Alan has a BA in Political Science and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Connecticut Law School. He has practiced law for 35 years and was Chief Counsel for the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. He was on the Board of Directors ofLifelong Learning Centers, a company operating educational programs for children living in various federally assisted apartment complexes.
He is the author of Crocodile Mothers Eat Their Young which is a novel based on his experiences as a foster parent. He and his wife, Barbara, became foster parents in the late 1990s and do workshops aimed at foster parents of teenagers.
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