Background
Gerson, Elliot Francis was born on July 15, 1952 in New Haven. Son of Louis Lieb and Elizabeth (Shanley) Gerson.
Gerson, Elliot Francis was born on July 15, 1952 in New Haven. Son of Louis Lieb and Elizabeth (Shanley) Gerson.
AB summa cum laude, Harvard College, 1974. Bachelor with first class honors, Oxford University, England, 1976. Master of Arts, Oxford University, England, 1981.
Juris Doctor, Yale University, 1979.
Law clerk to judge The United States of America Court Appeals, Washington, 1979. Staff assistant to secretary Department Defense The Pentagon, 1979-1980. Law clerk to Justice Stewart Supreme Court of the United States Court, 1980-1981.
Associate Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard & McPherson, Washington, Hartford, Connecticut, 1981-1983. Deputy attorney general State of Connecticut, Hartford, 1983-1986. Vice president Travelers Corporation, 1986-1990, senior vice president, 1990-1993.
President Travelers Insurance Company, 1993-1995. Executive vice president MetraHealth Companies, Inc., 1995-1996, United Healthcare, 1996. President ETC, Inc., 1996—1997, Chief Executive Officer, 1997-1999, Lifescape, LLC, 1999-2000.
President FHC Health Systems, Inc., 2000—2003, ValueOptions, Inc., 2001—2003. Policy director, national finance chair Joseph I. Lieberman for President, Inc., Vienna, 2003—2004. Executive vice president and Leonard Lauder director seminars The Aspen Institute, since 2004.
Board directors Bazelon Center Mental Health Law, International biomedical Research Alliance.
Member Secretary State's Advisory Committee International Law, Washington, 1984-1986. Member Gov's. Commission Design Environmental Policy for Connecticut, 1969. Director Eastern Connecticut Development Council Inc., 1981-1986, Hartford State Company, 1985-1995, president, 1990-1993, Hartford Ballet, 1986-1988, Greater Hartford Arts Council, 1986-1990, 94-95.
Member Connecticut Humanities Council, 1987-1990. Director Connecticut Civil Liberties Union, 1987-1989, Connecticut Women's Educational and Legal Fund, 1987-1991. Staff member commission Critical Choices Americans, 1973-1974.
Member Council Foreign Relations Incorporated, New York York City, 1981-1986, 98—, Yale Law School Committee Public Interest Law, New Haven, 1983-1985. Elector Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, 1983-1993. Secretary Connecticut Rhodes Scholar Selection Committee, 1982-1994.
Assistant American secretary Rhodes Scholarship Trust, 1976-1979, American secretary, England, since 1998. Treasurer American South African Scholarship Association, Inc., 1986-1994. Trustee Connecticut Public Broadcasting, 1988-1992, Connecticut Histo.
Society, 1993-1995, The Shakespeare Theatre, Washington, since 1996. Founding trustee Mandela Rhodes Foundation (United States of America), 2005^. Board directors International biomedical Research Alliance, 2005^.
Trustee Hartford Courant Foundation, 1988-1995, president, 1992-1994. Member of Connecticut Bar Association (long range planning committee 1984-1987), Cosmos Club (Washington), Spee Club (Cambridge, Massachusetts) (president 1973-1974), Phi Beta Kappa.
Son of Louis Lieb and Elizabeth (Shanley) G. Children: Emily, Hilary, Alexander, Marissa, Jillian. Married Amy Shapiro, May 23, 1993 (separated).