Subash Iyer is Chief Counsel of the Federal Transit Administration. Since January 2021, he has served as the FTA’s principal legal officer and advises the Acting Administrator on all aspects of the FTA’s programs, functions, and activities. Before joining the FTA, Mr. Iyer was Special Counsel for Ethics, Risk, and Compliance at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), where he served as risk counsel to the largest public transit agency in North America. Mr. Iyer was previously an attorney in private practice, where he worked on trial and appellate litigation matters and provided legal and strategic advice to corporate and individual clients on a wide range of issues.
Mr. Iyer previously served as law clerk to Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court, Chief Judge Robert A. Katzmann of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Mr. Iyer received his J.D., summa cum laude, from New York University School of Law and his B.A., summa cum laude, from Columbia University. Before law school, he served as policy adviser to Administrator Karen G. Mills of the U.S. Small Business Administration and worked at a large management consulting firm.

Dev Jagadesan is Acting Chief Executive Officer U.S International Finance Corporation since January 2021.
Jagadesan has been with the USIDFC for the last two decades in various positions and was most recently the Deputy General Counsel.
Jagadesan earned a B.A. in financial management from the Catholic University of America, and his law degree from the Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law.

Ashish Jha is the dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health. In succeeding Jeffrey Zients, Jha will lead the response of the entire U.S. to the COVID-19 pandemic, while also advancing the nation’s global health priorities and policies.

Ruchi Jain is the Deputy Solicitor for General Law in the Department of Interior since January 2021. Before joining Interior, Ruchi Jain was the Pro Bono Counsel for the Washington, D.C. office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Previously, Ruchi served as Special Assistant to President Obama, where she worked with other senior White House officials on federal agency management, Executive Branch nominations, and personnel matters. She held several other roles in the Obama-Biden White House and the Department of Justice. She began her career in private law practice. Ruchi has a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and a B.A. from Rice University.

Amit Jani was recently appointed as Director of the Chief Information Officer Action Group, U.S. Department of Defense.
Prior to his current role, he served as the National Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Director for President Biden’s campaign and he also worked in a legislative capacity for Congresswoman Judy Chu in Washington, D.C., as well as the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC). He has also served as Committeeman for the Middlesex County Democratic Committee and currently serves on the Advisory Board for the Hudson County Schools of Technology Foundation.
Amit is a native of Jersey City, where he currently resides. He is also an alumnus of Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey and a proud Scarlet Knight. Amit is a Contributor to the Huffington Post and was named as a “30 Under 30 in New Jersey Politics” by Observer Magazine. He hosts a podcast called Politics and Spice, which can be found on all major podcast providers.

Meera Joshi serves as the Acting Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Most recently Joshi served as General Manager of the New York office of Sam Schwartz Transportation Consultants and visiting scholar at NYU’s Rudin Center for Transportation policy. Previously, Joshi served as chief regulator of New York City’s for hire vehicle industry. Under her leadership, New York City mandated the reporting of granular trip data from large app operators, which informed landmark data-driven safety reforms, enforceable pay standards for drivers and meaningful access to service for the disabled. Joshi was also an executive manager in city agencies charged with oversight of the New York City Police Department and Department of Corrections.

Shanthi Kalathil was appointed to serve as the Coordinator for Democracy and Human Rights. She is an adviser, consultant and speaker on development, democratization and the role of technology in international affairs. She is co-author of Open Networks, Closed Regimes: The Impact of the Internet on Authoritarian Rule, a widely cited work that examined the Internet and political transition in eight authoritarian contexts. Kalathil has extensive experience advising the U.S. government, international organizations and nonprofits on the policy and programmatic aspects of supporting civil society, independent media, technology, transparency and accountability. In addition to recent work evaluating the effectiveness of global good governance programs, she has co-directed a project examining global leaders’ use of social media and is currently developing an interdisciplinary, international network of development, communication and freedom of expression experts.
Previously a senior Democracy Fellow at the U.S. Agency for International Development, a non-resident Associate at Georgetown’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, and a regular consultant for the World Bank, the Aspen Institute and others, she has authored or edited numerous policy and scholarly publications, including the edited volume Diplomacy, Development and Security in the Information Age (Georgetown University, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy), and Developing Independent Media as an Institution of Accountable Governance (The World Bank).
A former Hong Kong-based staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal Asia, Kalathil is a member of the Advisory Board to the National Endowment for Democracy’s Center for International Media Assistance. She has taught courses on international relations in the information age at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and Georgetown University. Kalathil holds degrees from U.C. Berkeley and the London School of Economics and Political Science, and is fluent in Mandarin.

