Bharat Ramamurti

Bharat Ramamurti is an American attorney and political advisor who is serving as a member of the COVID-19 Congressional Oversight Commission, a congressional oversight body tasked with overseeing the Department of the Treasury's and the Federal Reserve Board's management of stimulus and loan programs mandated by the CARES Act.[1] In 2020, he was chosen to serve as Deputy Director of the National Economic Council.[2]

Bharat Ramamurti
Deputy Director of the National Economic Council for Consumer Protection
Assumed office
January 20, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
DirectorBrian Deese
Preceded byPosition established
Member of the COVID-19 Congressional Oversight Commission
Assumed office
April 17, 2020
Nominated byChuck Schumer
Preceded byPosition established
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
EducationHarvard University (AB)
Yale University (JD)

Education

Ramamurti earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard College and his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School. His father Ravi Ramamurti did his doctorate at Harvard, and so did Bharat's twin siblings Gita and Arjun Ramamurti, according to Harvard Magazine.[3]

Career

After graduating from law school, Ramamurti worked as an intern in the legal department of the Boston Red Sox. He also worked as a litigator at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.[4]

A longtime United States Senate staffer, Ramamurti worked as Senior Counsel for Banking and Economic Policy in the Senate office of Elizabeth Warren from 2013 to 2019. He then served as Economic Policy Director on the Elizabeth Warren 2020 presidential campaign.[5] In 2017, Ramamurti was mentioned as a possible appointee to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.[6][7]

On April 17 2020, it was announced that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer had appointed Ramamurti to serve on the newly-created COVID-19 Congressional Oversight Commission. The Commission will have five members, one each appointed by the House Speaker, House Minority Leader, Senate Majority Leader, and Senate Minority Leader.[8][9]

After Ramamurti was nominated to serve on the Committee, he authored an op-ed in The New York Times about the panel's role in the oversight of the President's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.[10]

Personal life

Ramamurti's parents came to the United States from Tamil Nadu.[3] Ramamurti is married to Paige Ammons, an attorney at Buckley LLP.[11] Ramamurti and Ammons have one child and live in Boston.

References
  1. "Sen. Schumer Announces Appointment Of Bharat Ramamurti To Serve On New Congressional Oversight Commission, One Of The Key Transparency And Accountability Mechanisms Dems Built Into Bipartisan CARES Act | Senate Democratic Leadership". www.democrats.senate.gov. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  2. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/21/biden-economic-team-appointees-449551
  3. Raj, Yashwant. "Joe Biden selects Indian-American Bharat Ramamurti as key member of his economic team". Hindustan Times. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  4. Nugent, Catherine. "Seventh Interview of James Robertson". Historical Society of the D.C. Circuit. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  5. Voght, Kara. "The Elizabeth Warren of this recession is...an Elizabeth Warren staffer". Mother Jones. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  6. "Report: Warren Aide In Running for SEC Vacancy". Roll Call. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  7. "Senator Warren aide Ramamurti said to be in running for US SEC job -sources". Reuters. April 12, 2017. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  8. "COVID-19 Congressional Oversight Commission (COC)". www.everycrsreport.com. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  9. Gode, Jackson (April 15, 2020). "Congressional oversight of the CARES Act could prove troublesome". Brookings. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  10. Ramamurti, Bharat (April 16, 2020). "Opinion | I'm Overseeing the Coronavirus Relief Bill. The Strings Aren't Attached". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  11. Hall, Phil (May 8, 2017). "Warren Offers Surprising Choice for SEC Vacancy". National Mortgage Professional Magazine. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
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