Sen. Elizabeth Warren - D Massachusetts, In Office - Biography

Weekly Updates

LegiStorm is constantly adding new information on the people, places and reports in our database. In the past week, LegiStorm added:

176 new people
140 new organizations
206 new photos
1007 job history records for people in our database
538 education records for people in our database
1105 contact addresses, emails and URLs (LinkedIn, Facebook, etc.)
11 new people through the revolving door
145 new policy reports
60 new trips to our privately funded travel database
85 new personal financial disclosures
7951 new press releases
5 new town halls
74 new hearings

Caught Our Eye Rss

Alignment Government Strategies expands partner list

by Heavyn Lester on 05/01/2024
T-Mobile rings House Ethics Committee counsel

by Heavyn Lester on 04/30/2024
Privately sponsored travel to Israel on the rise again

by Heavyn Lester on 04/29/2024
Rep. Suozzi leads the pack as most educated

by Heavyn Lester on 04/25/2024
Rep. Gonzales LD takes wing to Southwest Airlines

by Heavyn Lester on 04/24/2024

» More from Caught Our Eye

Follow @LegiStorm

LegiStorm adds Q4 salary analytics and turnover data

2024-03-14
LegiStorm adds House Q4 salaries and expenses

2024-03-08
LegiStorm publishes longform member biographies

2024-02-01
LegiStorm adds latest Senate salary data

2023-12-19

» More from our DevBlog

Viral post misrepresents McConnell's net worth, falsely links to insider trading | Fact check

by USA Today on 04/18/2024
Exclusive — Mike Johnson’s Top Policy Adviser Is Former Lobbyist: Clients Have Corporate Interest in Ukraine War

by DNYUZ on 04/17/2024
This senator wants an online privacy law. She’s slowed efforts for years.

by The Washington Post on 04/13/2024
Marjorie Taylor Greene won’t say what happened to her Trump Media stock

by CNBC on 04/12/2024

Senate Democratic Conference Vice Chair Elizabeth Warren

D Massachusetts (2013-) In Office

PowerBrief

PowerBrief gives you all the information you need about members of Congress and their staff in one printable PDF document. It is the perfect solution for getting you and your colleagues prepared to work with Capitol Hill.

If you are a LegiStorm Pro subscriber, log in now to get unlimited PowerBrief downloads.

Biographical

Full Name: Elizabeth Ann Warren
Gender: Female
Pronunciation: ee-LIH-zuh-beth WAR-ruhn
Date of Birth: June 22, 1949 (age: 74)
Place of Birth: Norman, Okla.
Religion: United Methodist
Hometown: Oklahoma City, Okla.
Place of Residence: Cambridge, Mass.
Previous Occupation: Law professor
Alternate Name: Elizabeth Herring

Wikipedia

Amazon.com Author Profile

Family:

Married: Bruce Mann legal historian, 1980

Previous relationship: Jim Warren Divorced, 1968

2 children: Amelia Warren Tyagi, Alexander Warren

Biography:

Elizabeth Warren, a fearless consumer advocate who has made her life's work the fight for middle class families, was elected to the United States Senate on November 6, 2012, by the people of Massachusetts.

Elizabeth is recognized as one of the nation's top experts on bankruptcy and the financial pressures facing middle class families, and the Boston Globe has called her "the plainspoken voice of people getting crushed by so many predatory lenders and under regulated banks."

She is widely credited for the original thinking, political courage, and relentless persistence that led to the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. President Obama asked her to set up the new agency to hold Wall Street banks and other financial in stitutions accountable, and to protect consumers from financial tricks and traps often hidden in mortgages, credit cards and other financial products.

In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, Warren served as Chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). Her independent and tireless efforts to protect taxpayers, to hold Wall Street accountable, and to ensure tough oversight of both the Bush and Obama Administrations won praise from both sides of the aisle. The Boston Globe named Elizabeth Warren Bostonian of the Year and TIME Magazine called her a "New Sheriff of Wall Street" for her oversight efforts.