Aruna Kalyanam is a veteran of Capitol Hill, bringing over 21 years of experience in the tax policy legislative process with her to the Treasury Department’s Office of Legislative Affairs.
Kalyanam most recently served on the Ways and Means Committee as Deputy Chief Tax Counsel and Staff Director of the Select Revenue Measures (the dedicated tax policy Subcommittee) under Chairman Richard E. Neal and Subcommittee Chairman Mike Thompson. She has been involved in every major tax legislative package on Capitol Hill since 2001, and led the Ways and Means Committee’s policy development on renewable energy, energy efficiency, and infrastructure.
A native of Maryland, Kalyanam is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis and the Washington College of Law at American University.

President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Neel Kashkari, was appointed on January 1, 2016. Neel serves as a voting member on the Federal Open Market Committee, bringing the Ninth Federal Reserve District’s perspective to monetary policy discussions in Washington, D.C. He also oversees Minneapolis Fed operations and leads its many initiatives. He was instrumental in establishing the Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute, whose mission is to ensure that world-class research helps to improve the economic well-being of all Americans. Most recently, he has joined with retired Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page to propose amending Minnesota’s constitution to make quality public education a fundamental right. This effort supports the Fed’s mandate to achieve maximum employment, with education being a key to obtaining a good job. Under Neel’s leadership, the Minneapolis Fed also released an action plan on “Ending Too Big to Fail,” which calls for tighter bank regulations to avoid future taxpayer bailouts of large financial institutions.
Neel was an aerospace engineer, developing technology for NASA missions. He had joined Goldman Sachs after earning his MBA, and served in several senior positions at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, including overseeing the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP, during the financial crisis. Before joining the Minneapolis Fed, he ran for governor of California in 2014 on a platform focused on economic opportunity.
Neel earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois. Eventually turning to finance and public policy, he earned his MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.

Änjali Kaur is an international development professional with comprehensive experience at the field, country, and global levels with evidence-based, integrated global health programs. Before joining USAID, Ms. Kaur was the Senior Program Officer at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation leading the global policy and advocacy strategies for the HIV and TB programs.
Prior to that, she was the Senior Director of Asia Pacific for Malaria No More where she established the India Office and expanded the organization’s work across the region, engaging with governments, private sector, civil society and media. Ms. Kaur was also with UNICEF’s Polio Programme, where she worked at the country and HQ levels, as well as the World Bank and UNFPA.

Saif Khan will serve as Special Assistant at the Office of VA General Counsel helping the VA office carry out four specific missions inlcuding Veterans Health Care, Veterans Benefits, and National Cemetery Administration. Saif has previously served as attorney advisor at the Board of Veterans Appeals. He is also the founder and former president of the Veteran led non profit American Veterans Committee, and also serves a s vice president of the World Veterans Foundation.
Saif previously managed a consulting firm and helped launch the non-profit organization Mission: Readiness. He is additionally on the Washington DC Mayor’s Veterans Affairs Advisory Board and is president of the Virginia Commonwealth University Alumni Veterans’ Council. He is also a US Army veteran, serving in combat in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Saif received his B.A. in Political Science from Virginia Commonwealth University, his Masters in Public Leadership from the University of San Francisco and his Juris Doctor from The George Washington University Law School.

