Shefali Razdan Duggal

Razdan Duggal, a Kashmiri Pandit, was born in Hardiwar, Uttar Pradesh, and moved with her family to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at age 2. She then moved to Cincinnati, Ohio at age 5 where she grew up and graduated from Sycamore High School. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communication from Miami University of Ohio[6] and an Master of Arts degree in Political Communication from New York University.[7]

Razdan Duggal got her start in politics volunteering for the Massachusetts Democratic Party and the New Hampshire Democratic Party before moving on to volunteer for Senator Ted Kennedy and Senator Dianne Feinstein.[8] Razdan Duggal started her work in Presidential campaigns with Vice President Al Gore’s 2000 run where she was a volunteer and an at-large Delegate representing the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Following the 2000 Election, she worked for Staton Hughes, a political strategy firm, as a Political Analyst and also became a graduate of Emerge,[9] a political leadership training program for Democratic women.

After a short hiatus, Razdan Duggal rejoined political activism with outreach and fundraising for Hillary Clinton’s 2008 campaign for the Democratic nomination. She was a member of Women for Hillary and the Northern California Steering Committee.[10] After Clinton lost the nomination to then-Senator Barack Obama, Razdan Duggal joined his team as a member of the Obama for America National Finance Committee.

Simultaneously continuing her work with President Obama, Shefali joined the Kamala Harris effort for California Attorney General and after her victory, Razdan Duggal was on the Finance Committee for the transition team.[11]

During the 2012 Presidential Election, Razdan Duggal worked with President Obama’s campaign once again as 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[12] and an at-large Delegate representing the state of California.

Razdan Duggal was a National Finance Committee member for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 Presidential bid. During the 2016 Democratic National Convention, Razdan Duggal was a member of the Rules Standing Committee.[13] She was mentioned in a New York Times article in 2016 as some of her emails were in a collection of stolen Democratic National Committee emails that were released by WikiLeaks.[14]

During the 2020 Presidential Election, Razdan Duggal served on the National Finance Committee of Joe Biden for President 2020 and as a national Co-Chair of Women for Biden.[15] She was a Vice Chair of the Credentials Standing Committee[16] and an at-large Delegate representing the state of California at the 2020 Democratic National Convention.

• Democratic National Committee, Deputy National Finance Chair[17]
• Emily’s List, Board Member[18]
• Human Rights First, Board of Advocates[19]
• Human Rights Watch, California Committee North Board[20]
• Miami University Inside Washington, National Advisory Board[21]
• United States Holocaust Memorial Council, Western Region Advisor[22]
• Wake Forest University, Leadership and Character Council[23]

Razdan Duggal lives in San Francisco, CA and is married to Rajat Duggal.  They have two children, a son and a daughter.[24]