Who is Senator Ben Sasse’s wife Elizabeth?
SENATOR Ben Sasse has been representing the state of Nebraska since 2014.
Sasse met his wife Melissa McLeod Sasse during college and the two have been married since 1995.
Who is Senator Ben Sasse’s wife Elizabeth?
Melissa is a native of Birmingham, Alabama. Coming from a military family, she was born on an Air Force base in California.
While living in New Haven, Connecticut, Melissa worked as a high school teacher and guidance counselor. During this time, Sasse was working toward his PhD in American History.
Melissa has degrees from the University of Alabama and Georgia Mason University.
At the age of 37, Melissa encountered a major health scare in 2007 after suffering from a brain aneurysm. Within six months Melissa had made tremendous recovery.
Melissa currently still teaches, but at home, to a much smaller class – their children.
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How many children do they have?
Melissa and Sasse have three children. They have two daughters and one son: Elizabeth, Alexandra, and Breck.
The children are mainly raised in Fremont, Nebraska, but they often travel to Washington, D.C. when Congress is in session.
Due to the family’s constant traveling, Melissa homeschools their children.
Who is Ben Sasse?
Sasse grew up in Fremont, Nebraska, where he was recruited out of high school to wrestle at Harvard University.
Having never ran for anything before, Sasse won all 93 counties in Nebraska, being elected as there US Senate.
Before his time at the Capitol, Sasse, similar to his wife, was an occasional professor and spent five years as a college president of Midland University.
Sasse was 37 years old when recruited to lead the university, making him one of the youngest college presidents in the nation.
Sasse has also spent majority of his life helping companies through technological and leadership disorder. He’s worked with the Boston Consulting Group and McKinsey and Company.
Sasse is also the author of two national best sellers: Them: Why We Each Other and The Vanishing American Adult.
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