Rodney Glassman

Background

Glassman was born and raised in Fresno, California.

Education

Foreign high school, he went to Lake Forest Academy, a prep school in Illinois, and graduated in 1996. Glassman received a Juris Doctor and Doctor of Philosophy (in Arid Land Resource Sciences) from the University of Arizona.

Career

He serves in the Judge Advocate General"s Corps (Judge Advocate General) of the United States Air Force. He moved to Arizona in 1997 to manage his family"s struggling Ice Rink business. He pursued undergraduate and advanced degrees at the University of Arizona.

He serves as a Judge Advocate General (Judge Advocate General) officer in the United States. Air Force Reserves at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.

Glassman established the Glassman Foundation. The Glassman Foundation has teamed with several Southern Arizona groups concerning children to launch events such as the annual An Evening of Love Songs, and the Glassman Foundation Youth Expo.

Foreign three years, Glassman served on the Arizona Farm Bureau. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Pima Council on Aging, Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education, and the Arizona 4-H Youth Foundation.

Glassman served on the City Council of the City of Tucson, Arizona, from 2007 to 2010.

During his time on the, Glassman championed environmentally friendly legislation. Glassman worked to tackle Tucson’s water shortage by championing the nation’s first rainwater ordinance, which now requires commercial development to harvest and re-use rainwater. He also was involved in the council unanimously stating that new Tucson homes were required to graywater plumbing systems to reuse water for landscaping.

Glassman worked at reducing the bureaucracy necessary for Solar Generating Plants to be established in Tucson, and supported efforts to have electricity turned back on in foreclosed homes to aid the sale of Tucson’s housing stock.

Due to Arizona"s "resign-to-run" law, Glassman was required to resign from his position on the prior to announcing his run for Senate. In the general election, Glassman challenged, and lost to, Republican incumbent John McCain.

Achievements

• In 2007, he ran for City Council of Tucson and won with more than 60% of the vote. He won the Democratic nomination with 35% of the vote.

Membership

In April 2010, Glassman entered the race for United States Senate as a member of the Democratic Party.