Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren is a distinguished politician and a Senior Senator from Massachusetts. She is a member of The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and chair of the Economic Policy subcommittee. Warren is a fearless consumer advocate who has made her life's work the fight for the middle class. She is recognized as one of the nation's top experts on bankruptcy and the financial pressures facing middle class families. She is also a distinguished academic and bestselling author known for her extensive work in the fields of bankruptcy law and consumer protection. Warren is a former Harvard Law School Professor who rose to political prominence as the architect of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the administration of President Barack Obama.
Elizabeth Warren Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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United States Senator
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Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law
Academic History
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J.D., Law
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B.S., Speech Pathology and Audiology
Warren has used her platform to hold some of the nation’s largest corporations and most powerful government agencies accountable for fraud, waste, and abuse.
She also launched an investigation to hold Equifax accountable for a data breach that exposed the personal financial information of over 140 million customers and wrote legislation to keep it from happening again.
She helped secure $750 million in debt relief for students who were cheated by predatory, for-profit colleges, including 4,500 Massachusetts students and more than 28,000 students across the country.
EARLY GOVERNMENT CAREER
She is the first woman ever elected to the Senate from the Bay State.
She is credited as the driving force behind the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Under her wing, the CFPB has successfully protected millions of consumers from financial tricks and traps often hidden in mortgages, credit cards, and other financial products.
In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, she served as Chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
ACADEMIA
Warren was one of the most influential professors in commercial and bankruptcy law before beginning her political career.
She 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 at the law schools of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Michigan, University of Texas, University of Houston, and Rutgers University.
She has written more than a hundred articles and eleven books, including four national best-sellers, This Fight Is Our Fight, A Fighting Chance, The Two-Income Trap, and All Your Worth.
RECOGNITIONS
Franklin D. Roosevelt Distinguished Public Service Award, Roosevelt Institute (2014)
Harvard Law School Association Award (2013)
Most Influential Lawyers of the Decade, National Law Journal
Lelia J. Robinson Award, Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts