Ethan Ramer serves as the senior officer of public affairs at the Consulate General of Israel in the Midwest. Prior to the Consulate, he spent three years as a Senior Consultant at FTI Consulting Strategic Communications. Growing up in northern New Jersey, Ethan fostered strong ties with the Israel advocacy and Jewish communities as the student fundraising director for the University of Michigan Hillel and as a Diller Teen Fellow. Ethan holds a B.A. in public policy and a minor in business from the University of Michigan and lives with his partner, Robby, in downtown Chicago.