22 Facts About Andy Stern

Andy Stern is the author of two books, A Country That Works, and Raising the Floor: How a Universal Basic Income Can Renew Our Economy and Rebuild the American Dream.

Andy Stern grew up in West Orange, New Jersey, where his father was a lawyer and his mother worked both at home and in healthcare.

Andy Stern began college as a business major at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business, but ultimately graduated in 1971 with a BA in education and urban planning.

Andy Stern began his career as a welfare caseworker and member of the SEIU Local 668 in 1973, eventually being elected president in 1977 of his Pennsylvania local.

In 1996, Andy Stern was elected to the presidency of the union in a hotly contested election.

Andy Stern has been the most frequent visitor to the White House since Obama's election.

Between Inauguration Day and February 23,2011, Andy Stern visited the White House 53 times.

Andy Stern has shaped the state's politics and much of its economy.

Andy Stern is referred to as one of "the chief architects of healthcare reform" in Modern Healthcare magazine, ranking in the top 10 of the 100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare.

Andy Stern has been named to Modern Healthcare's annual "movers and shakers in healthcare" list for five years in a row.

Andy Stern was an ardent supporter of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Andy Stern embraced political organizing via the Internet in the wake of the Howard Dean campaign, which his union endorsed.

Since 2005, Andy Stern had been a contributing blogger at The Huffington Post.

Andy Stern appeared on the covers of The New York Times Magazine, Fortune and Business Week, featured on CBS 60 Minutes, on Fox as the Power Player of the Week, CNN, and the Washington Post.

Andy Stern announced on April 13,2010, that he would be stepping down as president of the SEIU.

Andy Stern was a senior fellow at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute from 2010 to 2011.

Andy Stern is currently a Senior Fellow at the Economic Security Project.

Andy Stern has served on many non-profit Boards including the Open Society Foundations, the Hillman Foundation, and Broad Foundation, and works with many non-profits and unions on worker organizing.

In 2016, Andy Stern authored a book with Lee Kravitz entitled Raising the Floor, discussed his exploration into the future of work and jobs leading to his leadership on providing cash, and a guaranteed income for all American.

Andy Stern was an early organizer for cash benefits and a guaranteed income which led to the passage of the Child Tax Credit as well as setting the stage for an increasing number of local experiments, as well as the American Recovery Act's cash stimulus payments.

Andy Stern is divorced from Jane Perkins, a former head of the environmental network Friends of the Earth.

In 2017, Andy Stern married Jennifer Johnson, a former Communications Director for the Center for Food Action in northern NJ, and the mother of Claire, Alex, and Isabel Beckenstein.