Lovely A. Warren | |
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Warren at the 2014 Labor Day parade in Rochester
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69th Mayor of Rochester | |
Assumed office January 1, 2014 |
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Preceded by | Thomas Richards |
Rochester City Council President | |
In office January 2010 – November 2013 |
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Member of the Rochester City Council from the Northeast District | |
In office 2007–2013 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Rochester, New York |
July 1, 1977
Nationality | American |
Political party | Democratic Party |
Spouse(s) | Timothy Granison |
Children | Taylor |
Residence | Northeast District of Rochester (Northland-Lyceum) |
Alma mater |
John Jay College of Criminal Justice (BA) Albany Law School (J.D.) |
Occupation | Mayor of Rochester |
Profession | Lawyer, Politician |
Religion | Christianity |
Website | www |
Lovely Ann Warren (born July 1, 1977) is the 69th Mayor of Rochester, New York. She was previously the President of the Rochester City Council. She is the first woman to serve as mayor of Rochester.
Warren graduated from Wilson Magnet High School. She graduated from John Jay College of Criminal Justice with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government and from Albany Law School of Union University with a Juris Doctor degree. Warren served as a legislative assistant and chief of staff to New York Assemblyman David Gantt. She clerked for Rochester City Court Judge Teresa Johnson. She served as summer law clerk to New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. In 2004, Warren was admitted to the bar.
In 2007 Warren was elected to the Rochester’s City Council. In 2010 she was elected as the fifth President of the Rochester City Council, the youngest in Rochester’s history.
In 2011, she was a participant in the We Live NY Summit at Cornell University. She has appeared on panels sponsored by Rochester Downtown Development Corporation and the Rochester Chapter of the League of Women Voters. She also hosts a youth event at City Hall for students of the Rochester City School District. She has been a guest speaker at events for young people in the Rochester City School District and colleges including, the University of Rochester, Albany Law School of Union University, Towson University and Howard University.
Warren was sworn in as Rochester's 69th mayor on January 1, 2014.
In 2016 Warren put a red, white and blue sign next to Susan B. Anthony’s grave the day after Hillary Clinton obtained the nomination at the Democratic National Convention; the sign stated, "Dear Susan B., we thought you might like to know that for the first time in history, a woman is running for president representing a major party. 144 years ago, your illegal vote got you arrested. It took another 48 years for women to finally gain the right to vote. Thank you for paving the way." The city of Rochester put pictures of the message on Twitter and requested that residents go to Anthony’s grave to sign it.