PERSON: Ian Bassin
Employer
Protect Democracy
Position
Founder and Executive Director
Biography
Ian Bassin is an American lawyer, writer, and activist who serves as executive director of Protect Democracy. He previously served as Associate White House Counsel under President Obama.
In 2022, Washingtonian named Bassin one of the 500 most influential people in Washington, D.C.
Ian Bassin graduated with a B.A. from Wesleyan University in 1998 and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 2006. While at Yale Law School, he and Justin Florence co-founded a group called “Law Students Against Alito,” opposing the confirmation of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court.
In 2007, Ian joined the Obama campaign’s policy team, and later the Obama-Biden transition team. From 2009 to 2011, he served in the White House Counsel’s Office. As Associate White House Counsel, Ian worked on democracy issues and the rules that govern executive Branch behavior.
After leaving the White House, Ian was reportedly involved in a number of social activism efforts around the world. In 2012, he helped organize a campaign that freed more than 100 migrant laborers in Bahrain who were being held against their will and in violation of international human rights law. In 2013, Ian directed a litigation effort in South Africa that reaffirmed the right under the South African Constitution to publicly criticize the president. He also helped with organizing efforts in support of Syrians during Bashar al-Assad’s war. In 2014, he was involved in a campaign to protect women’s rights in Afghanistan.
In 2015, when he was Deputy Counsel to the Mayor of New York City, he was criticized by the New York Post for his early and public denunciation of Eric Garner’s killing by New York Police Department officer Daniel Pantaleo. While Deputy Counsel to the Mayor, to reduce arrests of youth who danced on New York City subways, Ian created a city-sponsored training and performance program for street dancers called “It’s Showtime NYC.” He worked with the Chief of the NYPD Transit Division to divert subway dancers into the program, in lieu of arrest.
In 2016, Ian was part of the team at GiveDirectly, a non-governmental organization operating in Kenya, that launched one of the largest universal basic income experiments in history.
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In 2022, Washingtonian named Bassin one of the 500 most influential people in Washington, D.C.
Ian Bassin graduated with a B.A. from Wesleyan University in 1998 and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 2006. While at Yale Law School, he and Justin Florence co-founded a group called “Law Students Against Alito,” opposing the confirmation of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court.
In 2007, Ian joined the Obama campaign’s policy team, and later the Obama-Biden transition team. From 2009 to 2011, he served in the White House Counsel’s Office. As Associate White House Counsel, Ian worked on democracy issues and the rules that govern executive Branch behavior.
After leaving the White House, Ian was reportedly involved in a number of social activism efforts around the world. In 2012, he helped organize a campaign that freed more than 100 migrant laborers in Bahrain who were being held against their will and in violation of international human rights law. In 2013, Ian directed a litigation effort in South Africa that reaffirmed the right under the South African Constitution to publicly criticize the president. He also helped with organizing efforts in support of Syrians during Bashar al-Assad’s war. In 2014, he was involved in a campaign to protect women’s rights in Afghanistan.
In 2015, when he was Deputy Counsel to the Mayor of New York City, he was criticized by the New York Post for his early and public denunciation of Eric Garner’s killing by New York Police Department officer Daniel Pantaleo. While Deputy Counsel to the Mayor, to reduce arrests of youth who danced on New York City subways, Ian created a city-sponsored training and performance program for street dancers called “It’s Showtime NYC.” He worked with the Chief of the NYPD Transit Division to divert subway dancers into the program, in lieu of arrest.
In 2016, Ian was part of the team at GiveDirectly, a non-governmental organization operating in Kenya, that launched one of the largest universal basic income experiments in history.
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