Hans Riemer (Maryland politician)

Hans Davis Riemer (born September 5, 1972, in Oakland, California) is an American non-profit executive, political activist, author, and currently serves as an at-large member of the Montgomery County, Maryland, Council.

Hans Riemer
Member of the Montgomery County Council
At-Large
Assumed office
December 1, 2018
ConstituencyMontgomery County at large
Personal details
Born (1972-09-05) September 5, 1972
Oakland, California[1]
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Angela Riemer
ResidenceTakoma Park, Maryland, U.S.
Alma materUC Santa Cruz (BA) [2]
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionNon-profit executive
WebsiteOfficial website

"Hans has sort of been enveloped in political activism as long as he's been around," according to his mother, Louise Rothman Riemer,[1] who herself has been a long-time activist and is the current president of the League of Women Voters in Oakland.[3] Rothman-Riemer noted that when Hans was a toddler, she and her husband, both longtime ACLU activists, carted him to women's rights groups and Alameda County Board of Supervisors meetings, "I just backpacked him and took him everywhere I went."[1]

Background

Riemer is the son of Davis Riemer and Louise Rothman-Riemer.[4] He is married to Angela Riemer (née Walker), a government relations manager for Pfizer, and is the father of two children, Henry and Travis.[5] After graduating from UC Santa Cruz in 1995, Riemer worked for the National Academy of Social Insurance, where he had interned during college. Then in 1995 he was hired as Public Policy Associate at the Save Our Security Coalition, under Arthur S. Flemming.

In 1996 he founded the 2030 Center, a non-profit policy organization focused on protecting Social Security, improving health care, and supporting progressive solutions for fiscal challenges at the federal level.[6][7] The 2030 Center testified before Congressional committees,[8] White House panels, and conducted activist campaigns. He then served as Senior Policy Analyst and Social Security Campaign Director for the Campaign for America's Future.[9] In that role Riemer organized a national campaign to fight against the privatization of Social Security.[10] President George W. Bush had indicated support for privatization and then appointed the 2001 President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security.

In 2004, Riemer started working for Rock the Vote as their political director.[11] The organization helped nearly one million people, largely young voters, to register to vote in the 2004 election.[12] Riemer led Rock the Vote's partnership with CNN to host a youth debate in the Democratic presidential primary. Riemer also ran the organization's campaign on the military draft,[13] about which President Bush coined the phrase "on the Internets."[14]

In 2008 he joined the Obama presidential campaign, serving as the National Youth Vote Director.[15] After the Obama campaign, Riemer worked for the AARP as a senior advisor on Social Security policy.[16]

In 2008, Riemer joined the Obama presidential campaign, serving in Chicago as the National Youth Vote Director.[15] His responsibilities included supporting the Campaign's operations in the early states (Iowa, New Hampshire) and working with student leaders to support the Students for Barack Obama network. Young voters were an important part of the Obama's early state voter coalition. After the Obama campaign, Riemer worked for AARP as a senior advisor on retirement security as well as community volunteerism.[16]

Riemer ran for the District 5 seat of the county council[17] in 2006, losing to Valerie Ervin.[15] He successfully ran for an at-large seat in 2010, winning re-election in both 2014 and 2018.[18] From 2014 to 2018, Riemer served as the council president.[19] He currently serves as Chairman of the Metropolitan Washington Air Quality Committee and one of only two county officials nationally on the FCC Intergovernmental Advisory Committee.[20] In the Montgomery County Council, he serves as the Lead for Digital Government as well as on the Committees for Planning, Housing, and Economic Development (PHED) and Government Operations & Fiscal Policy (GO).

Published works
  • Riemer, Hans; Cuomo, Christopher (March–April 1997). "The Generation Gambit: The Right's Imaginary Rift Between Young and Old". Extra!. Fairness and Accuracy in Media (FAIR). Archived from the original on April 29, 2019.
  • Riemer, Hans; Luna, Adam (Winter 1999). "The 2030 Center: An Intergenerational Agenda". Generations. 22 (4).
  • "Young Social Security Beneficiaries in New York" (PDF). 2030 Action. Fiscal Policy Institute.

References
  1. Friedman, Lisa (January 19, 2000). "Gen-Xer making waves in Washington". Oakland Tribune.
  2. "Meet Hans". Re-Elect Hans Riemer. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  3. Rothman-Riemer, Louise (June 14, 2018). "Oakland Should Adopt a Public Financing Model for Funding Elections". East Bay Express.
  4. "Staff". DHR Investment Counsel. Archived from the original on April 8, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2012.
  5. "Montgomery County Council At Large – Hans Riemer". Takoma Voice. 2014.
  6. "Hans Riemer - Why We Like Him". 21st Century Democrats.
  7. Judy Woodruff; Bernard Shaw (August 2, 1999). "Surplus Politics Create Generational Divide". Inside Politics. CNN.
  8. Hans Riemer (October 18, 2001). "Prepared Testimony Before the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security" (PDF).
  9. "Social Security Emerges As Big Issue". News & Record. Greensboro, NC. September 23, 2002. p. B1.
  10. Confessore, Nicholas (December 19, 2001). "Commission Impossible". The American Prospect. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  11. Chuck, Elizabeth (November 3, 2006). "Shift in political climate attracts young voters". MSNBC.
  12. "MoCo Councilman Hans Riemer's Political Hoax: Reinstating the Military Draft". Montgomery County Republican Party. March 23, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  13. Hennessey, Kathleen (October 10, 2004). "Rumor of a Draft Touches a Nerve". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
  14. "Debates and Internets". Tuba City. October 10, 2004. Archived from the original on October 6, 2011. Retrieved December 23, 2006.
  15. Pagnucco, Adam (January 26, 2010). "Hans Riemer Online". Maryland Politics Online.
  16. "Hans Riemer: Why You Should Vote For Me". WTOP. June 12, 2014.
  17. "Leventhal Doesn't Want Iraq Debate". Washington Post. December 15, 2005.
  18. Luttrell, Cameron (December 5, 2017). "Hans Riemer Elected As Montgomery County Council President". Patch.
  19. Barrios, Jennifer (December 4, 2018). "Nancy Navarro elected president of Montgomery County Council". Washington Post. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
  20. "Intergovernmental Advisory Committee - Current Members". FCC. Archived from the original on September 3, 2019.
  • www.hansriemer.com
  • "2030 Center". C-Span (video).
  • "Rock the Vote Awards". C-Span (video). June 5, 2005. and that is why we tackled issue of a potential military draft. This one issue, with this one issue, young people showed their political power. We saw it, we gave it a megaphone, Congress saw it, and they voted against it, the President – the Presidential candidates saw it and they were against reinstating the draft, and this is not over, but we know where young people stand.
  • Nyhan, Brendan (October 8, 2004). "Whose vote are they trying to rock?". Retrieved October 26, 2007.
  • Aravosis, John (October 14, 2004). "Rock the Vote tells RNC to go Cheney themselves". AMERICAblog.com. Archived from the original on September 3, 2005. Retrieved September 3, 2005.
  • "The Draft". Rock the Vote. Archived from the original on October 12, 2004. Retrieved October 12, 2004.




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