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'''Ronald Adrian Nirenberg''', known as '''Ron Nirenberg''' (born April 11, 1977), is an [[United States|American]] [[politician]] who has been the [[mayor]] of  [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], the seventh largest city in the [[United States]] since June 21, 2017. Though he is not officially a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], as are nearly all big-city mayors, he holds [[Partisan|non-partisan]] position. Nirenberg calls himself a "[[progressive]]" and was endorsed for mayor by the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer group, the Stomewall Democrats of Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://outinsa.com/stonewall-democrats-endorse-nirenberg-mayor/|title=Stonewall Democrats Endorse Nirenberg for Mayor|publisher=outinsa.com|date=March 26, 20176|author=Sam Sanchez|accessdate=March 24, 2018}}</ref>
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'''Ronald Adrian Nirenberg''', known as '''Ron Nirenberg''' (born April 11, 1977), is an [[United States|American]] [[politician]] who has been the [[mayor]] of  [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], the seventh largest city in the [[United States]], since June 21, 2017. Though he is not officially a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], as are nearly all big-city mayors, he holds [[Partisan|non-partisan]] position. Nirenberg calls himself a "[[progressive]]" and was endorsed for mayor by the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer group, the Stomewall Democrats of Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://outinsa.com/stonewall-democrats-endorse-nirenberg-mayor/|title=Stonewall Democrats Endorse Nirenberg for Mayor|publisher=outinsa.com|date=March 26, 20176|author=Sam Sanchez|accessdate=March 24, 2018}}</ref>
    
With 54.6 percent of the ballots cast, Nirenberg unseated in a runoff the more [[conservative]] Ivy Ruth Taylor, an [[African-American]] native of [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]], who served just over two years as mayor following the resignation of the [[Hispanic]] [[liberal]] [[Julian Castro]], who joined the second term administration of former [[U.S. President]] [[Barack H. Obama]] as the secretary of the [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development]].  Nirenberg was the first candidate for mayor in twenty years to unseat an incumbent in the municipal election. Prior to his becoming mayor, he served for four years as the District 8 member of the city  in the northwestern portion of the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/ron-nirenburg-sworn-in-as-mayor-of-san-antonio|title=Ron Nirenberg sworn in as mayor of San Antonio|publisher=News 4 San Antonio ([[NBC]])|date=June 21, 2017|accessdate=June 22, 2017}}</ref>
 
With 54.6 percent of the ballots cast, Nirenberg unseated in a runoff the more [[conservative]] Ivy Ruth Taylor, an [[African-American]] native of [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]], who served just over two years as mayor following the resignation of the [[Hispanic]] [[liberal]] [[Julian Castro]], who joined the second term administration of former [[U.S. President]] [[Barack H. Obama]] as the secretary of the [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development]].  Nirenberg was the first candidate for mayor in twenty years to unseat an incumbent in the municipal election. Prior to his becoming mayor, he served for four years as the District 8 member of the city  in the northwestern portion of the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/ron-nirenburg-sworn-in-as-mayor-of-san-antonio|title=Ron Nirenberg sworn in as mayor of San Antonio|publisher=News 4 San Antonio ([[NBC]])|date=June 21, 2017|accessdate=June 22, 2017}}</ref>
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Nirenberg is of multi-ethic background, with [[Jewish]] descent on his father's side and [[Philippines|Filipino]], [[Malaysia]]n, [[British]], and [[Roman Catholic]] heritage from his mother. His parents met while they were serving with the [[Peace Corps]] in Malaysia. a [[United Methodist]],<ref name=jdailyforward/>Nirenberg was born in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], but moved to [[Austin]] with his parents when he was a toddler. He has been a long-term devotee of weightlifting and frequently works out at the Barshop Jewish Community Center on Northwest Military Highway in San Antonio. He was on the [[wrestling]] team in high school.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/lifestyle/health-family/article/Mayor-elect-is-fit-to-lead-Like-really-fit-11226203.php|title=Mayor-elect is fit to lead. Like, really fit|author=Richard A. Marini|date=June 16, 2017|accessdate=March 24, 2018|publisher=San Antonio Express-News (Hearst Media)}}</ref>When he first ran for the city council, opponents distributed a flier of him shirtless and ridiculed his choice of the topic for his thesis at the Annenberg Center and his job as manager of the jazz [[radio]] station at Trinity University.<ref name=loveatfirstsight/>
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Nirenberg is of multi-ethic background, with [[Jewish]] descent on his father's side and [[Philippines|Filipino]], [[Malaysia]]n, [[British]], and [[Roman Catholic]] heritage from his mother. His parents met while they were serving with the [[Peace Corps]] in Malaysia. He is neither Jewish nor Catholic but a [[United Methodist]].<ref name=jdailyforward/>Nirenberg was born in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], but moved to [[Austin]] with his parents when he was a toddler. He has been a long-term devotee of weightlifting and frequently works out at the Barshop Jewish Community Center on Northwest Military Highway in San Antonio. He was on the [[wrestling]] team in high school.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/lifestyle/health-family/article/Mayor-elect-is-fit-to-lead-Like-really-fit-11226203.php|title=Mayor-elect is fit to lead. Like, really fit|author=Richard A. Marini|date=June 16, 2017|accessdate=March 24, 2018|publisher=San Antonio Express-News (Hearst Media)}}</ref>When he first ran for the city council, opponents distributed a flier of him shirtless and ridiculed his choice of the topic for his thesis at the Annenberg Center and his job as manager of the jazz [[radio]] station at Trinity University.<ref name=loveatfirstsight/>
    
