Saturday, December 24, 2011

Indian-American Shefali Duggal ‘most powerful’ woman in California

HOUSTON: Shefali Razdan Duggal, a top Indian-American fundraiser at President Barack Obama's re-election campaign, has made it to a prestigious list of the "most powerful and influential women" of California.

40-year-old Shefali, also a member of Obama's Presidential Partners, National Finance Committee (NFC) and Northern California Finance Committee, will be formally recognised at a ceremony on February 2.

National Diversity Council, a non-profit organization which champions diversity in workplace and communities, has chosen Shefali as one of the "2012 Most Powerful and Influential Women of California".

She is among the top fundraisers for Obama's re-election campaign and raised between $50,000 and $100,000.

Shefali is a a member of the Democratic National Committee Asian American Leadership Council and the DNC National Steering Committee. She is also a member of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) Chairman’s Council and a member of the Majority Council of Emily’s List, an organization dedicated to electing Democratic women to all levels of government. Shefali is a committee member of Human Rights Watch, California Committee North and on the Board of Directors of The Forgotten International.

Previously, Shefali was active in Senator Barack Obama’s Presidential campaign where she was a Trustee for the DNC South Asian American Leadership Council. There she focused on South Asian and Young Professional outreach, co-hosting a number of fundraising events for both the Senator and his surrogates. She previously worked with Senator Hillary Clinton’s Presidential campaign where she was a member of the campaign’s Northern California Steering Committee and the Women for Hillary Committee. Shefali was also recently on the Finance Committee for the Kamala Harris for California Attorney General Campaign and is currently a member of her Transition Team. In addition, she was Executive Director of Indus Women Leaders, a national South Asian women’s organization, and is a graduate of Emerge, a political leadership training program for Democratic women. Shefali was also a Board Member of the Indian American Leadership Initiative, an organization focused on promoting South Asian political participation.

Earlier in her career, Shefali worked as a Political Analyst at Staton Hughes, a political strategy firm, and also worked for the MA Democratic Party, NH Democratic party, and Senators Ted Kennedy and Dianne Feinstein.

Shefali was born in India and has lived in Cincinnati, Chicago, New York and Boston. She received an M.A. in Political Communication from New York University and a B.S. in Mass Communication from Miami University of Ohio.

 

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