the New York State Assembly, where she serves as Assistant Speaker Ellen Jaffee (B.A. 1965), represents District 55 in the New York State Assembly Kimberly Jean-Pierre (B.F.A. 2006), represents the 11th Assembly District in the New York State Assembly Meir Kahane (B.A. 1954), Israeli-American Orthodox rabbi, writer, and ultra-nationalist politician who co-founded the Jewish Defense League and served one term in Israel's Knesset Roberta Kalechofsky (B.A. 1952), writer, feminist, and animal rights activist; founder of Jews for Animal Rights Vera Katz (B.A. 1955), mayor of Portland, Oregon, 1993–2005 Ivan Lafayette (B.A. 1951), member of the New York State Assembly since 1977 and Deputy Speaker of the New York State Assembly since 2006 Sy Landy (B.A. 1952), Trotskyist politician, co-founder of the League for the Revolutionary Party Howard L. Lasher (B.A. 1965), New York State Assemblyman and New York City Councilman; first Orthodox Jew elected to state office in New York Burton Levin (B.A. 1952), US Ambassador to Burma Mark Lowenthal (B.A. 1969), CIA's Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Analysis and Production 2002–2005, where he was a key coordinator and valuator of the National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq leading up to Operation Iraqi Freedom Alan Maisel (Adv. Cert. 1990), New York State Assemblyman representing District 59 Marty Markowitz (B.A. 1970), New York State Senator; Brooklyn Borough President (2001–2013) George Martinez (B.A 1998), educator, activist, artist, and hip-hop political pioneer Mel Miller (B.A. 1961), member of the New York State Assembly 1971–1991; Speaker 1987–1991 Joan Millman (B.A. 1962), New York State Assemblywoman representing District 52 Elvin Nimrod, Grenada Minister for Legal Affairs and Minister of Foreign Affairs Manfred Ohrenstein (B.A. 1948), New York State Senate Minority Leader Joseph Pennacchio (B.S. 1976), represents the 26th Legislative district in the New Jersey Senate N. Nick Perry (B.A. 1978), New York State Assemblyman, District 58 (1993-2022); United States Ambassador to Jamaica since 2022 Mary Pinkett (B.A. 1974), first African-American New York City Councilwoman, serving the 28th and 35th districts from 1974 to 2001 Harvey Pitt (B.A. 1965), Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission Robert Rosenthal (B.A. 1938), highly decorated World War II pilot and assistant to the U.S. prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials Gene Russianoff (B.A. 1974), staff attorney and chief spokesman for the Straphangers Campaign, New York City-based public transport advocacy group Edward Sagarin (B.A. 1961), sociologist, pseudonymously wrote The Homosexual in America: A Subjective Approach (1951), considered one of the most