During her campaign for the Senate, Elizabeth promised to fight for middle class families and to make sure that everyone has a fair shot to get ahead. She called for policies that would level the regulatory playing field for small businesses and ensure that everyone - even large and powerful corporations - pays a fair share in taxes and is held accountable for breaking the law.

Endorsing Elizabeth's candidacy, the New Bedford Standard-Times said, "Elizabeth Warren has it right on all the things that matter most to us in SouthCoast and across Massachusetts," with "principles that without a doubt, promote the well-being of the middle class." The Boston Globe called Elizabeth "a fierce advocate for the lot of working families, creating educational opportunities, and expanding medical research." The Springfield Republican said, "We need a voice for working families in Washington again. Elizabeth Warren will give us that voice."

Senator Warren was a law professor for more than 30 years, including nearly 20 years as the Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. The graduating class at Harvard twice recognized her with the Sacks-Freund Award for excellence in teaching. She taught courses on commercial law, contracts, and bankruptcy and wrote more than a hundred articles and ten books, including three national best-sellers, A Fighting Chance, The Two-Income Trap, and All Your Worth. National Law Journal named her one of the Most Influential Lawyers of the Decade, TIME Magazine has named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world three times, and she has been honored by the Massachusetts Women's Bar Association with the Lelia J. Robinson Award.

Elizabeth learned first-hand about the economic pressures facing working families, growing up in a family she says was "on the ragged edge of the middle class." She got married at 19, and after graduating from college, started teaching in elementary school. Her first baby, a daughter Amelia, was born when Elizabeth was 22. When Amelia was two, Elizabeth started law school. Shortly after she graduated, her son Alex was born. Elizabeth hung out a shingle and practiced law out of her living room, but she soon returned to teaching.

Elizabeth is a graduate of the University of Houston and Rutgers School of Law. Elizabeth and her husband Bruce Mann live in Cambridge, Massachusetts. See more >>

Miscellaneous Links:

Ballotpedia

C-SPAN

GovTrack

Project VoteSmart

Campaign Links:

Website, campaign

Email, campaign: help@elizabethwarren.com/

X (Twitter), campaign

Instagram, campaign

Facebook, campaign

Open Secrets political finance profile

Flickr, campaign

Social Networking:

Flickr

Facebook, official

X (Twitter), official

YouTube, official

Instagram, official

Linktree

Official Links:

Website, official

Press Releases

Official press releases »

Education

Rutgers Law School - JD (1976)

Activities and notes: Rutgers Law Review, editor
University of Houston - BS, speech pathology and audiology (1970)
George Washington University - Attended, speech pathology (1966-1968)
Northwest Classen High School (Oklahoma City, Okla.) - Diploma (1966)

Greek Organizations:

Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity

Office History

Congressional Offices:

U.S. Senate (Jan. 3, 2013-) In Office

Member, U.S. Senator for Massachusetts

Election Results

2019 (Nov. 6, 2018 election)

U.S. Senate Seat for Massachusetts (Class 1)

Elizabeth Ann Warren, 60.34%
Democrat

Geoffrey G. Diehl (Geoff), 36.17%
Republican

Shiva Ayyadurai, 3.39%
Non-designated
2013 (Nov. 6, 2012 election)

U.S. Senate Seat for Massachusetts (Class 1)

Elizabeth Ann Warren, 53.27%
Democrat

Scott Philip Brown, 45.79%
Republican

Employment History

Harvard Law School (1995-2012)

Professor
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (2010-2011)

Special Adviser
Congressional Oversight Panel (Nov. 2008-Nov. 2010)

Chair
University of Pennsylvania Law School (1993-1995)

Professor
Harvard Law School (1992-1993)

Professor
University of Pennsylvania Law School (1987-1992)

Professor
University of Texas School of Law (1983-1987)

Professor
University of Michigan Law School (1985)

Visiting Professor
University of Houston Law Center (1978-1983)

Assistant Professor
Rutgers Law School (1973)

Lecturer

Associated Organizations

Election campaign:

Own leadership PAC:

