Full Name:
Benjamin 'Ben' Eric Sasse
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Melissa; 3 Children: Elizabeth, Alexandra, and Breck
Birth Date:
02/22/1972
Birth Place:
Plainview, NE
Home City:
Fremont, NE
Religion:
Christian
Attended, Oxford University, England
PhD, American Conservatism During the Cold War, Yale University
MA, Saint John's College, 1998
BA, Government, Harvard University, 1990-1994
Senator, United States Senate, Nebraska, 2015-2023
Candidate, United States Senate, Nebraska, 2020
Former Member, Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, United States Senate
Former Member, Airland Subcommittee, United States Senate
Former Member, Armed Services Committee, United States Senate
Former Member, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, United States Senate
Former Member, Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee, United States Senate
Former Member, Cybersecurity Subcommittee, United States Senate
Former Member, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, United States Senate
Former Member, Joint Economic Committee, United States Senate
Former Member, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, United States Senate
Former Member, Personnel Subcommittee, United States Senate
Former Member, Privacy, Technology and the Law Subcommittee, United States Senate
Former Member, Securities, Insurance, and Investment Subcommittee, United States Senate
Former Member, Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, and Natural Resources, United States Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Economic Policy, United States Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Economic Policy, United States Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management, United States Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, United States Senate
Former Chair, Subcommittee on Livestock, Marketing, and Agriculture Security, United States Senate
Former Chair, Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance, United States Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Nutrition, Agricultural Research, and Specialty Crops, United States Senate
Former Chair, Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts, United States Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management, United States Senate
Former Employee, McKinsey and Company
Former Farm Worker, Schlapfer Detassling
President, Midland University, 2010-2015
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, United States Department of Health and Human Services, 2007-2009
Counselor to the Secretary, United States Department of Health and Human Human Services, 2006-2007
Professor, University of Texas at Austin, 2005-2006
Consultant, United States Department of Homeland Security, 2005
Chief of Staff, United States Department of Justice, Office of Legal Policy, 2004-2005
Chief of Staff, United States Representative Jeff Fortenberry, 2005
Associate Consultant, Boston Consulting Group, 1994-1995
Member, Saint Paul's Lutheran Church, present
Awards:
George Washington Egleston Award, Yale University; Field Prize Winner, Yale University
Spouse's Occupation:
Former High School Teacher/Guidance Counselor