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Who is Joel Rubin?
Joel Rubin is a politician and a media commentator on domestic and Middle Eastern issues. Joel Rubin is the Vice Mayor of the Maryland town of Chevy Chase. Joel previously worked as a senior State Department official in the Obama administration. He was also in charge of Jewish outreach for Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign in 2020.
Early Life and Childhood
Joel Rubin was born in the United States in 1971. He has been alive for 51 years.
His parents brought him up in the United States.
Joel’s mother is a retired Penn State University writing and literature professor, and his sister is a Rutgers University education professor. He is of white ethnicity and holds an American nationality.
Education Details
Joel Rubin graduated from Brandeis University with a bachelor’s degree in politics, a minor in Near Eastern studies, and certification in elementary education in 1993.
Joel later attended Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College, where he earned an M.S. in public policy and management with a minor in business administration in 1998.
Professional Career
Rubin began working as a Senior Advisor and Warning Shot podcast co-host at Relly American in March 2022. With Joel and Endy Zemenides, Warning Shot is a game-based approach to US foreign policy.
Endy is the Executive Director of the Hellenic American Leadership Council’s (HALC’s) Buckle Up initiative.
He is a political commentator on American television networks such as MSNBC and Fox News. Joel has also appeared on international television networks like i24, China Global Television Network, and Al-Jazeera.
He also contributes to Axios, The Forward, Washington Jewish Week, and The Hill with political and national security commentary.
He was a senior State Department official in the Obama administration.
Joel has worked for three different federal agencies in both Republican and Democratic administrations. He worked for the DOE, USAID, and the State Department.
Joel was an official government witness and testified to the House Select Committee on Benghazi in January 2015, while serving as the State Department’s Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs during the Obama administration.
In 2016, he ran for Congress in Maryland’s 8th congressional district. Joel ran in the Democratic primary for the Maryland House of Delegates in 2018.
He was a founding board member of the Jewish Democratic Council of America, which was formed in the aftermath of the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017.
Joel joined Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign as director of Jewish outreach 2020.
Net Worth and Salary
Joel Rubin’s net worth is estimated to be $1 million.
Relationship Status
Joel Rubin is married to Nilmini Gunaratne, a Sri Lankan American. She works for the House Foreign Affairs Committee as a senior policy adviser.
Nilmini was instrumental in the passage of the Electrify Africa Act of 2015, which was signed into law by President Obama and aims to provide power to 50 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2020.
The couple has three daughters who attend Mandarin immersion school at Potomac Elementary School in Montgomery County and Hebrew school on Sundays.
Body Measurements
He is a man of average height. Joel is 5 feet 8 inches tall (Approx. 1.72 m).
Social Media
His Twitter handle is @joelmartinrubin.
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Trivia
- Joel is a politician from the United States and a media commentator on domestic and Middle Eastern issues.
- He is the Vice Mayor of the Maryland town of Chevy Chase.
- Rubin’s net worth is estimated to be $1 million.
- He is 5 feet 8 inches tall (Approx. 1.72 m).
- He is married to Nilmini Gunaratne, a Sri Lankan American.
