Ira Forman

<h2 id="education-and-career">Education and career</h2>
<p>In 1974, Forman graduated <i><a href="/facts/Magna_cum_laude/BqMYAlgN">magna cum laude</a></i> from <a href="/facts/Harvard_College/XU29Atef">Harvard College</a>, where he majored in <a href="/facts/Government/N4bYL0VC">Government</a>.
</p><p>Forman started his career in 1977 working as a legislative liaison for <a href="/facts/American_Israel_Public_Affairs_Committee/VK9H9c7e">AIPAC</a>. His title was political director. He stayed with AIPAC until 1981, when he left to go to <a href="/facts/Stanford_University/JEQeF9z2">Stanford University</a>, where he completed an <a href="/facts/Master_of_Business_Administration/as5mA3R3">MBA</a> in 1983.
</p><p>After completing his MBA went to work for the National PAC as the New York office director, which he continued until 1985.
</p><p>From 1990 to 1993, he served as a fellow at the <a href="/facts/Center_for_National_Policy/6sFfB77b">Center for National Policy</a> where he worked on the volume "Democrats and The American Idea: A Bicentennial Appraisal". He left the Center for National Policy to serve as the director of congressional relations in the <a href="/facts/Office_of_Personnel_Management/elSpFNWU">Office of Personnel Management</a> of the <a href="/facts/Clinton_Administration/jcvLTFKP">Clinton Administration</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a>
</p><p>He left the Clinton Administration in January 1996 when he became the executive director of the <a href="/facts/National_Jewish_Democratic_Council/oQspEM2p">National Jewish Democratic Council</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a>
</p><p>In September 2011, Forman was named Jewish outreach director for <a href="/facts/Barack_Obama_presidential_campaign,_2012/esFENkqE">President Obama's 2012 Reelection Campaign</a>.
</p><p>In May 2013, <a href="/facts/United_States_Secretary_of_State/AgUe4Dkq">Secretary of State</a> <a href="/facts/John_Kerry/K1HWRIMo">John Kerry</a> appointed Forman as the U.S. Special Envoy of the <a href="/facts/Office_to_Monitor_and_Combat_Anti-Semitism/VMmdcLGo">Office to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism</a>. He served in the position until January 20, 2017.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a>
</p><p>In 2021, Forman was reportedly considered by the Biden administration to again head the Office to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, which was now an ambassadorship.
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<h2 id="personal-life">Personal life</h2>
<p>Forman and his wife, Caryn Pass, have three children, and live in <a href="/facts/Washington,_D.C./enXPK156">Washington, D.C.</a>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_combating_antisemitism_envoys/Tj0ljC6g">List of combating antisemitism envoys</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li>Official <a href="https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/211515.htm">biography</a> at <a href="/facts/United_States_Department_of_State/WsB5FMBT">United States Department of State</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.c-span.org/person/?44684">Appearances</a> on <a href="/facts/C-SPAN/MdgMU5eM">C-SPAN</a></li>
<li><a href="https://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/writers/ira-forman/">Articles by Ira Forman</a> in <i><a href="/facts/The_Jewish_Week/uAstmJMY">The Jewish Week</a></i></li>
<li><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/ira-forman">Articles by Ira Forman</a> in the <i><a href="/facts/Huffington_Post/91nLV4zo">Huffington Post</a></i></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/iraforman">Ira Forman on Twitter</a></li>
<li><a href="https://sfs.georgetown.edu/cjc-hosts-u-s-special-envoy-ira-n-forman-discuss-rising-anti-semitism/">Speech at the Center for Jewish Civilization</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"NJDC CEO Forman Steps Down; Harris Named President and CEO". NJDC. 2010-07-01. Retrieved 2017-05-18. <a href="http://archive.njdc.org/media/entry/formanstepsdown070110.html" target="_blank">http://archive.njdc.org/media/entry/formanstepsdown070110.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Reports of anti-Semitism increase". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Associated Press. May 20, 2013. Retrieved February 5, 2019. <a href="https://www.ajc.com/news/national/reports-anti-semitism-increase/Gt5hGk7qEnBUtYFhja8vxO/" target="_blank">https://www.ajc.com/news/national/reports-anti-semitism-increase/Gt5hGk7qEnBUtYFhja8vxO/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"Forman, Ira N." United States Department of State. Retrieved February 5, 2019. <a href="https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/211515.htm" target="_blank">https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/211515.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Cortellessa, Eric (June 26, 2017). "Former anti-Semitism envoys warn of 'terrible loss' of post under Trump". The Times of Israel. Retrieved February 5, 2019. <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/former-anti-semitism-envoys-warn-of-terrible-loss-of-post-under-trump/" target="_blank">https://www.timesofisrael.com/former-anti-semitism-envoys-warn-of-terrible-loss-of-post-under-trump/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>"Forman, Ira N." U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2017-05-18. <a href="https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/211515.htm" target="_blank">https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/211515.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>"Ira Forman, U.S. Department of State". jcpaevents.org. Retrieved 2017-05-18. <a href="http://jcpaevents.org/ira-forman-u-s-department-of-state/" target="_blank">http://jcpaevents.org/ira-forman-u-s-department-of-state/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:7"><p>Davis, Julie Hirschfeld (2017-01-05). "In Break With Precedent, Obama Envoys Are Denied Extensions Past Inauguration Day". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-05-18. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/05/us/politics/trump-ambassadors.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/05/us/politics/trump-ambassadors.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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