World Youth Foundation & YIIP wants to thank our speaker, Attorney Ronald Green for hosting our virtual town hall on leadership, civic responsibility, and voting. Register attendees add their voices to our conversation. Our Speaker, Attorney Ronald Green delivered honest answers to questions posed by our future leaders, tax payers, and voters!
Ask the questions and get the answers you want. In four years GEN Z will become eligible to lead their communities and vote in the leadership that will shape their future. We want to hear your voice and listen to your concerns. You may submit additional questions to our speaker via email at:
Today, many Americans feel disaffected and disconnected from the system. "I feel like my voice doesn't matter," said Megan Davis, 31, of East Providence, R.I., "People who suck still are in office, so it doesn't make a difference."
But a single vote can make a big difference. In fact, there have been more than a dozen races decided by a single vote or ending in a tie over the last 20 years.
2008: In the U.S. Senate race, Democrat Al Franken defeated Republican Norm Coleman by just 312 votes out of almost 2.9 million votes cast. Franken's win gave Democrats a 60-vote supermajority in the Senate.
2018: The Democratic primary for Baltimore County executive in July was decided by just 17 votes.
Of course, the most famous is the 537-vote margin that George W. Bush won Florida by in the 2000 presidential election — out of almost 6 million votes cast. The most frustrating is Donald Trump winning the presidency despite losing the popular vote by almost 3 million votes — all because he eked out just enough — 70,000 votes out of 12 million in three states — to win the Electoral College.
Attorney Ronald C. Green focuses his practice on public finance, P3 projects, government law and policy, corporate governance and compliance, white collar criminal defense, financial crimes, health care fraud, securities fraud, bank fraud and special investigations and has deep first-chair trial experience in federal and state courts. His broad background in government finance, auditing and government policy, along with his civil and white collar litigation experience, provide him with vast insight into the needs of clients.
Prior to joining the firm, he was elected and served for six years as Controller for the City of Houston, where he acted as its chief financial officer (CFO). Previously, Ronald was elected to Houston’s City council, where he also served for six years with duties that included chairman of the city’s Budget & Fiscal Affairs Committee. As a hands-on CFO, auditor, budget committee chair, and chair of the city of Houston’s Finance Working Group, Ronald led the issuance and refinancing of more than $15.5 billion in tax-exempt and $2.3 billion in taxable municipal bonds, including more than $3.2 billion in conduit financings.
Ronald serves as bond and disclosure counsel for tax exempt and taxable financings for cities, counties, school and utility districts, and local government corporations, as well as advises clients on public-private partnerships (P3). In addition to bond and disclosure counsel engagements, Ronald also represents national and regional investment banking firms as underwriters’ counsel in bond transactions. He also conducts special investigations and practices white collar criminal defense.
Admission to practice law is acquired when a lawyer receives a license to practice law. Attorney Green has Admissions to the following courts:
District of Columbia
Supreme Court of the United States
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
On Saturday, October 10th Attorney Green will spoke to the future leaders of our community. He will delivered candid answers using his twenty-three year as a lawyer, partner, C-suite level executive experience as well as his twelve years as an elected official, problem solver, and consensus builder.
Education
M.B.A., University of Houston, C.T. Bauer College of Business, 2008
J.D., Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law, 1996
B.S., University of Houston, 1993
REQUIREMENTS
Students interested in serving as election clerks must:
Be 16 years of age or older on Election Day
Be enrolled in a public, private, or qualified home school
Be a U.S. citizen
Have consent of their parent or legal guardian and their school principal (or parent/legal guardian for home-schooled students)
Attend training classes prior to Election Day