Bradley Scott Schneider

DemocratU.S. Representative, IL-10

Age	64 (b. 1961-08-20)
Gender	Male
In office since	2013-01-03 (~13 yrs)
Religion	Jewish
Education	B.S. in Industrial Engineering, Northwestern University (1983); M.B.A., Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University (1988)
Prior occupation	Businessman; management consultant; founder of Cadence Consulting Group; previously managing principal at life insurance firm Davis Dann Adler Schneider, and director of strategic services at Blackman Kallick
Military service	No
Birthplace	Denver, Colorado
Marital status	married — Julie Dann
Children	2
Residence	Deerfield, Illinois
Notable relatives	Nephew Aaron Regunberg, Democratic politician and former Rhode Island state representative

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Pending research: race / ethnicity · languages · openly lgbtq.

Career & politics

First elected	2012
Previous offices	U.S. Representative, Illinois's 10th congressional district (2013-2015)
Committees	Committee on Foreign Affairs · Committee on Ways and Means
Caucuses	New Democrat Coalition · Congressional Equality Caucus · Climate Solutions Caucus · Rare Disease Caucus
Leadership	Chair, New Democrat Coalition (2025-present) · Vice Chair for Communications, New Democrat Coalition (118th Congress)
Ideology	Moderate Democrat; chair of the centrist New Democrat Coalition. Self-describes as pragmatic and moderate.
Signature legislation	Israel Relations Normalization Act (lead sponsor) · Sustainable Skies Act (Sustainable Aviation Fuel tax incentives) · Greener Transportation for Communities Act · SECURE 2.0 Act provisions on auto-portability and special needs trusts

Financial

Net worth: disclosed $16,143,165–$38,175,000 (2018) · estimate

Relative Value Partners Balance Strategy	fund · –$3,375,001 · 2018
Mastercard Inc	stock · –$1,125,001 · 2018

Scandals & crimes ledger

resolved — Congressional Accountability Act Lawsuit — Campbell v. Office of Brad Schneider (Workplace Discrimination/Hostile Work Environment)

abuse-of-office · 2021-03-03 · In July 2021, Patrice Campbell, a Black constituent services representative in Rep. Brad Schneider's district office, filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against 'The Office of Brad Schneider' under the Congressional Accountability Act. Campbell alleged that her supervisor, Karyn Davidman, created a racially hostile work environment, including telling Campbell in March 2021, regarding a mask lanyard, that she would 'have to get a rope and put it around your neck' — a remark Campbell characterized as an unmistakable lynching reference — and repeating the comment the next day on an all-staff video call. Campbell further alleged that after she reported the conduct, the office failed to adequately discipline the supervisor and retaliated against her with a reduced schedule followed by a heavier workload, forcing her to take leave. Schneider's office publicly disputed the characterization, stating it had taken 'prompt and appropriate corrective action' and expressing confidence it would be 'exonerated.' Court records show the case was terminated on January 24, 2022 (no published opinion on the merits, consistent with a negotiated resolution). Separately, a February 2024 Bloomberg Law report on the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights' (OCWR) annual disbursement report for calendar year 2023 listed Schneider's office, alongside those of Reps. Doug Lamborn and Josh Harder, among House offices whose settlements of workplace intimidation/discrimination and FMLA-related claims collectively totaled $170,000 that year; the report did not break out an office-specific dollar figure. It is not confirmed from public sources whether that 2023 disbursement reporting reflects this same case (paid out after case termination) or a distinct claim. · Case terminated in federal district court, consistent with a negotiated settlement (no dollar figure specific to Schneider's office is publicly confirmed). Campbell continued to work in Schneider's office and was later promoted to Casework Manager/Special Programs Coordinator.

A former staffer sued Rep. Schneider's congressional office in 2021 under the Congressional Accountability Act, alleging a supervisor made racially charged (lynching-referencing) remarks and that the office retaliated against her after she complained; the federal case was terminated in January 2022 without a published merits ruling, and Schneider's office was later named in a 2024 report on 2023 House office workplace-claim settlements, though the specific amount attributable to his office was not disclosed.

Sources: Roll Call · Washington Examiner · The Pantagraph · CourtListener (U.S. District Court, D.D.C., Docket 1:21-cv-01894) · Bloomberg Law

resolved — STOCK Act Late Disclosure Violation — Trupanion Stock Trades

ethics-violation · 2022-03-17 · U.S. House of Representatives (STOCK Act administrative enforcement) · Mandatory $200 civil fine paid by Schneider for late disclosure of two stock transactions (a sale and a charitable donation of Trupanion Inc. stock totaling up to $200,000) that occurred on December 10, 2021, but were not disclosed until March 17, 2022 — approximately two months past the 45-day STOCK Act deadline. Schneider's office attributed the delay to a missed mouse click; his chief of staff stated that stocks came from an investment partnership his wife inherited and she sold them without notifying him.

Schneider violated the STOCK Act by disclosing two Trupanion stock transactions (December 10, 2021) roughly two months late, paying the standard statutory $200 fine. His office called it an administrative error. No ethics committee investigation or further action followed.

Sources: Business Insider India · Yahoo News / Business Insider