Jeremy is the Senior Vice President at Open Primaries. He is a lawyer, writer, and nationally recognized public policy advocate who has helped enact over 60 state and federal laws and regulations protecting American rights from corporate and government intrusion. These include the successful passage of the first U.S. civil rights law in over twenty years, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), a federal law protecting Americans from genetic discrimination.
He has wide ranging experience in public policy and public affairs work, public education, coalition and grassroots building. He has testified before the U.S. Congress, the FDA, and numerous state and federal legislative and regulatory bodies. Previously, he focused on worker’s rights issues; first as the field director for the American Civil Liberties Union’s National Taskforce on Civil Liberties in the Workplace, then as legal director for the National Workrights Institute. More recently, he served as Executive Director of the Council for Responsible Genetics; a public interest organization focusing on bioethics.
Jeremy is regularly featured in the press and is the author of three books and numerous journal articles including: Let All Voters Vote: Independents and the Expansion of Voting Rights in the United States.
He received his Juris Doctor (J.D.) from St. John’s University School of Law and a B.A. in Politics from Brandeis University.
He and his wife live in New York City with their two sons.