Alan Solomont

Alan Solomont


United States Ambassador to Spain
In office December 24, 2009 – August 1, 2013
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Eduardo Aguirre
Succeeded by	James Costos
Personal details
Born	1949 (age 67–68) Boston, Massachusetts
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Susan Lewis
Profession	Business
Religion	Judaism

Alan D. Solomont (born 1949) is the former United States Ambassador to Spain and Andorra. He was selected for the post by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the United States Senate on December 24, 2009. He is currently the Pierre and Pamela Omidyar Dean of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.

Born to a Jewish family Solomont earned a B.A. from Tufts University in Political Science and Urban Studies in 1970. Solomont pursued independent studies abroad as a Thomas J. Watson Fellow and later earned a B.S. in Nursing from the University of Massachusetts Lowell. After school he worked as a community organizer in Lowell, Massachusetts.

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. He was elected to the Tufts University Board of Trustees in 1999. 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.