Senator Liz Krueger's Biography

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Liz Krueger

Senator Liz Krueger's Biography

Full Name:	Liz Krueger
Office:	State Senate (NY) - District 28, Democratic, Working Families
First Elected:	11/05/2002
Last Elected:	11/06/2012

Gender:	Female
Family:	Husband: John Seley
Birth Date:	11/20/1957
Birth Place:	Ridgewood, NJ
Home City:	New York, NY
Religion:	Jewish

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MA, Public Policy, University of Chicago, 1981
BS, Social Policy/Human Development, Northwestern University, 1979

Candidate, New York State Senate, District 28, 2012
Senator, New York State Senate, 2002-present
Candidate, New York State Senate, District 26, 2000

Elections, Member
Finance, Member
Higher Education, Member
Housing, Construction, and Community Development, Member
Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, Member
Rules, Member

Chair, Senate Minority Task Force on Legislative and Budgetary Reform, present
Board Member, City-Wide Task Force on Housing Court, 1995-2000
Chair, New York City Food Stamp Task Force, 1989-2000
Co-Chair, Manhattan Borough President's Task Force on Education, Employment and Welfare
Member, New York City Medicaid Managed Care Task Force
Former Member, Banks Committee, New York State Senate
Former Member, Judiciary Committee, New York State Senate

Associate Director, Community Food Resource Center, 1986-2000
Consultant to the Board of Directors, Food for Survival, 1983-1986
Special Project Coordinator, Greater Cleveland Community Food Bank, 1981-1983
Researcher, Children's Policy Research Project, University of Chicago, 1980-1981
Founding Director, New York City Food Bank

Grants Advisor, Mazon-A Jewish Response to Hunger, 1996-2000
Co-Facilitator, New York City Welfare Reform Network, 1994-2000
Emergency Food and Shelter Program
Board Chair, New York City Coalition Against Hunger
Board Member, New York City Federal Emergency Management Agency
Chair, New York Human Resources Administration Income Support Advisory Council

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