Adrian M. Fenty
| Adrian Fenty | |
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| 6th Mayor of the District of Columbia | |
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In office January 2, 2007 – January 2, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Anthony Williams |
| Succeeded by | Vincent Gray |
| Member of the Council of the District of Columbia from Ward 4 |
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In office January 3, 2001 – January 2, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Charlene Drew Jarvis |
| Succeeded by | Muriel Bowser |
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Adrian Malik Fenty December 6, 1970 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Michelle Cross (separated) |
| Children | Matthew Andrew Aerin |
| Alma mater |
Oberlin College Howard University |
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Adrian Malik Fenty (born December 6, 1970) is an American politician who served as the sixth mayor of the District of Columbia. He served one term, from 2007 to 2011, losing his bid for reelection at the primary level to Democrat Vincent C. Gray. Though Fenty won the Republican mayoral primary as a write-in candidate, he declined the Republican nomination and said he would likely not seek elected office again. Gray went on to win the general election for Mayor in the largely Democratic District.
Since leaving office, Fenty has become a special advisor at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and a member of the business development team at the law firm Perkins Coie. Fenty has held advisory and business development roles with Rosetta Stone, Everfi and CapGemini. He also serves on the Board of Directors at two nonprofits: Genesys Works-Bay Area and Fight for Children. He has also embarked on a career as a paid speaker, part-time college professor, adviser for the state and local government practice of an information technology consulting firm. Previously, Fenty was a D.C. Council member for six years. A Washington, D.C. native, Fenty is a graduate of Oberlin College and Howard University Law School.
Fenty was born in Washington, D.C., the second of the three children of Jeanette Bianchi Perno Fenty and Phil Fenty. Fenty's mother is Italian-American. Her family immigrated to the United States from the comune of Monte San Giovanni Campano in Lazio in 1920. His father, who is originally from Buffalo, New York, has roots in Barbados and Panama. Phil and Jeanette Fenty moved to Washington, D.C., in 1967. Fenty was raised in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood. While he was growing up, his parents owned and ran a Fleet Feet athletic shoe store in the D.C. neighborhood of Adams Morgan.
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