Alan Solomont

Alan Solomont
Alan Solomont in August 2009.
United States Ambassador to Spain
Incumbent
Assumed office January 9, 2010
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Eduardo Aguirre
Personal details
Born	1957 Boston, Massachusetts
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Susan Lewis
Profession	Business

Alan D. Solomont (Boston, 1957) is the current United States Ambassador to Spain and Andorra. Selected by President Barack Obama, he was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 24, 2009.

Professional career

Active for many years in the Democratic Party, Solomont served as National Finance Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in 1997, raising over $40 million. In 2000, he was appointed by President Clinton to the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service, which oversees three national service initiatives: AmeriCorps, the National Senior Service Corps and Learn & Serve America.

Alan Solomont serves on the boards of numerous organizations including the Boston Private Bank & Trust Company, Angel Healthcare Investors, LLC, Boston Medical Center, The Jewish Fund for Justice, The New Israel Fund, Israel Policy Forum, Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly, and the WGBH Educational Foundation. He chairs the Board of Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. He received an honorary degree from the University of Massachusetts Lowell.

Alan earned a B.A. from Tufts University in 1970. He pursued independent studies abroad as a Thomas J. Watson Fellow and later earned a B.S. in Nursing from the University of Lowell. He was elected to the Tufts Board of Trustees in 1999.

External links

• U.S. Embassy in Spain