Eric Stern

Eric Stern is the Associate Director of Career Development 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 of 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.

External links

* [http://www.stonewalldemocrats.org/trailmix/bio/stern/ Biography of Eric Stern]
* [http://www.stonewalldemocrats.org/ National Stonewall Democrats]
* [http://www.law.berkeley.edu/students/career_services/staff.html/ Boalt Hall]