Councilman Fielkow's tenure has been marked by a commitment to government reform, economic development, and improved opportunities for New Orleans youth in the fields of education and recreation. A particularly notable accomplishment from his first year in office was the enactment of legislation expediting the creation of an Office of Inspector General for the City of New Orleans. The Office of Inspector General is a critical position intended to ensure that every dollar of taxpayer's money is spent fairly and efficiently.

As Chair of City Council's Economic Development Committee, Fielkow has worked to build opportunities for sustainable economic development, focusing on the expansion of international trade in New Orleans, improving services and support for the city's small businesses, and the development of a downtown medical district. To that end, Councilman Fielkow has been an adamant supporter of rebuilding the Veterans Administration Hospital in downtown New Orleans and of the development of a bio-research district downtown.

To combat the negative misperceptions being disseminated by national media outlets, Fielkow and Tulane University President Scott Cowen founded the Fleur-de-lis Ambassador Program. The program is comprised of a group of local influential leaders who spread the message via city visits that New Orleans is an economically viable, livable city with a long-range recovery plan in progress; and to seek additional support in our recovery from business and philanthropic organizations. To date, the Fleur-de-lis Ambassadors have visited Boston, Birmingham, Jacksonville, Atlanta, and Washington, D.C. Future market visits will include New York, , Chicago, and Los Angeles. In each city, Ambassadors meet with key government, business and philanthropic leaders as well as major media outlets.

Fielkow's life-long involvement in improving children's recreational opportunities serves him well as chair of the City Council's Youth and Recreation Committee. In his first year, Fielkow helped facilitate programs such as the Playground Partnership, a public/private partnership to clean up and rehabilitate the city's playgrounds. The program is well on its way towards its goal of revitalizing at least seven playgrounds. Councilman Fielkow was also instrumental in NCAA Football's decision to create a New Orleans Youth Football Initiative, donating $750,000 worth of equipment and services to the New Orleans Recreation Department's football program.

Additionally, Councilman Fielkow is a vocal supporter of public education, and heralds the growing charter school movement as an unprecedented opportunity to transform urban education in New Orleans. Working with the Recovery School District, Orleans Parish School Board and the New Orleans Recreation Department, Councilman Fielkow continues to support the innovative efforts currently being undertaken in the city's schools and youth programs.

Prior to his election to City Council, Fielkow spent the majority of his career in sports management and law. Most recently he served as Executive Vice President of the NFL's New Orleans Saints for six years. In this capacity, he served as the top senior management official presiding over all administrative/business departments, including marketing, sales, regional development, governmental affairs, community relations, business media relations and youth programs.

Prior to joining the Saints, Fielkow was involved in Major League Baseball's player development system by serving as President and General Counsel of the historic Southern League of Professional Baseball Clubs and as President of Minor League Baseball's AA Association. Before that, Fielkow served as Deputy Commissioner and General Counsel of the Continental Basketball Association, the official developmental league of the NBA.

Fielkow began his professional career as a practicing attorney in Chicago, and eventually co-founded the law firm of Grossman, Solomon, & Fielkow, P.C. A member of the Illinois and Wisconsin Bar Associations, Fielkow has authored several legal and sports-related articles/publications, including "Civil Rico: The Insurers Fight Back" and "CBA: A World of Opportunity", and is a frequent public speaker at national and local sports industry events.

Fielkow immersed himself in the New Orleans community, serving on the Board of Directors for Greater New Orleans, Inc., United Way, Each One, Save One, the World Trade Center, Audubon Commission, The Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation, Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans, Touro Synagogue and the National Conference for Community and Justice. He also co-chairs the Sports Cluster for GNO, Inc. and was an executive committee member of the Super Bowl XXXVI Host Committee.

A native of Appleton, Wisconsin, Fielkow is a 1981 graduate of the University of Wisconsin - School of Law and earned his B.A. degree with honors (Phi Beta Kappa) from Northwestern University.