SHRUTI BHATNAGAR
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CURRENTLY AND PAST HELD SIERRA CLUB VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS:
  • Vice President for Conservation (Since May 2024)
  • National Board of Directors (Since May 2023)
  • National Board Committees
    • Conservation Policy (Since 2022)
    • Green Ventures Partnership (Since 2024)
    • Equity, Inclusion and Justice Committee (Since 2023)
    • Finance and Risk Management (2023-2025)
    • Volunteer Leadership and Activism (VLAC) (2023-2024)
    • National Federal Organizing Program - Volunteer Co-Lead (2022-2023)
    • Asian Diaspora in Solidarity Group Volunteer Coordinator (Since 2022)
  • Maryland Chapter:
    • Conservation Chair (Since 2023)
    • Maryland Youth Leadership Council (Since 2023)
    • Nominations Chair (2022)
    • Conservation Task Force Member (2020-21)
    • Growing for Change Equity Taskforce Member (2020-2022)
    • Committee Member:
      • Legislative
      • Transportation & Energy
  • Montgomery County Group (2019-2022)
    • Chair
    • Membership Chair
    • Issue Teams:
      • Forest Conservation
      • 100% Clean Energy
      • Land Use and Transportation
      • Political Committee
                         
OTHER PAST AND CURRENTLY HELD LEADERSHIP POSITIONS:
(Includes the breadth of leadership experience at various nonprofit, community, and political organizations)
  • Board member – Maryland Legislative Coalition for Women (MLAW) – (2019-2024)
  • Director, South Asians for America (SAFA), Maryland - (Since 2021)
  • Commissioner on the Montgomery County Commission on Children and Youth (2016-2019)
  • Chair, Committee on Mental Health (2017-18); Chair, Committee on Opioid Drug Abuse (2016-2017)
  • President – Takoma Foundation – Local fund of the Greater Washington Community Foundation (2015-2017)
  • County Executive’s Transition Team Member - Thriving Youth & Families (2018-19)
  • Montgomery County’s Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Advisory Committee (2017-2018)
  • Mental Health Ambassador, Asian American Health Initiative (2017-18)   
  • Founding member and Outreach lead for Montgomery County Coalition on Hate Crime (2016-2017)
  • Founding member for Maryland Coalition on Refugee Resettlement (2015)
  • Montgomery County Public Library Advisory Committee Member (2014 – 2018)
  • Montgomery County Public School Leadership & Improvement Strategic Planning Team (2010-2016)
  • Board of Directors, Parent Teacher Association for Maryland, and Montgomery County Council (2008-2016)
  • Board of Directors Neighborhood Civic Association 
                                                                           
 POLITICAL:
  • Maryland Democratic Diversity Leadership Council Executive Team Member – 2019-Current
  • Montgomery County, Maryland Democratic Party Central Committee Member – 2021-Current
  • Precinct Organization Chair for the Montgomery County Democratic Party (259 precincts) 2019-2024
  • Chair Emeritus & Board member, Dist. 18 Democratic Caucus – (2021-2022)
  • Chair, MD Dist. 18 Democratic Caucus (2019-2021)
  • Vice Chair, MD Dist. 18 Democratic Caucus (2017-2019)
  • Maryland Democratic Party Committees – Since 2015
  • Board of Director Women’s Democratic Club (2016-2019)
  • South Asian Women for Biden – Co-Lead Organizer for Maryland (2020)
  • National Women’s March on Washington in DC, Lead Organizer in Montgomery County, MD (2017)
OTHER CAMPAIGNS:
  • Maryland Democratic Party Coordinated campaigns 2016; 2018; 2020; 2022, 2024
  • Harris-Waltz Campaign Volunteer Organizing, Get Out The Vote activities (2024)
  • Candidate for Montgomery County Maryland Democratic Central Committee (2022)
  • Organizing for Biden-Harris Campaign; Georgia Senate Run-off races (2020 & 2022)
  • Candidate for Montgomery County Council At-Large (2018)
  • Mid Atlantic Coalition for Biden Campaign – Voter outreach in MD, PA and North Carolina, Virginia (2020)
  • Congressman Jamie Raskin’s campaign (2015-2016)
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