Pramila Jayapal

Family

Husband: Steve; 1 Child: Kashika; 1 Stepchild: Michael,

EDUCATION

MBA, Marketing & Nonprofit Management, Kellogg School, Northwestern University, 1988-1990
BA, English Language and Literature/Letters, Georgetown University, 1982-1986

POLITICAL EXPERIENCE

Representative, United States House of Representatives, Washington, District 7, 2017-present
Senator, Washington State Senate, District 37, 2015-2016
Candidate, Washington State Senate, District 37, 2014

COMMITTEES

Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on the Budget
Committee on the Judiciary

Subcommittee on Africa
Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement
Subcommittee on South and Central Asia
Subcommittee on The Constitution and Limited Government

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Distinguished Taconic Fellow, Center for Community Change, 2012-2014
Founder/Executive Director, OneAmerica, 2001-2012
Independent Consultant, Pramila Jayapal Consulting, 1997-2001
Author, Pilgrimage to India: A Woman Revisits Her Homeland, 2000
Fellow, Institute of Current World Affairs, 1995-1997
Director, Fund for Technology Transfer, Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), 1991-1995
Account Consultant, Physio-Control Corporation, 1990-1991
Intern, Population and Community Development Association, 1989
Financial Analyst, Leveraged Buyouts, PaineWebber Incorporated, 1986-1988
Author, Use the Power You Have: A Brown Woman's Guide to Politics and Political Change

RELIGIOUS, CIVIC, AND OTHER MEMBERSHIPS

Co-Chair, United for Climate and Environmental Justice Task Force, present
Co-Chair, Women's Working Group on Immigration Reform, present
Executive Committee, Fair Immigration Reform Movement, present
Member, National Partnership for New Americans, present
Co-Founder/Chair, We Belong Together, 2013-2014
Co-Chair, Biden-Sanders Unity Health Care Task Force
Former Member, Income Inequality Advisory Committee, City of Seattle
Policy Chair, National Health Committee, Bernie Sanders Presidential Campaign