Seema Nanda named CEO of Democratic National Committee |
The Democratic National Committee has tapped Indian American Seema Nanda to serve as its new CEO and handle day-to-day operations, making her perhaps the first from the community to be named an operational head of a key American political party.Nanda is currently the executive vice president and chief operating officer at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the largest human and civil rights organization in the U.S. She will start later this month in her new position. As CEO, Nanda will manage the day-to-day operations of the organization. The DNC coordinates strategy to support the party`s candidates throughout the country for local, state and national office. As mid-term elections continue and the 2020 elections draw closer, hiring the management-oriented Nanda is a move away from more explicitly political executives who have led the troubled party in the past, Politico reported.Nanda previously worked as Perez`s chief of staff at the Department of Labor. She replaces interim CEO Mary Beth Cahill, who took the helm of the DNC in February after replacing Jess O`Connell, a seasoned operative who left after less than a year on the job.
|
|