Background
Alan Bersin was born on October 15, 1946. Brooklyn, New York, USA. Bersin is married to Lisa Foster. She is a Judge in the San Diego Superior Court. He is the father of three daughters. Ancestors were Belorussians.
Vice President for the Americas on the INTERPOL Executive Committee Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Acting Commissioner of United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
Alan Bersin was born on October 15, 1946. Brooklyn, New York, USA. Bersin is married to Lisa Foster. She is a Judge in the San Diego Superior Court. He is the father of three daughters. Ancestors were Belorussians.
Alan Bersin studied in public schools and Hebrew school in New York City. He received an A.B. in government from Harvard College, and then attended Balliol College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. In 1974, he achieved a J.D. degree from Yale Law School.
Bersin served as the Attorney General’s Southwest Border Representative from 1995-1998, coordinating law enforcement on the border between the United States and Mexico
In 1998, he was appointed as Superintendent of Public Education in San Diego City Schools. The eighth largest urban school district in the U.S. was under his control.
In 2005, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed him as California's Education Secretary.
On April 15, 2009, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced the appointment of Bersin as DHS Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Special Representative for Border Affairs.
At the 81st INTERPOL General Assembly held in Rome, Italy, DHS Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Alan Bersin was elected to serve a three-year term as Vice President for the Americas on the INTERPOL Executive Committee
Bersin speaks fluent Spanish.
Bersin is married to Lisa Foster. She is a Judge in the San Diego Superior Court. He is the father of three daughters: Alissa, Madeleine and Amalia Rose.