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= Eric Lynn =

Personal Life and Education
Lynn was born and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida. Graduated from St. Petersburg High school. Married in 2009 to Tracy B. Lynn. The couple now has three children.

Education
Lynn holds degrees from 3 institutions, Northwestern, Hebrew University in Jerusalem and George Town. Lynn earned his degree is International Relations, History and Business during his time at Northwestern, and earned a law degree from Georgetown.

Political Career
Lynn’s political expertise lies in national security. As the Middle East Policy Advisor to President Barack Obama from 2007-2008. Lynn was a liaison to the Jewish community as well as advised President Obama on middle eastern policies and national security.

Department of Defense
Lynn played many roles within the Department of Defense and the Pentagon. Lynn served as a senior advisor to multiple Secretaries of Defense (Robert Gates, Leon Panetta and Chuck Hagel). Lynn, in turn, worked alongside the Undersecretaries of Defense. Lynn also spent time serving as a Senior Policy Advisor to General John Allen.

Lynn’s work focused on national security and a range of issues within the Middle East. In 20009, Lynn served as the lead on the national security project, The Iron Dome. The Iron Dome is a counter rocket system. Lynn was the Secretary of Defense's representative to the State Departments Israeli-Palestinian negotiations team.

Congress
Lynn served on senior policy staff in Congress, as an advisor on foreign policy and defense. Lynn led international Congressional delegations and advised members of Congress on a range of legislative issues within the Energy and Commerce Committee.

Elections
Lynn was a 2016 Democratic candidate for District 68 of the Florida House of Representatives.

He was also a 2016 Democratic candidate to the U.S. House to represent the 13th congressional District of Florida. He dropped out of the race in May 2016.

Professional Career
Previously, Lynn practiced law as an attorney in Florida and Washington DC

Lynn owns a strategic consulting business, in this capacity, Lynn offers international dynamic and business and national security strategy advisement.