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  • US Senate confirms Indian-American Seema Nanda as solicitor for labor dept

    US Senate confirms Indian-American Seema Nanda as solicitor for labor dept

    WASHINGTON (TIP): The US Senate has confirmed Indian-American civil rights lawyer Seema Nanda as the solicitor for the Department of Labor. A former CEO of the Democratic National Committee who also served in the Department of Labor during the Obama Administration, Nanda, 48, was confirmed by the Senate with 53-46 votes on Wednesday, July 14.

    Nanda served as chief of staff, deputy chief of staff and deputy solicitor at the US Department of Labor in the Obama-Biden administration. Earlier, she spent over 15 years in various roles as a labor and employment attorney, mostly in government service. Nanda led the now named Office of Immigrant and Employee Rights Section of the US Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division where she served as a supervisor attorney in the Division of Advice at the National Labor Relations Board and worked as an associate in private practice in Seattle. After the Obama-Biden administration, Nanda led the Democratic National Committee as the CEO and served as the COO and executive vice president at the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.Nanda is presently a fellow at Harvard Law School’s Labor and Worklife Program. She grew up in Connecticut and is a graduate of Brown University and Boston College Law School.

    (Source: PTI)

  • Indian American Seema Nanda set to return to the Department of Labor

    Indian American Seema Nanda set to return to the Department of Labor

    WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian American Seema Nanda is set to return to the Department of Labor, where she served for 40 months as Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff and Deputy Solicitor during the Obama administration.

    President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate her as the Solicitor of the Department of Labor on March 26, 2021. The Arlington, VA, resident is currently a Visiting Fellow at Harvard Law School Labor & Worklife Program.

    Nanda, who grew up in Connecticut, served as the CEO of the Democratic National Committee, an apex party body that coordinates strategy to elect its candidates various federal, state and local offices, from June 2018 to April last year. During her tenure as the DNC chief, the party captured the House of Representatives in the 2018 mid-term election, propelling Rep. Nancy Pelosi back to the House speaker position.

    As the DNC CEO, she worked closely with Chair Tom​ Perez, who was also her former boss at the Department of Labor, managing the group’s day-to-day operations.

    Prior to joining the DNC, she served as the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President at the advocacy group Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.

    During President Obama’s first term, Nanda served at the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice, initially as a Senior Trial Attorney and then as a Deputy Special Counsel.

    From 2007 to 2010, she served as a supervisor attorney in the Division of Advice at the National Labor Relations Board. Nanda earned her bachelor’s degree from Brown University and law degree from Boston College Law School.

    Nanda was one of the six nominees announced by Biden on Friday.