Ira Forman
U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating anti-Semitism Ira Forman speaking at a panel discussion atJohn Cabot University on the 50th anniversary of the release ofNostra Aetate
United States Special Envoy forMonitoring and Combating anti-Semitism
In office May 20, 2013 – January 20, 2017
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Michael Kozak (acting)
Succeeded by	Elan Carr
Personal details
Born	1952 (age 72–73)
Alma mater	Harvard University Stanford University

Ira N. Forman (born February 28, 1952) is a formerexecutive director of theNational Jewish Democratic Council from January 1996 through June 2010.^[1] From May 2013 until January 2017 he served as theUnited States Special Envoy forMonitoring and Combating anti-Semitism.^[2][3][4]

In 1974, Forman graduatedmagna cum laude fromHarvard College, where he majored inGovernment.

Forman started his career in 1977 working as a legislative liaison forAIPAC. His title was political director. He stayed with AIPAC until 1981, when he left to go toStanford University, where he completed anMBA in 1983.

After completing his MBA went to work for the National PAC as the New York office director, which he continued until 1985.

From 1990 to 1993, he served as a fellow at theCenter for National Policy 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 theOffice of Personnel Management of theClinton Administration.^[5]

He left the Clinton Administration in January 1996 when he became the executive director of theNational Jewish Democratic Council.^[6]

In September 2011, Forman was named Jewish outreach director forPresident Obama's 2012 Reelection Campaign.

In May 2013,Secretary of StateJohn Kerry appointed Forman as the U.S. Special Envoy of theOffice to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism. He served in the position until January 20, 2017.^[7]

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.

Forman and his wife, Caryn Pass, have three children, and live inWashington, D.C.

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• Articles by Ira Forman inThe Jewish Week
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• Speech at the Center for Jewish Civilization

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