Bharat Ramamurti Explained

Bharat Ramamurti
Office:Deputy Director of the
National Economic Council
Term Start:January 20, 2021
Term End:August 2023
President:Joe Biden
Predecessor:Andrew Olmem
Successor:Jon Donenberg
Office1:Member of the COVID-19 Congressional Oversight Commission
Term Start1:April 17, 2020
Term End1:January 20, 2021
Appointed1:Chuck Schumer
Predecessor1:Office established
Successor1:Office disestablished
Birth Place:Massachusetts, U.S.
Party:Democratic
Education:Harvard University (AB)
Yale University (JD)

Bharat Ramamurti is an American attorney and political advisor who served as the deputy director of the National Economic Council for manufacturing, innovation and domestic competitiveness from 2021 to 2023.[1] He previously served 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.[2]

Education

Ramamurti graduated from Lexington High School in Lexington, MA in 1999. He then 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] He served in the role until December 2020.[11]

Ramamurti left the Biden administration in August 2023.[12]

Personal life

Ramamurti's parents came to the United States from the Southern Indian State of Tamil Nadu.[3] Ramamurti is married to Paige Ammons, an attorney and consultant at TIME'S UP.[13] Ramamurti and Ammons have three children and live in Washington, DC.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biden adds former Obama budget official, onetime Warren aide to economic team. . December 21, 2020 .
  2. Web site: 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. April 6, 2020 . en. 2020-04-18.
  3. Web site: Joe Biden selects Indian-American Bharat Ramamurti as key member of his economic team. Raj. Yashwant. Hindustan Times. December 22, 2020. en-US. 2021-01-25.
  4. Web site: Seventh Interview of James Robertson. Nugent. Catherine. Historical Society of the D.C. Circuit. en-US. 2020-04-18.
  5. Web site: The Elizabeth Warren of this recession is...an Elizabeth Warren staffer. Voght. Kara. Mother Jones. en-US. 2020-04-18.
  6. Web site: Report: Warren Aide In Running for SEC Vacancy. Roll Call. April 13, 2017. en. 2020-04-18.
  7. News: Senator Warren aide Ramamurti said to be in running for US SEC job -sources. 2017-04-12. Reuters. 2020-04-18. en.
  8. Web site: COVID-19 Congressional Oversight Commission (COC). www.everycrsreport.com. en. 2020-04-18.
  9. Web site: Congressional oversight of the CARES Act could prove troublesome. Gode. Jackson. 2020-04-15. Brookings. en-US. 2020-04-18.
  10. News: Ramamurti. Bharat. Opinion I'm Overseeing the Coronavirus Relief Bill. The Strings Aren't Attached.. 2020-04-16. The New York Times. 2020-04-18. en-US. 0362-4331.
  11. Web site: About. Congressional Oversight Commission. September 1, 2022.
  12. Web site: Senior Biden Aide Who Quietly Helped Shape Economic Agenda Is Leaving . Jim . Tankersley . 2023-09-12 . The New York Times . 2023-12-10.
  13. https://www.linkedin.com/in/paige-ammons-a53a69ab