About Jon Berger

Jon Berger is currently a candidate for North Carolina State Representative, District 20. In September 2023, he retired from the U.S. Government after almost 30 years of service. From 1995 until 2002, he was a legislative policy aide in the U.S. Congress, serving first for Representative Gary Ackerman (D-NY), and then for Senator Jack Reed (D-RI). In September 2002 he entered the U.S. Department of State as a Foreign Service Officer. He was posted abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark; Belgrade, Serbia; Vilnius, Lithuania; and Tel Aviv, Israel; as well as a domestic assignment in Washington, D.C. His final posting in the State Department was as a Foreign Policy Advisor to Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC) at Camp Lejeune. He is the recipient of several State Department meritorious awards for his
work overseas.

Since retiring he has joined the Board of Creating Friendships for Peace, a peace-building/dialogue group that brings teenagers from both sides of the conflicts in Cyprus and Israel to the United States for a month-long program and homestay with American families. He also volunteers on the awards committee of the North Carolina Heroes Fund, a veteran service organization that provides financial assistance to veterans in need. Jon lives in Wilmington with his wife Liz and his two amazing daughters Lillian (18) and Eve (14), both of whom attend John T Hoggard High School.