Ben Kessler came to Heather Podesta + Partners LLC directly from the Senate Special Committee on Aging, where he served as a member of Chairman Herb Kohl's (D-WI) Oversight and Investigations team. Prior to that, he worked on health care issues for Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA), as part of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee staff. He also worked in the New York offices of Geffen Records and Interscope Records.

BA, Amherst College