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Eric Lesser's Biography

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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

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