing issue of access to capital for small businesses in the [[Hudson Valley]]."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.LoHud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011112100309 |title= Scenic Hudson has new board members |date= December 9, 2011 |work= [[The Journal News]]}}</ref> The fund has invested in more than a dozen businesses in the region, with a particular focus on food & beverage companies.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wolff|first=Craig|title= Love for Hudson Valley guides investor |url=http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20130408/BUSINESS/304080021/VIDEO-Love-Hudson-Valley-guides-investor|work=Poughkeepsie Journal|accessdate=8 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Dinapoli|first=Jessica|title= New Windsor organic grower plans $5.7M expansion |url=http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130414/BIZ/304140317|work=Times Herald-Record|accessdate=14 April 2013}}</ref> In 2013, Eldridge founded the Hudson Valley Advanced Manufacturing Center at [[SUNY New Paltz]], which trains students and workers on the use of 3-D printing technology.<ref>{{cite web|title= SUNY New Paltz will be home to 3-D printing initiative |url=http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2013/05/31/news/doc51a72a26efa9b783247075.txt}}|work=Daily Freeman|accessdate=31 Mayl 2013</ref>
Following the New York marriage equality victory, Eldridge founded the investment fund Hudson River Ventures in 2011 in order to address the growing issue of access to capital for small businesses in the [[Hudson Valley]]."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.LoHud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011112100309 |title= Scenic Hudson has new board members |date= December 9, 2011 |work= [[The Journal News]]}}</ref> The fund has invested in more than a dozen businesses in the region, with a particular focus on food & beverage companies.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wolff|first=Craig|title= Love for Hudson Valley guides investor |url=http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20130408/BUSINESS/304080021/VIDEO-Love-Hudson-Valley-guides-investor|work=Poughkeepsie Journal|accessdate=8 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Dinapoli|first=Jessica|title= New Windsor organic grower plans $5.7M expansion |url=http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130414/BIZ/304140317|work=Times Herald-Record|accessdate=14 April 2013}}</ref> In 2013, Eldridge founded the Hudson Valley Advanced Manufacturing Center at [[SUNY New Paltz]], which trains students and workers on the use of 3-D printing technology.<ref>{{cite web|title= SUNY New Paltz will be home to 3-D printing initiative |url=http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2013/05/31/news/doc51a72a26efa9b783247075.txt|work=Daily Freeman|accessdate=31 May 2013</ref>


Eldridge serves on the board of directors of Scenic Hudson, "the largest environmental group focused on the Hudson Valley" and is a significant supporter of their climate change and waterfront protection programs<ref>{{cite web |url=http://scenichudson.org/news/release/international-business-and-social-media-leaders-add-heft-scenic-hudson-board-2011-12-7 |title= International Business and Social Media Leaders Add to Heft of Scenic Hudson Board |date= December 7, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Scenic Hudson gets $100K for flood control efforts in Kingston, other waterfront communities|url=http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2013/01/31/news/doc5109e0d10766a755852085.txt|accessdate=31 Januaryl 2013}}</ref> In 2012, he launched Protect Our Democracy PAC and New York Leadership for Accountable Government (NY LEAD), a bipartisan group of business and civic leaders advocating for campaign finance reform in New York State.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/15/wealthy-donors-join-effort-to-improve-campaign-finance-system/ |title= Wealthy Donors Join Effort to Improve Campaign Finance System |date= February 15, 2012 |work= New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2012/02/15/group-forms-to-push-for-campaign-finance-reform/ |title= Group Forms to Aid Campaign Finance Reform Push |date= February 15, 2012 |work= Politics on the Hudson}}</ref><ref name="nytimes1">{{cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/25/nyregion/with-cuomo-new-group-will-push-for-publicly-financed-elections-in-new-york.html |title= With Cuomo, a New Group Will Push for Publicly Financed Elections |date= June 25, 2011 |work= [[New York Times]]}}</ref><ref name="motherjones1">{{cite web |url=http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/10/sean-eldridge-new-york-campaign-finance-reform |title= Sean Eldridge Wants to Curb the Influence of Big Donors—Like Himself |work= [[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]}}</ref>
Eldridge serves on the board of directors of Scenic Hudson, "the largest environmental group focused on the Hudson Valley" and is a significant supporter of their climate change and waterfront protection programs<ref>{{cite web |url=http://scenichudson.org/news/release/international-business-and-social-media-leaders-add-heft-scenic-hudson-board-2011-12-7 |title= International Business and Social Media Leaders Add to Heft of Scenic Hudson Board |date= December 7, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Scenic Hudson gets $100K for flood control efforts in Kingston, other waterfront communities|url=http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2013/01/31/news/doc5109e0d10766a755852085.txt|accessdate=31 January 2013}}</ref> In 2012, he launched Protect Our Democracy PAC and New York Leadership for Accountable Government (NY LEAD), a bipartisan group of business and civic leaders advocating for campaign finance reform in New York State.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/15/wealthy-donors-join-effort-to-improve-campaign-finance-system/ |title= Wealthy Donors Join Effort to Improve Campaign Finance System |date= February 15, 2012 |work= New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2012/02/15/group-forms-to-push-for-campaign-finance-reform/ |title= Group Forms to Aid Campaign Finance Reform Push |date= February 15, 2012 |work= Politics on the Hudson}}</ref><ref name="nytimes1">{{cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/25/nyregion/with-cuomo-new-group-will-push-for-publicly-financed-elections-in-new-york.html |title= With Cuomo, a New Group Will Push for Publicly Financed Elections |date= June 25, 2011 |work= [[New York Times]]}}</ref><ref name="motherjones1">{{cite web |url=http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/10/sean-eldridge-new-york-campaign-finance-reform |title= Sean Eldridge Wants to Curb the Influence of Big Donors—Like Himself |work= [[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]}}</ref>


