Kiran Ahuja | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2021 | |
| Director of the Office of Personnel Management | |
| In office June 24, 2021 – May 6, 2024 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Deputy | Rob Shriver |
| Preceded by | Dale Cabaniss |
| Succeeded by | Rob Shriver (acting) |
| Director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders | |
| In office December 2009 – November 2015 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Jimmy D. Lee |
| Succeeded by | Doua Thor |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kiran Arjandas Ahuja June 17, 1971 India |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Emory University Spelman College (BA) University of Georgia (JD) |
Kiran Arjandas Ahuja (born June 17, 1971)[1][2][3] is an American attorney and activist who served as the director of the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM). She served as the chief of staff to the OPM director from 2015 to 2017.[4] She assumed that position after serving for six years as the director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. An Indian-born American, she has also been a lawyer with the United States Department of Justice and a founding director of a non-profit, the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum. In 2017, she became the CEO of Philanthropy Northwest.[5]
Ahuja's nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 22, 2021, by a vote of 51–50, with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking the tie.[6] She was sworn in on June 24, 2021.[7]
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- ^ United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (Florida, 2008-2009)
- ^ LinkedIn Profile
- ^ "CEO bio". Archived from the original on August 5, 2020. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
- ^ Epstein, Reid J. (June 22, 2021). "The Senate confirms Kiran Ahuja, Biden's nominee to run the Office of Personnel Management". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
- ^ U.S. Office of Personnel Management [@usopm] (June 24, 2021). ""It is the honor and privilege of my professional career to once again return to public service."" (Tweet). Retrieved June 26, 2021 – via Twitter.