Seema Nanda is Solicitor of Labor in the Biden Administration.¹ She was Chief Executive Officer of the Democratic National Committee until April 2020.² Nanda also formerly served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, as chief of staff to Secretary Tom Perez at the U.S. Department of Labor during the Obama Administration, and as head of the Office of Employee and Immigrant Rights in the Civil Rights division of the U.S. Department of Justice.³ She has been a fellow at Harvard Law School’s Labor and Worklife Program,⁴ and formerly worked at the National Labor Relations Board’s Division of Advice.⁵

1. “About the Solicitor.” U.S. Department of Labor. Accessed April 4, 2024. Available at: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/sol/about/solicitor
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3. “Seema Nanda – Chief Executive Officer, Democratic National Committee.” AAPI Progressive Action. Accessed December 8, 2020. Available at: https://www.aapiprogressiveaction.com/seema-2019
4. “Fannie Lou Hamer Fellowship.” Sandler Phillips Center. Accessed December 8, 2020. Available at: https://www.sandlerphillipscenter.com/flhfellows
5. “Speaker Profile: Seema Nanda.” Netroots Nation. Accessed December 8, 2020. Available at: https://www.netrootsnation.org/profile/seema-nanda/