Steven B. Raga

Family

EDUCATION

BA, Political Science, SUNY Stony Brook
Certificate, Philippines Studies, University of the Philippines
Graduate Diploma, International Human Rights Law, American University in Cairo
Graduated, Harvard University Kennedy School of Government’s Senior Executives in State & Local Government Program
MBA, Cornell University's S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management
MPA, CUNY Baruch
MPP, Political Science, SUNY Stony Brook
MS, Healthcare Leadership, Weill Cornell Medicine
Professional Certificate, Global Affairs, NYU Institute for Global Affairs

POLITICAL EXPERIENCE

Candidate, New York State Assembly, District 30, 2022, 2024
Assembly Member, New York State Assembly, District 30, 2023-present
Former Chief of Staff, Assembly Member Brian Barnwell

COMMITTEES

Aging Committee
Agriculture Committee
Asian Pacific American Task Force
Banks Committee
Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic, and Asian Legislative Caucus
Governmental Operations Committee
Labor Committee
Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force
Social Services Committee
Task Force on Food, Farm, and Nutrition Policy
Task Force on New Americans

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Board Member, National Federation of Filipino American Association
Former Executive Director, Woodside on the Move
Former Northeast Regional Manager of Policy and Advocacy, Komen Foundation
Former Senior Strategist for Multicultural Leadership, AARP
Founder, Pilipino American Unity for Progress

RELIGIOUS, CIVIC, AND OTHER MEMBERSHIPS

Fellow, Coro New York's Immigrant Civic Leadership Program
Fellow, CUNY Institute for State & Local Governance
Fellow, New American Leaders
Fellow, We Are All New York-Queens Fellowship
Fellow, Cornell University Emerging Markets Institute
Former Board Member, Queens LGBT Pride
Former Board Member, National Urban Fellows Alumni
Former Board Member, Western Queens Community Land Trust
Former Member, Queens Community Board 2
Former Member, Queens District Attorney’s Advisory Commission for Asian American Affairs