Gautam Raghavan
Gautam Raghavan is a political advisor who was the director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office.[1] Raghavan previously served as the associate director of the Office of Public Liaison in the Obama administration. Early life and educationRaghavan was born in India and raised in Seattle, Washington.[2] He attended Stanford University,[2] where he was a member of the Stanford Harmonics.[3] CareerRaghavan was the associate director of the Office of Public Liaison under President Obama, acting as a liaison to both the LGBT and Asian American and Pacific Islander communities from 2011 to 2017.[4] He has also worked for the Progressive Majority, the 2008 Obama campaign, the Democratic National Committee,[5] the Gill Foundation,[6] and the U.S. Department of Defense as the outreach lead for its "Don't Ask, Don’t Tell" Working Group.[5] Outside of government, Raghavan has worked as a consultant for progressive organizations including the Biden Foundation[4] and the Indian American Impact Project, an initiative that supports Indian Americans in politics which he founded in 2016.[7][8] Raghavan was the editor of West Wingers: Stories from the Dream Chasers, Change Makers, and Hope Creators Inside the Obama White House, which includes personal accounts by eighteen Obama Administration staffers.[9] From December 2018 to July 2020, Raghavan was the chief of staff for Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal.[10] In June 2020, Biden selected Raghavan to serve on his presidential transition team.[11] Personal lifeRaghavan is openly gay. He lives with his husband and daughter in Washington D.C.[12] He is of Tamil descent.[13] References
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