Elliot gerson biography

They foster candid, problem-solving dialogue among leaders and policy experts of diverse views; host leadership fellowships and seminars; range broadly in focus across domestic and foreign policy to the arts, culture, and philosophy; work for impact in communities both nationally and globally; host important public conferences such as the Aspen Security Forum, Aspen Ideas: Health, and Project Play; and offer The Aspen Words Literary Prize.

Gerson launched The Aspen Ideas Festival in , and continued to oversee it as well until Trustee Hartford Courant Foundation, , president, Married Amy Shapiro, May 23, separated. Back to Profile. Photos Works. Main Photo Add photo. School period Add photo. Career Add photo. Achievements Add photo. Membership Add photo. Awards Add photo. Elliot Francis Gerson born July 15, is an American nonprofit executive, lawyer, business executive, state and federal government official, American Secretary of The Rhodes Trust, currently serving as the executive vice president of The Aspen Institute.

He was a US Supreme Court clerk, practiced law in government and privately, held executive positions in state and federal government and on a presidential campaign, and was president of start-ups in health care and education, and of two insurance and healthcare companies. Gerson is the executive vice president of the Aspen Institute , a nonpartisan organization based in Washington, D.

He is responsible for its Policy Programs and International Partners. Supreme Courts, and briefly before that in private practice in Hartford, Connecticut and Washington, D. Gerson then entered the financial services industry where he rose to Executive Vice President of The Travelers Corporation and President of its managed healthcare and health insurance business, and was briefly Executive Vice President for successor companies MetraHealth and United Health Care.

Elliot gerson biography

He subsequently led smaller start-up companies in technology and specialized health care. In , Gerson and colleagues met with former South African President Nelson Mandela , regarding the establishment of a new foundation focused on expanding opportunities for Africans in higher education. The earliest and arguably most famous of all international scholarships, the Rhodes Scholarships offer two to four years of funding to attend the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, and the United States is by far the largest Rhodes constituency, with 32 Scholars elected annually.

In , for his contribution to the University of Oxford, Gerson was recognized as a "Distinguished Friend of Oxford. He was a Rhodes Scholar, a US Supreme Court clerk, practiced law in government and privately, held executive positions in state and federal government and on a presidential campaign, and was president of start-ups in health care and education, and of two leading national insurance and health-care companies.