Biography
Representative Greg Landsman is a father and husband who is proud to call Southwest Ohio home.
Before joining the U.S. House of Representatives in 2023, Greg served on the Cincinnati City Council for five years where he led investments in public safety and core services. Greg also led the effort to establish the City of Cincinnati’s first-ever Office of Ethics and Good Government as well as the Balanced Development Scorecard to increase trust in local government and transparency in the development process.
Greg has spent his entire career advocating for children and families, especially those most marginalized. Prior to his time in elected office, Greg was a public school teacher and worked in education advocacy as the Executive Director of the Strive Partnership.
Greg also served as the Director of Faith-based and Community Initiatives under former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland. There, he led Ohio’s efforts to help local churches and synagogues provide education and food programs in their communities.
A pragmatic leader, Greg has a long history of working with broad, bipartisan coalitions to get good, meaningful things done. In 2016, Greg led a successful ballot measure to pass the Cincinnati Preschool Promise, a program which provides two years of quality preschool education for every three- and four-year-old in Cincinnati. In 2018, he built a coalition of Democrats, Republicans, labor organizations, business leaders, and community members to pass the largest investment in transportation and infrastructure in Hamilton County’s history.
Greg earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Political Science from Ohio University and a master’s degree in Theology from Harvard University. Greg and his wife, Sarah, live in Cincinnati with their two children, Maddie and Elijah.
Committees & Caucuses
In Congress, Representative Greg Landsman serves on the House Committee on Small Business and the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. On the Small Business Committee, Greg is Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access and a Member of the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Supply Chains. On the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, Greg is a Member of the Subcommittee on Health and the Subcommittee on Technology Modernization.
In addition to Committees, Greg is a Member of the:
- New Democrat Coalition
- Congressional Labor Caucus
- House Pro-Choice Caucus
- House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force
- Congressional Ukraine Caucus
- Protect Social Security Caucus
- Congressional Equality Caucus
- Congressional Diabetes Caucus
- Fire Services Caucus
- Bipartisan Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Task Force
- India and Indian Americans Caucus
- Congressional Dads Caucus
- Future Forum Caucus
- Ohio River Basin Congressional Caucus
- Voting Rights Caucus
- Congressional Nepal Caucus
- Bipartisan Congressional Pre-K and Child Care Caucus
- Abraham Accords Caucus
- Congressional Colorectal Cancer Caucus
- Congressional Arts Caucus
- Black Jewish Relations Caucus
- Congressional Epilepsy Caucus