Daleep Singh
Daleep Singh was appointed to the Biden Administration as Deputy National Security Advisor and Deputy National Economic Council Director. He was previously the executive vice president and head of the Markets Group at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. In this role, he oversaw the group’s full portfolio, including implementing monetary policy, monitoring and […]
Sabrina Singh
Sabrina Singh was named the White House Deputy Press Secretary in January 2021. Sabrina was Press Secretary to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on the Biden-Harris campaign. Prior to her role on the campaign, Singh served as a senior spokesperson for Mike Bloomberg’s presidential campaign and National Press Secretary for Cory Booker’s presidential campaign.She previously served […]
Varun Sivaram
Varun Sivaram is senior advisor to the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John F. Kerry. A physicist, bestselling author, and clean energy technology expert, his experience spans the corporate, public, and academic sectors. He has previously served as Chief Technology Officer of ReNew Power, a multibillion-dollar renewable-energy firm that is India’s largest, senior research […]
Narayan Subramanian
Narayan Subramanian was appointed to serve as the Legal Advisor of the Office of General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Energy. Narayan was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Center for Law, Energy, & the Environment at Berkeley Law leading a project tracking regulatory rollbacks, and served as a Fellow at the Initiative for […]
Fatema Z. Sumar
Leveraging her expertise in international development, foreign policy, diplomacy, & advocacy, Fatema Z. Sumar leads efforts to fight poverty by transforming global systems in reaching vulnerable populations. In February 2021, President Biden appointed Ms. Sumar as Vice President of the Department of Compact Operations at the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). In this role, she will […]
Mohsin Syed
Mohsin Syed serves as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional Affairs. He previously served for over six years on Capitol Hill, including as the Majority Chief Counsel for the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Minority Staff Director for the Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security within the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, […]
Shuchi Talati
Shuchi Talati was appointed to serve as Chief of Staff of the Office of Fossil Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. Shuchi was most recently a Senior Policy Advisor at Carbon180 where she focused on policies to build sustainable and equitable technological carbon removal at scale. She also served as a policy volunteer on […]
Neera Tanden
Neera Tanden is an American political consultant and government official. She is the president of the Center for American Progress, a liberal advocacy organization where she has worked in different capacities since its founding in 2003, and most recently became its president and CEO. She previously served as senior adviser for health reform at the […]
Vinai Thummalapally
Nida Allam
Nida Allam is the first Muslim American woman to be elected to office in North Carolina, she was one of five women to win North Carolina Democratic Primary for the Durham County Board of Commissioners’ five seats. Prior to her run for local office, Allam worked as a political director for Senator Bernie Sanders’s presidential […]
Jasmeet Bains
Jasmeet Bains became the first Indian-origin Sikh woman to be elected to the California Assembly. Bains is a medical director at Bakersfield Recovery Services, a non-profit that treats adults suffering from addiction. In her campaign pitch, she said she would prioritize healthcare, homelessness, water infrastructure and air quality. The daughter of immigrant parents from India, […]
Ravinder Bhalla
Mayor Bhalla was elected Hoboken’s 39th Mayor on November 7, 2017. As Mayor, Ravi has focused on improving the quality of life for Hoboken residents while prioritizing fiscal responsibility. He introduced a City budget with no municipal tax increase, maintained the City’s AA+ credit rating, continues to oversee the rehabilitation of Washington Street, formed a […]
Susheela Jayapal
Susheela Jayapal has proudly served as District 2 Multnomah County Commissioner since January, 2019. Susheela is a lawyer, whose last legal job was as General Counsel for adidas America; and has also spent two decades as a volunteer community leader/advocate for a number of different community-based organizations. Susheela’s diverse experiences prepared her for the multifaceted […]
Farrah Khan
Mayor Farrah N. Khan is first and foremost a mother of two boys. She was first elected to the Irvine City Council in 2018 with the highest votes among 12 candidates and is the first woman of color to be elected to the Council. She is a small business owner and a recruitment consultant. She […]
Harry Sidhu
Mayor Sidhu was elected mayor of Anaheim in November 2018. Harry was previously served on Anaheim’s City Council from 2004 to 2012, including as mayor pro tem from 2009 to 2011 and in 2012. He seeks to encourage a thriving business community and economic development that creates jobs and housing and that meets the needs […]
Kavita Tankha
Prior to being elected, Mayor Kavita worked as an attorney in large multinational law firms around the world, primarily focusing on banking and structured finance work.She currently serves on the boards of many nonprofits and is committed to philanthropy and community engagement. Kavita has a BA and LLB from Delhi University, and an LLM from […]
Niraj Antani
State Senator Niraj Antani is serving his first term in the Ohio Senate. He represents the 6th District, which covers most of Montgomery County. Having been first elected to the Ohio House at age 23, now age 29, he is the youngest currently serving member of the Senate. He is the first Indian American State […]
Harry Arora
Connecticut Representative Arora is the state representative for the General Assembly’s 151st District, which includes parts of the Cos Cob, Riverside, and other neighborhoods of Greenwich. Harry was re-elected to serve his first full two-year term in the Connecticut General Assembly, Nov. 3, 2020 after winning a Special Election in 2019. He is the ranking […]
Kumar Barve
Maryland House of Delegates member Barve was the first Indian American elected to serve in a state legislature in United States history. Kumar has represented Montgomery County in the Maryland House of Delegates since 1990. He is the Chairman of the House Environment and Transportation Committee. Recently he was named “Environmental Legislator of the Year” […]
Jay Chaudhuri
North Carolina State Senator Whip Chaudhuri is a member of the North Carolina State Senate, representing District 15. Jay assumed office on January 1, 2019. His current term ends on December 31, 2020. He ran for re-election to the North Carolina State Senate to represent District 15. He won in the general election on November […]
