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Diana Fortuna. Diana Fortuna (born 1956) is an American businesswoman, who is the chief financial officer and deputy general manager of the Metropolitan Opera. She spent about 15 years working in government budget positions and was the president of the Citizens Budget Commission in New York City from 1998 to February 2008.
Fortuna. Fortuna (Latin: Fortūna, equivalent to the Greek goddess Tyche) is the goddess of fortune and the personification of luck in Roman religion who, largely thanks to the Late Antique author Boethius, remained popular through the Middle Ages until at least the Renaissance. The blindfolded depiction of her is still an important figure in ...
The nominotypical subspecies P. d. diana is known only from Kuranda near Cairns and Paluma Range, and P. d. fortuna from the Atherton Tableland. Habitat. Philiris diana diana prefers coastal escarpments at low to mid-elevation forests, while P. d. fortuna lives in montane forest at elevation
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Helen Gardner (critic) Dame Helen Louise Gardner, DBE, FBA (13 February 1908 – 4 June 1986) was an English literary critic and academic. Gardner began her teaching career at the University of Birmingham, and from 1966 to 1975 was a Merton Professor of English Literature, the first woman to have that position. She was best known for her work ...
David S. Yassky is an American lawyer and politician. He was a member of the New York City Council from 2002 until 2009, the chairperson of the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission, [1] and the Dean of Pace University School of Law from April 2014 to April 2018. [2][3] In 2006, Yassky ran for U.S. Congress in Brooklyn, losing to Yvette ...
Luna (goddess) In Sabine and ancient Roman religion and myth, Luna is the divine embodiment of the Moon (Latin Lūna [ˈɫ̪uːnä]). She is often presented as the female complement of the Sun, Sol, conceived of as a god. Luna is also sometimes represented as an aspect of the Roman triple goddess (diva triformis), along with Diana and either ...
Diana is a feminine given name of Latin and Greek origins, referring to the Roman goddess Diana. It came into use in the Anglosphere in the 1600s by classically educated parents as an English language version of the French version of the name, Diane .