Neil Giuliano
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Tempe, Arizona
Tempe is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, with the Census Bureau reporting a 2010 population of 161,719. The city is named after the Vale of Tempe in Greece. Tempe is located in the East Valley section of metropolitan Phoenix; it is bordered by Phoenix and Guadalupe on the west, Scottsdale...
. He wrote the proposal for and then co-chaired hosting the third debate of the 2004 United States presidential elections
United States presidential election, 2004
The United States presidential election of 2004 was the United States' 55th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004. Republican Party candidate and incumbent President George W. Bush defeated Democratic Party candidate John Kerry, the then-junior U.S. Senator...
. He served as President of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation is a non-governmental media monitoring organization which promotes the image of LGBT people in the media...
(GLAAD) from September 2005, and stepped down from the post in June 2009. In December 2010, he was appointed CEO of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.
Education and work at ASU
Giuliano graduated with a BABachelor of Arts
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degree from what is now the Hugh Downs School of Communication at Arizona State University
Arizona State University
Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...
in 1979, and received a Master's Degree in Education there in 1983. While a student there, he served as Student Body President as well as International President of Circle K International (CKI), (the world's largest collegiate service organization, sponsored by Kiwanis International) in the 1977-1978 school year. Giuliano had a 25 year career with ASU as a university administrator and faculty associate. His posts with ASU included directing student leadership development, alumni relations, federal government relations and community relations. As a Faculty Associate in ASU’s College of Liberal Arts and Science, Giuliano created and then taught a course in Personal Leadership Development for twenty years. He also served as lead organizer and co-chair for the final 2004 Presidential Debate held at ASU, which was viewed by over 57 million people nationwide and around the world.
Community service
Neil was a member of Circle K International while a student at ASU and served as Student Body President at ASU as well as the 1977-1978 International President of CKI.He was an active member of the Kiwanis
Kiwanis
Kiwanis International is an international, coeducational service club founded in 1915. It is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Current membership is 240,000 members in 7,700 clubs in 80 nations...
Club of Tempe, serving as advisor to the Arizona State University chapter of Circle K International and later as President of the club.He also served as president of Tempe Leadership and on numerous non-profit boards of directors including the Tempe Community Council, Big Brothers-Big Sisters and the Friends of the Tempe Center for the Arts.
Political career
Giuliano began his political career as a councilmember and Vice-Mayor of Tempe, ArizonaTempe, Arizona
Tempe is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, with the Census Bureau reporting a 2010 population of 161,719. The city is named after the Vale of Tempe in Greece. Tempe is located in the East Valley section of metropolitan Phoenix; it is bordered by Phoenix and Guadalupe on the west, Scottsdale...
. He was elected as mayor of Tempe four times, serving from 1994–2004; the first three terms were two years each, the fourth was for four years. Upon retiring he received praise from Senator John McCain and then-Governor Janet Napolitano. He served as Chair of the regional Transportation Policy Committee which created the 2005–2025 transportation plan for the metro area, which was approved by the legislature, Governor and voters in 2004. In 2008, Giuliano changed his registration from the Republican Party
Republican Party (United States)
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to the Democratic Party, and The Arizona Republic
The Arizona Republic
The Arizona Republic is a daily newspaper published in Phoenix. Circulated throughout Arizona, it is the state's largest newspaper. Since 2000, it has been owned by the Gannett newspaper chain. It was ranked tenth in US daily newspapers by circulation in 2007.-Early years:The newspaper was founded...
was reported that he is considered running for governor of Arizona as a Democrat. There is speculation that he may run for congress following Arizona's redistricting in 2011 or seek a seat in the US Senate if Jon Kyl
Jon Kyl
Jon Llewellyn Kyl is the junior U.S. Senator from Arizona and the Senate Minority Whip, the second-highest position in the Republican Senate leadership. In 2010 he was recognized by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world for his persuasive role in the Senate.The son...
retires.
GLAAD
Giuliano served as President of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), a large national LGBT organization dedicated to ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of LGBT people and events in the media from 2005 into 2009.Giuliano was featured on CBS Sunday Morning and has appeared on CNN
CNN
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, ABC World News Tonight, Showbiz Tonight
Showbiz Tonight
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, and Access Hollywood
Access Hollywood
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and has been quoted in Newsweek and USA Today and numerous state and regional media outlets discussing LGBT images in the media and issues.
Awards and recognition
Giuliano was named one of the Top 25 of 2005 by Instinct MagazineInstinct (magazine)
Instinct is a monthly American magazine geared toward gay men, published by Instinct Publishing, Inc. since 1997. Distributed by Curtis Circulation...
. In 2004, he received the Individual Achievement Award from the Arizona Human Rights Fund and for three years was recognized for Distinguished Service of the Year by readers of the largest LGBT publication serving Arizona. He was named to the OUT 100 by OUT Magazine, which notes the top 100 people in gay culture in the US. While he was Mayor, Tempe was named an All America City, considered the "Oscar" for local government problem solving success.