Shefali Razdan Duggal
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Born | Shefali Razdan November 22, 1971 Haridwar, Uttar Pradesh, India |
Alma mater | Miami University and New York University |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Rajat Duggal (m. 1998) |
Shefali Razdan Duggal (born November 22, 1971) is an Indian-born American Democratic political activist. She was appointed by President Barack Obama to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, which supervises the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, for a term which expired in January 2018.[1]
Razdan Duggal served on the board of Emily’s List,[2] served as a Deputy National Finance Director of the Democratic National Committee[3] and recently served on the National Finance Committee of Joe Biden for President 2020.[4] Razdan Duggal also recently accepted an invitation to join the Leadership and Character Council at Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem NC).[5]
Early life[]
Razdan Duggal, a Kashmiri Pandit, was born in Haridwar, Uttar Pradesh, and moved with her family to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at age 2. She then moved to Cincinnati, Ohio at age 5 where she grew up and graduated from Sycamore High School. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communication from Miami University of Ohio[6] and an Master of Arts degree in Media Ecology from New York University.[7]
Involvement in Politics[]
Razdan Duggal got her start in politics volunteering for the Massachusetts Democratic Party and the New Hampshire Democratic Party before moving on to volunteer for Senator Ted Kennedy and Senator Dianne Feinstein.[8] Razdan Duggal started her work in Presidential campaigns with Vice President Al Gore’s 2000 run where she was a volunteer and an at-large Delegate representing the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Following the 2000 Election, she worked for Staton Hughes, a political strategy firm, as a Political Analyst and also became a graduate of Emerge,[9] a political leadership training program for Democratic women.
After a short hiatus, Razdan Duggal rejoined political activism with outreach and fundraising for Hillary Clinton’s 2008 campaign for the Democratic nomination. She was a member of Women for Hillary and the Northern California Steering Committee.[10] After Clinton lost the nomination to then-Senator Barack Obama, Razdan Duggal joined his team as a member of the Obama for America National Finance Committee.
Simultaneously continuing her work with President Obama, Shefali joined the Kamala Harris effort for California Attorney General and after her victory, Razdan Duggal was on the Finance Committee for the transition team.[11]
During the 2012 Presidential Election, Razdan Duggal worked with President Obama’s campaign once again as part of the National Finance Committee, an Obama Victory Trustees Co-Chair and a Northern California Finance Committee Member. During the 2012 Democratic National Convention, Shefali was a member of the Credentials Standing Committee[12] and an at-large Delegate representing the state of California.
Razdan Duggal was a National Finance Committee member for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 Presidential bid. During the 2016 Democratic National Convention, Razdan Duggal was a member of the Rules Standing Committee.[13] She was mentioned in a New York Times article in 2016 as some of her emails were in a collection of stolen Democratic National Committee emails that were released by WikiLeaks.[14]
During the 2020 Presidential Election, Razdan Duggal served on the National Finance Committee of Joe Biden for President 2020 and as a national Co-Chair of Women for Biden.[15] She was a Vice Chair of the Credentials Standing Committee[16] and an at-large Delegate representing the state of California at the 2020 Democratic National Convention.
Current Affiliations[]
- Democratic National Committee, Deputy National Finance Chair[17]
- Emily’s List, Board Member[18]
- Human Rights First, Board of Advocates[19]
- Human Rights Watch, California Committee North Board[20]
- Miami University Inside Washington, National Advisory Board[21]
- United States Holocaust Memorial Council, Western Region Advisor[22]
- Wake Forest University, Leadership and Character Council[23]
Personal life[]
Razdan Duggal lives in San Francisco, CA and is married to Rajat Duggal. They have two children, a son and a daughter.[24]
References[]
- ^ "President Obama Announces New Appointee to United States Holocaust Memorial Council — United States Holocaust Memorial Museum". www.ushmm.org. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
- ^ "Board of Directors". www.emilyslist.org. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
- ^ "Shefali Razdan Duggal". Revolving Door Project. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
- ^ "Volunteer Fundraisers". Joe Biden for President: Official Campaign Website. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
- ^ "Leadership & Character | Wake Forest University". Leadership and Character. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
- ^ "Shefali Razdan Duggal '93". www.givetomiamioh.org. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
- ^ SiliconIndia. "5 Most Influential Indian Women in U.S. - Page 3". siliconindia. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
- ^ "Indian-American Shefali Razdan Duggal 'most powerful' woman in California". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
- ^ "Shefali Razdan Duggal". Emerge California. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
- ^ "Indian American Leadership Initiative". salsa.wiredforchange.com. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
- ^ "Kamala Harris' Senate Bid Excites California's Indian Americans". NBC News. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
- ^ West, India (2016-01-28). "Four Indian American Leaders Nominated to Posts for 2016 Democratic Convention". India News, Breaking News, Entertainment News | India.com. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
- ^ "Four PIOs nominated to Democratic Convention Standing Committees". The Hindu. PTI. 2016-01-23. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
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: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Confessore, Nicholas; Eder, Steve (2016-07-25). "In Hacked D.N.C. Emails, a Glimpse of How Big Money Works (Published 2016)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
- ^ "Women for Biden". Joe Biden for President: Official Campaign Website. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
- ^ "2020 Democratic National Convention, standing committees, credentials, platform, rules". www.democracyinaction.us. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
- ^ "Shefali Razdan Duggal". Revolving Door Project. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
- ^ "Board of Directors". www.emilyslist.org. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
- ^ "Board of Directors". Human Rights First. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
- ^ "San Francisco Committee". Human Rights Watch. 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
- ^ "Miami University announces new "Miami in DC" Alumni Advisory Board". www.miamialum.org. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
- ^ "President Obama Announces New Appointee to United States Holocaust Memorial Council — United States Holocaust Memorial Museum". www.ushmm.org. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
- ^ "Leadership & Character | Wake Forest University". Leadership and Character. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
- ^ "Pray, eat, love say these three ladies - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
- 1971 births
- Living people
- People from San Francisco
- 20th-century American women
- 21st-century American women
- American women civil servants
- California Democrats
- American politicians of Indian descent
- California politicians of Indian descent