Jay Jyoti Chaudhuri

Family

Wife: Sejal; 2 Children: Leeya and Neel,

EDUCATION

Juris Doctor, Civil Rights, North Carolina Central University, 1996-1999
Master of International Affairs, International Policy and Management, Columbia University, 1992-1994
Bachelor of Arts, South Asian Studies, Davidson College, 1987-1991

POLITICAL EXPERIENCE

Candidate, North Carolina State Senate, District 15, 2020, 2024
Democratic Whip, North Carolina State Senate, 2019-present
Senator, North Carolina State Senate, District 15, 2019-present
Senator, North Carolina State Senate, District 16, 2016-2019
Candidate, North Carolina State Senate, District 16, 2016

COMMITTEES

Agriculture, Energy, and Environment Committee
Appropriations Committee on Education/Higher Education
Commerce and Insurance Committee
Education/Higher Education Committee
Joint Legislative Economic Development and Global Engagement Oversight Committee
Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Capital Improvements
Rules and Operations of the Senate Committee
Transportation Committee

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

General Counsel & Senior Policy Advisor to Treasurer, North Carolina Department of State Treasurer, 2009-2015
Adjunct Law Professor, North Carolina Central University, 2007-2008
Special Counsel to Attorney General, North Carolina Department of Justice, 2001-2008
Law Clerk to Judge Linda McGee, North Carolina Court of Appeals, 1999-2000
Legislative Counsel, State Senate Majority Leader, 2000
Issues and Research Director, Charlie Sanders for United States Senate, 1995-1996
Research Assistant, Harvey Gantt for United States Senate, 1996
Jacob K. Javits Fellow, United States Senator Russ Feingold, 1994-1995
Former Chair, Council of Institutional Investors
Former Member, Harvard Institutional Investor Advisory Board

RELIGIOUS, CIVIC, AND OTHER MEMBERSHIPS

Member, Friends of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Board, present
Board Member, Dorothea Dix Conservancy Board, 2015-present