He and his husband, [[Chris Hughes]], co-founder of [[Facebook]], fund advocacy groups and Democratic candidates across the U.S.<ref>{{cite web |author=[[Staff writer]]|url= http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/11/29/Freedom_to_Marry_Doubles_Up/ |title= Gay Rights Orgs Double Up |date= November 29, 2010 |work= [[The Advocate]]|accessdate=January 19, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2011/05/01/2011-05-01_andy_intertwines_fundraising_push_for_gay_marriage.html?r=news/politics/ |title= Cuomo focuses on gay marriage but nothing deters the chase for millions of dollars |date= May 1, 2011 |work= [[New York Daily News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/02/nyregion/cuomo-fund-fills-with-money-from-thankful-gay-donors.html?pagewanted=all |title= After Pushing Gay Marriage, Cuomo Is Thanked With Money |date= December 1, 2011 |work= [[New York Times]]}}</ref> They attended [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Barack Obama]]'s first [[state dinner]] in 2009.<ref name="advocate">{{cite web |author=[[Staff writer]]|url= http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=102977 |title= A Place at the State Dinner Table |date= November 24, 2009 |work= [[The Advocate]]|accessdate=January 19, 2011}}</ref> The couple was featured on the cover of ''[[The Advocate]]'' magazine's "Forty Under 40" issue in May 2011, and they were profiled in the New York Times in May 2012.<ref name=Forty>{{cite web |url= http://www.advocate.com/Print_Issue/Cover_Stories/Chris_Hughes_and_Sean_Eldridge/ |title= Forty Under 40: Chris Hughes and Sean Eldridge |date= May 2011 |work= [[The Advocate]]|accessdate=April 15, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/06/fashion/chris-hughes-and-sean-eldridge-are-the-new-power-brokers.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 |title= A Powerful Combination |date= May 4, 2011 |work= [[New York Times]]}}</ref>
He and his husband, [[Chris Hughes]], co-founder of [[Facebook]], fund advocacy groups and Democratic candidates across the U.S.<ref>{{cite web |author=[[Staff writer]]|url= http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/11/29/Freedom_to_Marry_Doubles_Up/ |title= Gay Rights Orgs Double Up |date= November 29, 2010 |work= [[The Advocate]]|accessdate=January 19, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2011/05/01/2011-05-01_andy_intertwines_fundraising_push_for_gay_marriage.html?r=news/politics/ |title= Cuomo focuses on gay marriage but nothing deters the chase for millions of dollars |date= May 1, 2011 |work= [[New York Daily News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/02/nyregion/cuomo-fund-fills-with-money-from-thankful-gay-donors.html?pagewanted=all |title= After Pushing Gay Marriage, Cuomo Is Thanked With Money |date= December 1, 2011 |work= [[New York Times]]}}</ref> They attended [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Barack Obama]]'s first [[state dinner]] in 2009.<ref name="advocate">{{cite web |author=[[Staff writer]]|url= http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=102977 |title= A Place at the State Dinner Table |date= November 24, 2009 |work= [[The Advocate]]|accessdate=January 19, 2011}}</ref> The couple was featured on the cover of ''[[The Advocate]]'' magazine's "Forty Under 40" issue in May 2011, and they were profiled in the New York Times in May 2012.<ref name=Forty>{{cite web |url= http://www.advocate.com/Print_Issue/Cover_Stories/Chris_Hughes_and_Sean_Eldridge/ |title= Forty Under 40: Chris Hughes and Sean Eldridge |date= May 2011 |work= [[The Advocate]]|accessdate=April 15, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/06/fashion/chris-hughes-and-sean-eldridge-are-the-new-power-brokers.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 |title= A Powerful Combination |date= May 4, 2011 |work= [[New York Times]]}}</ref>

