Hans Riemer

Hans Davis Riemer (born September 5, 1972) is a German-American non-profit executive, political activist, and author. He served as an at-large member of the Montgomery County Council in Maryland from 2010 to 2022. He unsuccessfully ran for Montgomery County executive in 2022, with a platform including affordable housing, environmental policy, and police reform. Early life and education Riemer was born in Oakland, California, the son of Davis Riemer, an investment advisor, and Louise Rothman-Riemer, a long-time activist and the current president of the League of Women Voters in Oakland. Both Riemer's parents were politically active and often discussed community and national issues at home. He grew up in the Oakland Hills and attended UC Santa Cruz, graduating in 1995 with a Bachelor of Arts in Politics with honors. "Hans has sort of been enveloped in political activism as long as he's been around," according to his mother, Louise Rothman-Riemer. She noted that when Hans was a toddler, she and her husband, both longtime ACLU activists, carted him to women's rights groups and Alameda County Board of Supervisors meetings, "I just backpacked him and took him everywhere I went." Career After graduating from UC Santa Cruz in 1995, Riemer worked for the National Academy of Social Insurance, where he had interned during college. Then in 1995 he was hired as Public Policy Associate at the Save Our Security Coalition, under Arthur S. Flemming.