Personal Life
Alter lives in Montclair, New Jersey, with his wife Emily Lazar, a producer of the Comedy Central show The Colbert Report, and their three children.
Alter's family has had wide-ranging influence in politics. His mother, Joanne, was the first woman elected to public office in Cook County, Illinois. His sister Jamie Alter Lynton and brother-in-law Michael Lynton are two of the most politically active fundraisers in California and his cousin Charles Rivkin is the current United States Ambassador to France. Alter serves on the Board of Directors of DonorsChoose, which allows teachers to post online proposals for classroom materials, and The Blue Card, a national Jewish organization assisting Holocaust survivors.
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