Full Name:
Eric Philip Lesser
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Alison; 3 Children: Rose, Nora, David
Birth Place:
Queens, NY
Home City:
Longmeadow, MA
Religion:
Jewish
JD, Harvard Law School, 2011-2015
BA, Government, Harvard College, 2003-2007
Senator, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate, District First Hampden and Hampshire, 2015-2023
Candidate, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 2022
Former Member, Cyber Security Readiness Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate
Former Member, Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate
Former Member, Joint Committee on Export Development, Massachusetts State Senate
Former Member, Joint Committee on Financial Services, Massachusetts State Senate
Former Vice Chair, Joint Committee on Transportation, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate
Former Member, Joint Elder Affairs Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate
Former Vice Chair, Joint Financial Services Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate
Former Member, Joint Health Care Financing Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate
Former Member, Joint Higher Education Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate
Former Member, Joint Veterans and Federal Affairs Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate
Former Member, Opioid Addiction Prevention,Treatment and Recovery Options Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate
Former Member, Public Health Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate
Former Member, Revenue Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate
Former Chair, Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate
Instructor/Workshop Leader, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, 2018-present
Consultant, "Veep," HBO, 2011-2019
Lecturer, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2018
Special Assistant, Senior Adviser David Axelrod, The White House, 2008-2011
Director, Strategic Planning, White House Council of Economic Advisers, 2011
Ground Logistics Coordinator, Obama for America, 2008
Member, Eastern Region Committee on Health, Council on State Governments, 2014-present
Global Shaper, World Economic Forum, 2011-present
Fellow, Truman National Security Project, 2010-present
Member, Council on Foreign Relations
Co Chair, Future of Work Initiative, The New Deal
Member, Massachusetts Bar
Member, Student Borrower Protection Center Advisory Board
Awards:
Mother former social worker
Father's Occupation:
My father a former family doctor and member of the Massachusetts National Guard.
Mother's Occupation:
Social worker