David Grosso | |
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Member of the Council of the District of Columbia, At-Large | |
Assumed office 2013 |
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Preceded by | Michael A. Brown |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1970 (age 46–47) Washington, D.C. |
Political party | Independent |
Spouse(s) | Serra Sippel |
Residence | Brookland, Washington, D.C. |
Alma mater | Earlham College, Georgetown University Law Center |
Occupation | Attorney |
David Grosso (born c. 1971) is an American politician who is an at-large member of the Council of the District of Columbia. He is an attorney and lives in Brookland. A native Washingtonian, he graduated from Earlham College and Georgetown University Law Center. Grosso is a member of the D.C. Bar and served on the board of directors of Planned Parenthood Metropolitan Washington. He is a member of the Sierra Club, NARAL Pro-Choice America, and the ACLU.
Grosso was born in Washington, D.C. During his childhood, he lived on a farm in Northern Virginia. As a teenager, he lived on Rock Creek Church Road in Petworth.
Grosso graduated from Earlham College with a degree in philosophy. He received a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 2001. Before attending college, Grosso volunteered helping refugees from El Salvador living in Honduras. He also spent a year as a full-time volunteer building a transitional housing program for homeless women in San Antonio, Texas, where he met his wife, Serra Sippel, also a native Washingtonian and president of the Center for Health and Gender Equity.
Grosso worked for D.C. Councilmember Sharon Ambrose working as a clerk for the District's Economic Development Committee. He worked as Chief Counsel to Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton and was a vice president of public policy for health insurance carrier CareFirst for several years.