Reshma M Saujani

Reshma M. Saujani is the Deputy General Counsel of a global alternative investment and asset management fund in New York . Ms. Saujani earned a B.A. from the University of Illinois , Urbana-Champaign, an M.P.P from Harvard University 's John F. Kennedy School of Government and a J.D from Yale Law School . Ms. Saujani serves on the Boards of the American Democracy Institute and the Eleanor Roosevelt Legacy Committee. Reshma who was one of the creators of "Hillaryspeaksforme.com", is on the National Finance Board for the Hillary for President Campaign, the Leadership Board for the Hillblazers, and is the National Co-Chair of the Democratic National Committee's Trailblazer Program which outreaches to donors between the ages of 18-45. Ms. Saujani was the founder of South Asians for Kerry, a group that organized Senator John Kerry's outreach to the South Asian American community for his 2004 Presidential campaign. South Asians for Kerry raised over 1.4 million dollars for Kerry/Edwards 2004 Presidential Campaign and developed a national voter outreach program consisting of 20 state representatives and a 150-person nationwide volunteer network that made direct contact with over 60,000 South Asian American voters. Reshma was also an at-large delegate to the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston and will serve again as an at-large delegate to the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver.