Erik Ramanathan

Erik D. Ramanathan is an American attorney, philanthropist, and political fundraiser who is the nominee to serve as United States ambassador to Sweden.

Erik Ramanathan
United States Ambassador to Sweden
Nominee
Assuming office
TBA
PresidentJoe Biden
SucceedingKen Howery
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
EducationJohns Hopkins University (BA)
Harvard University (JD)

Education

Ramanathan earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in behavioral sciences and biology from Johns Hopkins University in 1991 and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1996.

Career

From 1996 to 2000, Ramanathan worked as an attorney at Proskauer Rose in New York City. From 2000 to 2006, he was the senior vice president, general counsel and CCO of ImClone Systems, which was later acquired by Eli Lilly and Company. From 2001 to 2010, he was chairman of the board of directors of Immigration Equality. He was also a trustee of the Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign. From 2009 to 2012, Ramanathan was the executive director of the Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession and senior fellow from 2013 to 2015.[1] He was co-chair of the finance cabinet for Congressman Seth Moulton's 2016 and 2018 re-election campaigns. He was also a member of the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign's national finance committee.[2][3][4]

References
  1. "Erik Ramanathan". Revolving Door Project. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  2. "President Biden Announces Key Nominations". The White House. 2021-09-22. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  3. "Joe Biden's presidential campaign is missing only one thing: Joe Biden". the Guardian. 2015-10-09. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  4. "Biden taps two fundraisers, ex state rep as ambassadors". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
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