Nirenberg attended the private Trinity University in San Antonio, at which he obtained a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in communications. He later attended the [[University of Pennsylvania]] in [[Philadelphia]], from which in 2001, he procured his [[Master of Arts]], also in communications. He wrote a thesis on the autoethnography about the sub-culture of bodybuilding.<ref name=loveatfirstsight/>After college, he was a program director for nine years for the Annenberg Public Policy Center in Philadelphia. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/people/ron-nirenberg/|title=Anenberg Public Policy Center: Ron Nirenberg|publisher=Annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org|accessdate=June 17, 2017}}</ref>During summers he worked in San Antonio for a non-profit organization on educational issues.<ref name=loveatfirstsight/>
 
Nirenberg attended the private Trinity University in San Antonio, at which he obtained a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in communications. He later attended the [[University of Pennsylvania]] in [[Philadelphia]], from which in 2001, he procured his [[Master of Arts]], also in communications. He wrote a thesis on the autoethnography about the sub-culture of bodybuilding.<ref name=loveatfirstsight/>After college, he was a program director for nine years for the Annenberg Public Policy Center in Philadelphia. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/people/ron-nirenberg/|title=Anenberg Public Policy Center: Ron Nirenberg|publisher=Annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org|accessdate=June 17, 2017}}</ref>During summers he worked in San Antonio for a non-profit organization on educational issues.<ref name=loveatfirstsight/>
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Shortly before taking office, Mayor Nirenberg called upon the city council to endorse the [[Paris]] climate accord though [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] announced plans to remove the United States from the agreement. Nirenberg said that he has ideas of how to fund the accord: "I hope that as a community we will all agree that being driven by science and data is a good thing."<ref>Josh Baugh, "Nirenberg taking a progressive focus", ''San Antonio Express-News'', June 17, 2016.</ref>
 
Shortly before taking office, Mayor Nirenberg called upon the city council to endorse the [[Paris]] climate accord though [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] announced plans to remove the United States from the agreement. Nirenberg said that he has ideas of how to fund the accord: "I hope that as a community we will all agree that being driven by science and data is a good thing."<ref>Josh Baugh, "Nirenberg taking a progressive focus", ''San Antonio Express-News'', June 17, 2016.</ref>
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renberg is married to the former Erika Prosper, a Latina originally from south Texas whose parents were migrant farm workers. They wed at Magnolia Gardens in San Antonio. She is the director of customer insights for the large H-E-B grocery chain. The couple met as students at the Annenberg School. They have a son, Jonah.<ref name=loveatfirstsight>Josh Baugh, "For Nirenberg, it was love at first sight: Instant attraction didn't hit his wife", ''San Antonio Express-News'', March 18, 2018, pp. A, A14.</ref> In 2018, Mrs. Nirenberg, who formerly worked for the Lationo advertising guru Lionel Sosa,<ref name=loveatfirstsight/>  is the 2018 president of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, in which capacity, she is focused on her vision of "ensuring that every child feels [he has] a future here in San Antonio."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sawoman.com/2018/01/erika-prosper-nirenberg/|title=Erika Prosper Nirenberg|publisher=''San Antonio Woman Magazine|date=January/February 2018|accessdate=March 24, 2018}}</ref>
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renberg is married to the former Erika Prosper, a Latina originally from south Texas whose parents were migrant farm workers. They wed at Magnolia Gardens in San Antonio. She is the director of customer insights for the large H-E-B grocery chain. The couple met as students at the Annenberg School. They have a son, Jonah.<ref name=loveatfirstsight>Josh Baugh, "For Nirenberg, it was love at first sight: Instant attraction didn't hit his wife", ''San Antonio Express-News'', March 18, 2018, pp. A, A14.</ref> In 2018, Mrs. Nirenberg, who formerly worked for the Lationo advertising guru Lionel Sosa,<ref name=loveatfirstsight/>  is the 2018 president of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, in which capacity, she is focused on her vision of "ensuring that every child feels [he has] a future here in San Antonio."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sawoman.com/2018/01/erika-prosper-nirenberg/|title=Erika Prosper Nirenberg|publisher=San Antonio Woman Magazine|date=January/February 2018|accessdate=March 24, 2018}}</ref>
    
In March 2018, the Nirembergs traveled to Philadelphia at the invitation of the Annenberg School so that he could present the 2018 George Gerbner Lecture in Communications, an annual event featuring an alumnus considered to have made a significant contribution to society.<ref name=loveatfirstsight/>
 
In March 2018, the Nirembergs traveled to Philadelphia at the invitation of the Annenberg School so that he could present the 2018 George Gerbner Lecture in Communications, an annual event featuring an alumnus considered to have made a significant contribution to society.<ref name=loveatfirstsight/>
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