Revision as of 02:47, 17 January 2014

Sean Eldridge
Born (1986-07-31) July 31, 1986 (age 38)
Canada
Alma materDeep Springs College
Brown University
Known forFreedom to Marry
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
​
(m. 2012)​

Sean Eldridge (born (1986-07-31)July 31, 1986)[1] is an American investor and politician. He is the president of Hudson River Ventures, an investment fund that focuses on small businesses in the Hudson Valley region of New York. He is also a prominent advocate for environmental protection, LGBT equality and campaign finance reform.[2] Eldridge is the Democratic candidate for Congress in New York's 19th congressional district.

Early life and education

Born in Canada, Eldridge grew up in the suburbs of Toledo, Ohio and attended public school in Ottawa Hills, a village in Lucas County, Ohio that is a bedroom community and suburb of Toledo. Both of his parents are medical doctors; his father, Steve Eldridge, is a radiologist and his mother, Sarah Taub, is a family physician.[3][4][5]

He studied at Deep Springs College in Deep Springs, California and then graduated from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where he helped organize the national Students for Barack Obama campaign in 2007. Eldridge then enrolled at Columbia Law School in New York City but withdrew to join Freedom to Marry after the New York State Senate voted against legalizing same-sex marriage in the state in December 2009.[3]

Early career

After the New York Senate failed to pass marriage equality in 2009, Eldridge joined Freedom to Marry, the campaign to win marriage equality nationwide. He served initially as Communications Director and then as Political Director, a role in which he helped lead the successful 2011 effort to legalize same-sex marriage in New York.[2] He currently serves as a Senior Advisor to the group. Eldridge has debated opponents of gay rights on Fox News and ABC News Nightline.[6][7] The New York Observer ranked him as one of NY's Top 50 "most powerful gay figures" of 2011.[8]

Following the New York marriage equality victory, Eldridge founded the investment fund Hudson River Ventures in 2011 in order to address the growing issue of access to capital for small businesses in the Hudson Valley."[9] The fund has invested in more than a dozen businesses in the region, with a particular focus on food & beverage companies.[10][11] In 2013, Eldridge founded the Hudson Valley Advanced Manufacturing Center at SUNY New Paltz, which trains students and workers on the use of 3-D printing technology.[12]

Eldridge serves on the board of directors of Scenic Hudson, "the largest environmental group focused on the Hudson Valley" and is a significant supporter of their climate change and waterfront protection programs[13][14] In 2012, he launched Protect Our Democracy PAC and New York Leadership for Accountable Government (NY LEAD), a bipartisan group of business and civic leaders advocating for campaign finance reform in New York State.[15][16][17][18]

He and his husband, Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook, fund advocacy groups and Democratic candidates across the U.S.[19][20][21] They attended U.S. President Barack Obama's first state dinner in 2009.[22] The couple was featured on the cover of The Advocate magazine's "Forty Under 40" issue in May 2011, and they were profiled in the New York Times in May 2012.[23][24]

Political career

Eldridge served as a delegate to the 2012 Democratic National Convention for NY-19.[25]

In early 2013, he filed paperwork to run for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2014, challenging incumbent Chris Gibson in New York's 19th congressional district.[26] On September 23, 2013, he declared his candidacy to run in the 2014 Congressional election for New York's 19th Congressional District.

