Background and Experience

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             PAST AND CURRENTLY HELD SIERRA CLUB VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP POSITIONS:
  • National: Federal Organizing Program – Volunteer Co-Lead and Conservation Policy Committee Member (Since 2022)
  • Maryland Chapter: Nominations Chair (2022), Conservation Task Force Member (2020-21), Growing for Change Equity Taskforce Member (Since 2020), Committee Member: Legislative, Transportation & Energy
  • Montgomery County Group: Chair (2019-2022), 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) – Since 2019
  • 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-Current
  • 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
  • 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)