Shefali Duggal, US Prez Biden’s envoy to Netherlands, is inspiration for Indian-Americans: group chief

Indian-American political activist Shefali Razdan Duggal, who has been nominated by US President Joe Biden as his envoy to the Netherlands, is a supply of inspiration for South Asians, particularly women and girls, an eminent group chief has mentioned.

On March 11, Biden nominated Duggal because the US Ambassador to the Netherlands. Her nomination is pending earlier than the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

SHEFALI’S BACKGROUND

A Kashmiri pandit, Duggal, 50, was born in Haridwar and moved along with her household to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on the age of two.

She then moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, the place she grew up and graduated from Sycamore High School. She has a Bachelor of Science diploma in Mass Communication from Miami University and a Master of Arts diploma in Media Ecology from New York University.

“Shefali has been leading our community at National Level in Democrat politics and has inspired so many South Asian Americans and Americans all over the country to have a seat at the table and play important roles and contribute to the growth of the Democratic Party,” group chief Ajay Jain Bhutoria mentioned on Tuesday.

AMBASSADOR TO NETHERLANDS

A nationwide group chief and President Biden’s Advisor on Asian American Pacific Islander & Native Hawaiian Commission, Bhutoria was right here this week to take part within the White House Easter Egg Hunt festivities as a particular visitor of First Lady, Dr Jill Biden.

“Shefali Razdan Duggal’s nomination for appointment by the president as the next ambassador to the Netherlands is a moment of great joy and pride for South Asians and the entire Indian-American Community. I am so full of happiness to see Shefali being nominated as the next Ambassador to the Netherlands,” he mentioned.

In its certificates of competency despatched to the United States Senate, the State Department mentioned that Duggal’s demonstrated dedication to the American democratic course of, advancing human rights, coupled along with her eager understanding of the necessity to make sure that all voices are heard in a multi-ethnic society, make her a well-qualified candidate to function Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

OBAMA PRAISES SHEFALI

Describing her as “an experienced political activist, women’s rights advocate and human rights campaigner,” the State Department mentioned former US president Barack Obama appointed Duggal to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Council, and after her time period expired, she has continued to function a Western Regional Advisor.

She is a San Francisco Committee member of Human Rights Watch, a member of the Wake Forest University Leadership & Character Council and just lately accomplished her time period as a National Board Director for Emily’s List. In addition, Duggal served on the Board of Advocates for Human Rights First, on the National Advisory Board for Doctors for America and was an Advisory Board Member for Beyond Bollywood (Smithsonian Institution).

A powerful Democratic Party activist, Duggal has been a serious fundraiser for the occasion because the days of Obama. She joined US Vice President Kamala Harris’ profitable marketing campaign for legal professional basic of California and later for her transition staff.

In 2012, she labored for the Barack Obama 2012 presidential marketing campaign as a 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 and an at-large delegate representing the state of California.

Duggal was a National Finance Committee member for the Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential marketing campaign. During the 2016 Democratic National Convention, she was a member of the foundations standing committee.