Personal life

Eldridge and Hughes announced their engagement in January 2011 at a reception in support of Freedom to Marry.[27] They married on June 30, 2012 and reside in Shokan, New York.[5]

References

  1. ^ Official Facebook page
  2. ^ a b "Freedom to Marry Staff Bios". Freedom to Marry.
  3. ^ a b Reindl, JC (27 February 2011). "Former Ottawa Hills resident to wed Facebook co-founder". The Blade. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  4. ^ Hernandez, Raymond (10 July 2013). "Young, Rich and Relocating Yet Again in Hunt for Political Office". New York Times. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  5. ^ a b "Chris Hughes and Sean Eldridge". New York Times. July 1, 2012.
  6. ^ Video (8:47 minutes; requires Adobe Flash Player) (November 12, 2010). "Judges Ouster Stirs Debate — Iowans Vote Out State Judges over Same Sex Marriage Ruling". Fox News. Retrieved January 19, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Video (5:33 minutes; requires Adobe Flash Player) (August 10, 2010). "Should Same Sex Marriage Be Legalized? — Part 1: Panelists Debate over the Right For Gays To Marry". ABC News Nightline. Retrieved January 19, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "The New Power Gays: NYC's Top 50". New York Observer. June 21, 2011.
  9. ^ "Scenic Hudson has new board members". The Journal News. December 9, 2011.
  10. ^ Wolff, Craig. "Love for Hudson Valley guides investor". Poughkeepsie Journal. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  11. ^ Dinapoli, Jessica. "New Windsor organic grower plans $5.7M expansion". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  12. ^ {{cite web|title= SUNY New Paltz will be home to 3-D printing initiative |url=http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2013/05/31/news/doc51a72a26efa9b783247075.txt%7Cwork=Daily Freeman|accessdate=31 May 2013
  13. ^ "International Business and Social Media Leaders Add to Heft of Scenic Hudson Board". December 7, 2011.
  14. ^ "Scenic Hudson gets $100K for flood control efforts in Kingston, other waterfront communities". Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  15. ^ "Wealthy Donors Join Effort to Improve Campaign Finance System". New York Times. February 15, 2012.
  16. ^ "Group Forms to Aid Campaign Finance Reform Push". Politics on the Hudson. February 15, 2012.
  17. ^ "With Cuomo, a New Group Will Push for Publicly Financed Elections". New York Times. June 25, 2011.
  18. ^ "Sean Eldridge Wants to Curb the Influence of Big Donors—Like Himself". Mother Jones.
  19. ^ Staff writer (November 29, 2010). "Gay Rights Orgs Double Up". The Advocate. Retrieved January 19, 2011.
  20. ^ "Cuomo focuses on gay marriage but nothing deters the chase for millions of dollars". New York Daily News. May 1, 2011.
  21. ^ "After Pushing Gay Marriage, Cuomo Is Thanked With Money". New York Times. December 1, 2011.
  22. ^ Staff writer (November 24, 2009). "A Place at the State Dinner Table". The Advocate. Retrieved January 19, 2011.
  23. ^ "Forty Under 40: Chris Hughes and Sean Eldridge". The Advocate. May 2011. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
  24. ^ "A Powerful Combination". New York Times. May 4, 2011.
  25. ^ "Which New Yorkers are Obama Delegates?". PolitickerNY. January 11, 2012.
  26. ^ Fama, Jilian. "Sean Eldridge, Husband of Facebook Co-Founder, Running for Congress". abcnews.go.com. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  27. ^ "Engaging News of Facebook". NY Post. January 15, 2011.

Template:Persondata

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sean_Eldridge&oldid=591064039"