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Elizabeth Warren's Biography

Office:

Contact Information

2400 John Fitzgerald Kennedy Federal Building
15 New Sudbury Street
Boston, MA 02203

1550 Main Street
Suite 406
Springfield, MA 01103

309 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

Full Name:

Elizabeth Ann Warren

Gender:

Female

Family:

Husband: Bruce; 2 Children: Amelia, Alex

Birth Date:

06/22/1949

Birth Place:

Oklahoma City, OK

Home City:

Cambridge, MA

Religion:

Methodist

JD, Rutgers University School of Law, 1976

BS, Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of Houston, 1970

Attended, George Washington University, 1966-1968

Vice Chair of Conference, Democratic Leadership, United States Senate, 2017-present

Senator, United States Senate, Massachusetts, 2013-present

Candidate, President of the United States of America, 2020

Candidate, United States Senate, Massachusetts, 2012, 2018

Former Member, Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, United States Senate

Former Member, Economic Policy Subcommittee, United States Senate

Former Member, Energy and Natural Resources Committee, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Airland, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Energy, United States Senate

Former Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on National Parks, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining, United States Senate

Founder, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Law Professor, Harvard University, 1992-2011

Assistant, President of the Treasury on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), 2010-2011

Special Advisor, Secretary of the Treasury on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), 2010-2011

Law Professor, University of Pennsylvania, 1987-1995

Research Associate, Population Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin, 1983-1987

Law Professor/Law Fellow, University of Texas at Austin, 1981-1987

Visiting Law Professor, University of Michigan, 1985

Law Professor/Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, University of Houston, 1978-1983

Lecturer in Law, Rutgers School of Law, 1977-1978

Member, Commission on Economic Inclusion, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Proposal Reviewer, National Science Foundation

Member, Research Advisory Board, Community Affairs, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Chair, Congressional Oversight Panel, Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), 2008-2010

Vice President/Executive Committee Member/Nominating Committee Member, Council of the American Law Institute, 1995-2005

Member, Executive Committee, National Bankruptcy Conference, 1993-1995, 2002-2005

United States Adviser, Transnational Insolvency Project, American Law Institute, 1995-2004

Member, Federal Judicial Center Committee on Judicial Education, 1990-1999

Chief Adviser, National Bankruptcy Review Commission, 1995-1997

Member, Board of Trustees, American Bankruptcy Board of Certification, 1992-1996

Advisor, German Government Task Force on Bankruptcy Reform, 1993

Member, Board of Editors, American Bankruptcy Law Journal, 1989-1992

Secretary/Steering Committee Member, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Conference, 1990-1992

Member, Professional Development Committee, American Association of Law Schools, 1988-1991

Member, Planning Committee, Association of American Law Schools Conference on Teaching Contract Law, 1989

Charter Member, Board of Directors, Texas State Bar Advisory Commission on Legal Specialization, 1986-1987

Chair, Association of American Law School Commercial Law Workshop, 1984

Chair, Commercial and Related Consumer Law Section, Association of American Law Schools, 1983-1984

Awards:

Bostonian of the Year, the Boston Globe, 2009
Most Influential Lawyers of the Decade, National Law Journal
One of the 100 most influential people in the world, TIME Magazine (2)
Lelia J. Robinson Award, Massachusetts Women's Bar Association
Sacks-Freund Award, Harvard Law School (2)

Number of Grandchildren:

Three

Pets (include names):

Golden Retriever, Bailey

Publications:

"A Fighting Chance"
"The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Parents Are (Still) Going Broke"
"All Your Worth: The Ultimate Lifetime Money Plan"
"This Fight Is Our Fight: The Battle to Save America's Middle Class"

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