Commissioner Berrick Abramson

Berrick Abramson
Commissioner

Lakewood, Colorado
Congressional District 7
Appointed July 2, 2023
Term Ends July 1, 2027

Berrick Abramson is the President of Confluence Policy & Strategy Group, a national, non-partisan organization that supports state & local governments with collaborative decision-making processes, policy development, strategic planning and stakeholder engagement. He brings a diverse background in public policy, international affairs, education, technology and finance. 

Commissioner Abramson is a nationally respected thought leader with more than two decades of experience in public policy and education issues and he is frequently sought to speak at national conferences on issues relating to P-20 education and workforce development. He has led work on a variety of complex policies ranging from fiscal policy, economic development and transportation funding to criminal justice reform and the use of federal funds in different programs and creating comprehensive strategic plans at the local and state levels.

Prior to becoming President at Confluence PSG, Abramson was Senior Policy Director at a small Colorado non-profit where he built and led the good government, education and workforce practices. Before establishing and building those practices, Abramson led the Policy & Government Affairs team of a 400+ person national non-profit where he oversaw state policy and state strategic planning efforts nationally. Prior to his work in public policy, Abramson worked in corporate finance and technology in San Francisco where he led over $1bn in institutional investments & underwritings for start-up and growth stage businesses in a variety of sectors. He served as founder or senior executive of several start-ups with varying exits from acquisition or other liquidity event and he continues to serve as a mentor to entrepreneurs through several national and international programs.

Commissioner Abramson holds a bachelor’s degree in U.S. History from University of California Santa Barbara. He lives in Jefferson County with his wife Carrie, where he has helped raise two step children. They share their home with their two Australian Shepherds and spend as much time as possible camping and playing outdoors. In his spare time, Commissioner Abramson is an avid gardener, skydiver, open water paddler and adventure race competitor. In addition to his involvement in his own community, Commissioner Abramson became active in efforts to support awareness and research for Crohn’s Disease when an aggressive form of the disease was nearly fatal for him in 2019.

Commissioner Abramson was appointed to the Commission by Gov. Polis in 2019 as an unaffiliated resident of the 7th Congressional District and reappointed for a second term in 2023 to serve through July 1, 2027. Commissioner Abramson chairs the Student Success and Workforce Alignment Committee, one of two standing committees of the Commission.