Satyam Khanna was appointed to serve as Senior Policy Advisor for Climate and ESG in the office of Acting Chair Allison Herren Lee. In this new role, Mr. Khanna will advise the agency on environmental, social, and governance matters and advance related new initiatives across its offices and divisions. Mr. Khanna was most recently a resident fellow at NYU School of Law’s Institute for Corporate Governance and Finance and served on the Biden-Harris Presidential Transition’s Federal Reserve, Banking, and Securities Regulators Agency Review Team. He was previously a member of the SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee, where he served on the Investor-As-Owner Subcommittee, and was a senior advisor to the Principles for Responsible Investment. Prior to that, he served as Counsel to SEC Commissioner Robert J. Jackson Jr. Earlier in his career, Mr. Khanna was a member of the staff of the Financial Stability Oversight Council at the U.S. Treasury Department and was a litigation associate at the law firm McDermott Will & Emery.
He is a graduate of Columbia Law School and Washington University in St. Louis.

Principal Deupty Assistant Secretary at the Federal Housng Administration (FHA) in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Lopa Kolluri, is responsible for the Office’s policies, programs, and operations supporting homebuyers, homeowners, multifamily residents, and housing counselors. She is works with the Office’s oversight of manufactured housing and FHA’s Single Family, Multifamily, and Healthcare mortgage insurance programs.
Lopa has previously served as the Deputy Chief of Staff to HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan. She was also the Chief Development and Operating Officer for the Philadelphia Housing Authority, the nations fourth largest public housing authority. Lopa also held leadership roles at multifamily development and management companies Pennrose and Community Investment Strategies Inc. She additionally served as the Assistant State Treasurer for Economic Development for the State of New Jersey, and the Director of Housing and Community Resources for the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
She has a Bachelors Degree in Economics and French, and a M.A. in Development Economics and International Development from American University.

Since 2017, Kosoglu has served as a senior advisor to U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) in her U.S. Senate office and presidential campaign, Kamala Harris for the People. As Chief of Staff to Harris’ presidential campaign, Kosoglu managed and oversaw debate preparation, policy, communications, and operations for a team with over three-hundred staff with a $40 million budget.
Prior to Harris’ presidential race, Kosoglu served as Chief of Staff to Harris in the Senate, directing Harris’ legislative strategy and leadership on key committees, including the Senate Judiciary, Homeland Security and Government Affairs, and Budget Committees.
Kosoglu received a B.A. in English with Honors from the University of Michigan and a Masters in Legislative Affairs from George Washington University. She currently resides in the Washington D.C. area with her husband and three sons.

Sri Preston Kulkarni brings a variety of experience in service and public affairs to AmeriCorps, including 14 years as a foreign service officer with the State Department where he specialized in public diplomacy and worked in public affairs and international information programs, completing tours in Taiwan, Russia, Iraq, Israel, Jamaica, and Washington, D.C. He also spent time as a Pearson fellow with the U.S. Senate, advising on foreign policy, defense, and veterans affairs matters. Kulkarni furthered this experience as a candidate for Congress in 2018 and 2020, running the first U.S. campaign in 27 languages and the largest relational organizing program for a U.S. Congressional race.
He earned a bachelor’s in linguistics from the University of Texas and a master’s in public administration from Harvard Kennedy School. He speaks English, Spanish, Russian, Hindi, Hebrew, and Mandarin Chinese.

Deputy Associate Administrator Shashi Kumar also serves as the National Coordinator for Maritime Education and Training in the Maritime Administration within the Department of Transportation. He has four decades of experience within the maritime industry and has received numerous accolades for outstanding leadership including the U.S. Transportation Secretary’s Outstanding Achievement Gold Medal, and the Partnering for Excellence Award, the U.S. Maritime Service Distinguished Service Bronze Medal, and many others.
Previously, Shashi served three terms as the Interim Superintendent at the US Merchant Marine Academy. He has also held visiting professor appointments at the Indian Institute of Management, Memorial University, the World Maritime University, the Shanghai Maritime University, and the Pontifical Catholic University. He has published the 13 most recent editions of Annual US Merchant Marine and World Maritime Review for the US Naval proceedings.
Shashi earned a Doctorate of Philosophy from the University of Wales UK, a Master of Science from the Maine Maritime Academy, and Bachelor of Science from the Indian Maritime Academy.

