Greenfield graduated from the University of California at Berkeley (1983) in three years as Class Speaker and earned his law degree from the Georgetown University Law center in Washington, District of Columbia (1986) He is a Fellow of the Wexner Foundation as well as a Lincoln Fellow at the Claremont Institute in 2007.
He is Fellow in American Studies at the Claremont Institute in Claremont, California and Executive Director of the Reagan Legacy Foundation. With a background in business, law, the military, politics, and policy. Greenfield lectures widely on such topics as American foreign policy, missile defense, and the Arab-Israeli conflict as well as domestic political issues.
Larry Greenfield is a longtime Republican Jewish activist.
On February 9th 2012 he was named National Executive Director of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs in Washington. Admitted to the California bar in 1987, Greenfield worked in law and business in Los Angeles, California. He also served in the Armed Forces of the United States in Naval Intelligence Reserves.
Greenfield is currently Fellow in American Studies at the Claremont Institute. He is the founding Executive Director of the Reagan Legacy Foundation, a non-profit educational foundation promoting the life, legacy, and leadership of former President Ronald Reagan.
He also addresses such domestic issues as energy, economy, education, and mass culture.
Greenfield delivers some 100 lectures annually to civic, student, conference and political groups. Greenfield comments frequently in the media, including regular appearances on such popular radio stations as San Francisco"s KSFO, San Diego"s KCBQ, and Los Angeles" KKLA. At The Claremont Institute, he currently produces a weekly podcast, BEDROCK with Larry Greenfield. Greenfield has been called a dynamic, positive leader for conservative ideas.
He seeks to unite conservatives with political independents.
He aligns himself with economic conservatives, the faith community, and United States. national security advocates. Greenfield is a strong critic of the left for “opposing parents and students seeking school choice and competition, the elderly seeking health care choice, and younger workers and small businesses seeking entitlement reform and personal retirement savings plans.
Greenfield is a noted advocate for capital punishment under certain circumstances. Governor Schwarzenegger denied the appeal for clemency.
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Greenfield serves on the Advisory Board of the Endowment for Middle East Truth and on the Board of the Israel-Christian Nexus.
He was California Director of the Republican Jewish Coalition (2004–2008) and is currently a member of the Executive Committee of the California Republican Party.
