Sameera is an economic policy expert with over 20 years of experience in policy development, program execution, and crisis management across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Sameera serves as an advisor to governments, companies, philanthropies, and nonprofits on the energy transition, supply chain resilience, industrial policy, and inclusive economic development.
She has held senior roles in government across the White House, Treasury Department, and Federal Reserve and her expertise spans multiple industries including financial services, manufacturing, clean energy, housing, small business, transportation, and logistics. In the Biden-Harris administration, she was the Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of the White House鈥檚 National Economic Council. In that role, she led the Biden-Harris administration鈥檚 work on industrial policy, supply chains, and regional economic development, and the administration鈥檚 response to numerous supply chain crises. She also played a leading role in the passage and implementation of the CHIPS and Science Act, Inflation Reduction Act, and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. In the Obama administration, she served in domestic and international economic policymaking roles in the White House and Treasury Department. She has held research roles at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and the Urban Institute, and taught at Yale Law School, where she helped launch Connecticut鈥檚 first community development bank. She currently serves on the boards of the Heinz Endowments, the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, and Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta. Sameera is a graduate of Yale Law School and Harvard College. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
