Steven Bloom

As assistant vice president of government relations at the American Council on Education (ACE), Steven Bloom’s primary focus is on tax issues, health care issues including student health insurance and student mental health, immigration, labor and employment, and sustainability. Bloom came to ACE from the Independent Sector, where he served as senior lobbyist and director of government relations.

In fall 2002, Bloom served as counsel to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in the Labor Policy Office of Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA). He also worked at the United Jewish Communities as a senior legislative associate. Prior to coming to Washington, D.C., Bloom was a practicing attorney in Boston for 10 years, focusing on employment law, federal civil rights, torts, and commercial disputes. He also clerked for the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Before attending law school, he served as a fellow of the Oberlin Shansi Memorial Association in India.

Bloom graduated from Oberlin College (OH) in 1983 and the Northeastern University School of Law (MA) in 1992.