PAC for a Level Playing Field

Awards

Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (June 2020)
Porker of the Month (Citizens Against Government Waste) (March 2019)
Distinguished Community Health Advocate Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2019)
Distinguished Community Health Advocate Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2018)
Distinguished Community Health Defender Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2017)
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Award (Twelfth Baptist Church (Mass.)) (Jan. 11, 2015)
Ramona Ripston Liberty, Justice and Equality Award (American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California) (Nov. 9, 2014)
Philip Hart Public Service Award (Consumer Federation of America) (June 18, 2014)
Porker of the Month (Citizens Against Government Waste) (Feb. 2014)
Paul Wellstone Award for Political Leadership (Wellstone Action) (Sept. 18, 2013)
Honorary Doctor of Laws degree (Rutgers Law School) (May 2011)
Lelia J. Robinson Award (Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts) (Oct. 14, 2009)
Sacks-Freund Teaching Award (Harvard Law School) (June 3, 2009)
Sacks-Freund Teaching Award (Harvard Law School) (June 4, 1997)
Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching (University of Pennsylvania) (1994)

Publications

Pinkie Promises (2021)
Persist (2021)
This Fight Is Our Fight (2017)
A Fighting Chance (2014)
Bankruptcy and Revised Article 9: Statutory Supplement (2011)
The Law of Debtors and Creditors: Text, Cases, and Problems (2008)
Chapter 11: Reorganizing American Businesses: Essentials (2008)
Secured Credit: Systems Approach Revised Article 9 6e (2008)
All Your Worth: The Ultimate Lifetime Money Plan (2005)
The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Parents are Going Broke (2004)
Comprehensive Commercial Law: Statutory Supplement (2003)
Business Bankruptcy (2003)
The Fragile Middle Class: Americans in Debt (2000)
As We Forgive Our Debtors: Bankruptcy and Consumer Credit in America (1999)

Official Signature

Contact Information

Email, member official contact form
Email, scheduling:
scheduling@warren.senate.gov

Office Addresses:

Main Office:

Address:	309 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
Phone:	202-224-4543

View Larger Map

» District Offices

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a staffer:

Annual: 2010, 2010 (Amendment), 2009, 2009 (Amendment)
Termination: 2011
Notes (2011):

Spouse Employment: Harvard University; UNC Press

Outside Earned Income:

Harvard University, $281,889; Aspen Publishers, royalties, $80,960; Administrative Office of U.S. Courts, $10,600; American Prospect, $1,000; Travelers Indemnity Co., non-employee compensation, $43,938; Aspen Publishers, $4,000; Kenny Nachwalder, $90,000; WilmerHale, $5,000

Notes (2010):

Spouse Employment: Harvard University; Travelers Indemnity Co.

Outside Earned Income:

Harvard University, $349,375; Aspen Publishers, royalties, $66,786; Yale University Press, royalties, $106; Wilmer Cutler Pickering, non-employee compensation, $20,000; Travelers Indemnity Co., non-employee compensation, $94,772; University of Iowa, research expenses, $2,250; Susan Rabiner Literary Agency, royalties, $836

Agreements: Harvard Law School, professor, employed for duration of service on Congressional Oversight Panel; consulting on Travelers Indemnity Co. vs. Pearlie Bailey, et al., agreed to hourly fee for time spent on case, either party was free to terminate at either time; Wilmer Cutler Pickering, occasional lunchtime discussion group

Notes (2009):

Agreements: Harvard University, continuous employment for the duration of my service on the Congressional Oversight Panel; Simpson Thacher and Bartlett LLP, consulting on Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Pearlie Bailey et. al, agreed to hourly fee for time spent on case; Kenny Nachwalter PA, expert in re: Payment Card Interchaange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation, no fee arrangements

» see more

Disclosures as a member:

Annual: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2022 (Amendment), 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2016 (Amendment), 2015, 2015 (Amendment), 2015 (Amendment), 2014, 2014 (Amendment), 2013, 2013 (Amendment)
Election Candidate: 2012, 2012 (Amendment), 2012 (Amendment)
Extension Letter: 2020
Stock transaction: 01/30/2013
» see more

