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Biographical information about Ron Bloom
NAME — Ron Bloom
AGE/HOMETOWN — 53; New York, N.Y.
EXPERIENCE — Special assistant to president, United Steelworkers union, 1996-present; founding partner of Keilin and Bloom, an investment banking firm, 1990-1996; vice president, Lazard Freres & Co.; 1985-1990. Also worked as a research and negotiating specialist, Service Employees International Union; as New England regional director of the Jewish Labor Committee; and as executive director of the Massachusetts Coalition for Full Employment.
EDUCATION — Undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University, 1977; MBA, Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, 1985.
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