Eric Stern
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Eric Stern is the Director of Operations for the Career Development Office at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall). Before re-locating to California, Stern worked at The George Washington School of Law. He is the former Executive Director of the National Stonewall Democrats
. Eric was born in August 1975 and grew up in Wadsworth, Ohio
. From July 2003 to March 2005, Eric served as Director of LGBT
Outreach for the Democratic National Committee
. In 2004, he was a Regional Field Director overseeing operations in Scott and Clinton counties in Iowa for the Kerry-Edwards Campaign. He received his law degree from Northeastern University School of Law in Boston. After law school, he received the Dorot Law Fellowship at the Alliance for Justice (AFJ) where he worked on LGBT civil rights issues. While in law school, Stern worked for the Whitman-Walker Clinic
, U.S. Department of Justice (Civil Rights Division, Employment Litigation Section), Human Rights Campaign and the Children's Law Center. He stepped down as Executive Director of National Stonewall Democrats in March 2006 and was succeeded by Jo Wyrick. He currently provides political consulting to Democratic candidates and advocacy organizations and, in early 2007, signed on as a volunteer senior adviser for the John Edwards for President Campaign. After John Edwards dropped out of the presidential race, the Obama Campaign appointed Eric as one of the National Co-Chairs of Obama Pride. In this capacity, Stern helped the Obama Campaign target, mobilize and turn out LGBT and allied voters in the primaries and general election.
Stonewall Democrats
The National Stonewall Democrats is an LGBT-rights group based in Washington, D.C. with a political affiliation to the Democratic Party. The word "Stonewall" in its name refers to the 1969 Stonewall riots, a pivotal event in the history of gay rights....
. Eric was born in August 1975 and grew up in Wadsworth, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
. From July 2003 to March 2005, Eric served as Director of LGBT
LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
Outreach for the Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
The Democratic National Committee is the principal organization governing the United States Democratic Party on a day to day basis. While it is responsible for overseeing the process of writing a platform every four years, the DNC's central focus is on campaign and political activity in support...
. In 2004, he was a Regional Field Director overseeing operations in Scott and Clinton counties in Iowa for the Kerry-Edwards Campaign. He received his law degree from Northeastern University School of Law in Boston. After law school, he received the Dorot Law Fellowship at the Alliance for Justice (AFJ) where he worked on LGBT civil rights issues. While in law school, Stern worked for the Whitman-Walker Clinic
Whitman-Walker Clinic
Whitman-Walker Health , , is the largest nongovernmental HIV/AIDS health care organization in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. It has historically served a primarily LGBT clientele...
, U.S. Department of Justice (Civil Rights Division, Employment Litigation Section), Human Rights Campaign and the Children's Law Center. He stepped down as Executive Director of National Stonewall Democrats in March 2006 and was succeeded by Jo Wyrick. He currently provides political consulting to Democratic candidates and advocacy organizations and, in early 2007, signed on as a volunteer senior adviser for the John Edwards for President Campaign. After John Edwards dropped out of the presidential race, the Obama Campaign appointed Eric as one of the National Co-Chairs of Obama Pride. In this capacity, Stern helped the Obama Campaign target, mobilize and turn out LGBT and allied voters in the primaries and general election.