Rukmini "Mini" Timmaraju is an American lawyer and reproductive rights advocate. She has been the president of

Reproductive Freedom for All Reproductive Freedom for All, formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America and commonly known as simply NARAL ( ), is a non-profit 501(c)(4) organization in the United States that engages in lobbying, political action, and advocacy efforts to oppose res ...

, formerly known as NARAL Pro-Choice America, since 2021. She previously worked for

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, the Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. She earned a J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center.

Early life and education

Rukmini Timmaraju was born on February 25, 1973, to an

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Indian American family. While her parents were from the Philadelphia area, her mother travelled to Hyderabad to be close to her family before her daughter was born. The nickname, Mini, is from a character from a short story, '' Kabuliwala,'' by Rabindranath Tagore. Mini's family moved to Sugar Land, Texas, where Mini attended

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and became a graduate in 1991. She went on to earn a bachelor's degree in development studies and international area studies in 1995 from the University of California, Berkeley. She earned a J.D. in 1999 from the University of Houston Law Center.

Career

Timmaraju held various positions with

from 2008 to 2013. She was then chief of staff for U.S. Representative Ami Bera (D.-CA). She served as the director of the

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in 2014 and 2015. She worked on the Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign as the National Women's Vote Director. From 2017 until 2021, she worked for Comcast Corporation/ NBCUniversal as director of external affairs and diversity, equity, and inclusion. During the Biden administration, she worked for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in 2021 as the senior adviser to the director. In November 2021, Timmaraju was named president of

Reproductive Freedom For All Reproductive Freedom for All, formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America and commonly known as simply NARAL ( ), is a non-profit 501(c)(4) organization in the United States that engages in lobbying, political action, and advocacy efforts to oppose res ...

. She was the first woman of color to be named president of the organization.

References

External links

Profile
at NARAL Pro-Choice America
Interview with Timmaraju
on ''To The Contrary'' * {{DEFAULTSORT:Timmaraju, Mini 1973 births Living people American nonprofit executives People from Hyderabad, India American people of Indian descent Activists from Philadelphia University of California, Berkeley alumni University of Houston Law Center alumni American abortion-rights activists American women nonprofit executives 21st-century American women lawyers 21st-century American lawyers Lawyers from Philadelphia American people of Telugu descent