Bhavya Lal is acting chief of staff for NASA. As the senior White House appointee at NASA, Lal served as a member of the Biden Presidential Transition Agency Review Team for the agency and oversaw the agency’s transition under the administration of President Joe Biden. Lal brings extensive experience in engineering and space technology, serving as a member of the research staff at the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) Science and Technology Policy Institute (STPI) from 2005 to 2020. There, she led analysis of space technology, strategy, and policy for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and National Space Council, as well as federal space-oriented organizations, including NASA, the Department of Defense, and the intelligence community. She has applied her expertise in engineering systems and innovation theory and practice to topics in space, with recent projects on commercial activities in low-Earth orbit and deep space, in-orbit servicing assembly and manufacturing, small satellites, human exploration, space nuclear power, space exploration, and space science. She has published more than 50 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings.
Before joining STPI, Lal served as president of C-STPS LLC, a science and technology policy research and consulting firm in Waltham, Massachusetts. Prior to that, she served as director of the Center for Science and Technology Policy Studies at Abt Associates Inc. in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Lal is an active member of the space technology and policy community, having chaired, co-chaired, or served on five high-impact National Academy of Science (NAS) committees. She served two consecutive terms on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Federal Advisory Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing (ACCRES) and was an External Council member of NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program and the Technology, Innovation and Engineering Advisory Committee of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC).
Lal also has served on five National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Committees including, most recently, one on Space Nuclear Propulsion Technologies that is set for release in 2021. She co-founded and is co-chair of the policy track of the American Nuclear Society’s annual conference on Nuclear and Emerging Technologies in Space (NETS) and co-organizes a seminar series on space history and policy with the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. For her many contributions to the space sector, she was nominated and selected to be a Corresponding Member of the International Academy of Astronautics. Lal earned Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in nuclear engineering, as well as a Master of Science degree in technology and policy, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and holds a doctorate in public policy and public administration from George Washington University. She is a member of both the nuclear engineering and public policy honor societies.

Commissioner Sunita Lough is the key official for Tax Exempy and Government Entities Division (TE/GE) of the Internal Revenue Service. Sunita was appointed as Deputy Commissioner of the IRS on November 4, 2020 and now serves as head of TE/GE. As Deputy Commissioner, she provided leadership to the four taxpayer-focused IRS operating divisions; Wage & Investment, Large Business and International (LB&I), Small Business/ Self Employed and Tax Exempt & Government Entities (TE/GE). She also oversaw the IRS Criminal Investigation Division, Office of Professional Responsibility, Online Services, the Return Preparer Office, and the IRS Whistleblower Office.
Sunita joined the IRS in 1994, as a tax law specialist in the Exempt Organizations Division. She has served in many different positions within the IRS, including docket attorney in the Office of Chief Counsel and technical advisor to the director, Tax-Exempt Bonds.
Sunita received her Juris Doctorate degree from George Mason University Law School and Master of Laws degree in taxation from Georgetown University Law Centre. She is a member of the District of Columbia and Virginia State Bars. She has eight years of private practice experience in the areas of tax-exempt bonds and exempt organizations.

Chief Information Officer Jay Mahanand works to drive innovation while maintaining a commitment to simplicity at USAID. He has over 22 years of experience in Information Technology, and has a technical background in telecommunications, systems development, information security, and IT project management.
Jay has previously worked as a CIO, CTO and Network Manager supporting the US Treasury and Naturalization Service. He has served several other managerial positions as well.
Jay graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelors of Science in Engineering. He holds several technical certifications in enterprise architecture, telecommunications, project management, and information security as well.