Foreign Gifts

11/28/2014: Transportation expense from Israel

» See more

Congressional Staff

Staff Turnover:

Turnover Index: 0.24
(House Average: 0.22)
» See more

Staff Salary Rate:

Office Median Annual Salary: $70,805.87
» See more

Staff Salaries Paid:

By Fiscal Year
By Calendar Year
By Quarter

» See full staffer list

» view all salaries

Committees

Senate Armed Services Committee

Senate Armed Services Committee Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee

Senate Armed Services Committee Personnel Subcommittee, Chair

Senate Armed Services Committee Strategic Forces Subcommittee

Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee

Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Economic Policy Subcommittee, Chair

Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection Subcommittee

Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Securities, Insurance and Investment Subcommittee

Senate Finance Committee

Senate Finance Committee Health Care Subcommittee

Senate Finance Committee Social Security, Pensions and Family Policy Subcommittee

Senate Finance Committee Taxation and IRS Oversight Subcommittee

Senate Special Committee on Aging

Caucuses

Caught Our Eye

Rep. Suozzi leads the pack as most educated

Posted by Heavyn Lester on April 25, 2024
Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) has three legislative assistants in his office, all of whom have advanced degrees. Two of them have two law degrees each. read more
Freshman members have some of the best-educated offices in Congress - and some of the worst

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on April 1, 2019
Half of Congress's ten most-educated staff rosters belong to freshman members. Of those with the ten lowest education levels, three are freshman offices. read more
Sen. Warren picks up Hillary for America policy chief

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Oct. 5, 2018
After a two-year break from politics, Hillary for America's former policy chief of staff has joined the Hill, working for another female senator with presidential ambitions. read more
Comey firing sends Democratic staffers to Twitter

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on May 12, 2017
While Republican Hill staffers mostly stayed quiet following President Trump's firing of FBI director James Comey, Democratic aides took to Twitter this week to express outrage and poke fun. read more
Obama and Wilmore move staffers to Twitter

Posted by J. Todd Foster on May 2, 2016
Comedian Larry Wilmore, the roaster-in-chief for President Obama's final White House Correspondents Dinner over the weekend, might have bombed inside the Hilton ballroom, but several congressional staffers on the outside took to Twitter on Sunday to praise Wilmore's performance. Many staffers thought Obama was the real comedian-in-chief on that night. read more
Kanye declares his candidacy, Congress tweets

Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Aug. 31, 2015
With a reality TV star and business mogul already leading one side of the race for president in 2016, a multi-millionaire from the music industry had his own announcement on Sunday. read more
Congress tweets as SCOTUS issues ACA ruling

Posted by Nate Hoffman on June 26, 2015
As the Supreme Court upheld the federal health care exchanges under ObamaCare yesterday, Congress took to the Twitterverse to express their mixed feelings about the outcome. read more
Soccer scandal reverberates on the Hill

Posted by Jenna Ebersole on June 1, 2015
Attorney General Loretta Lynch may have waited months for Congress to give her the job, but one of her first moves has sparked reactions in Hill hallways and around the world. read more
Lobbyists fill payrolls of all but 45 congressional offices

Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Oct. 24, 2014
Only 45 congressional offices, 15 Democratic and 30 Republican, have never had a former lobbyist on staff, a LegiStorm analysis shows. read more

Weekly Updates

Caught Our Eye Rss

Social Media

DevBlog Rss

In the News

Senate Democratic Conference Vice Chair Elizabeth Warren

Biographical

Family:

Biography:

Miscellaneous Links:

Campaign Links:

Social Networking:

Official Links:

Press Releases

Education

Greek Organizations:

Office History

Election Results

2019 (Nov. 6, 2018 election)

2013 (Nov. 6, 2012 election)

Employment History

Associated Organizations

Awards

Publications

Official Signature

Contact Information

Personal Financial Disclosures

Foreign Gifts

Congressional Staff

Staff Turnover:

Staff Salary Rate:

Staff Salaries Paid:

Committees

Caucuses

Caught Our Eye