Caleb Rudow is an American politician serving as a member of the

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from the 116th district. He was appointed on February 1, 2022, succeeding Susan Fisher.

Early life and education

A native of Asheville, North Carolina, Rudow graduated from

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in 2005. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from the

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and a Master of Arts in global policy studies from the

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Career

From 2008 to 2011, Rudow worked as a manager at a gardening company. From 2012 to 2014, he served as a

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volunteer in

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. He continued his work in Zambia as a member of the

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(USAID) Zambia Economic Development Team until 2015. In 2018, he worked as a consultant with the

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. He was also a research fellow at the Center for Open Data Enterprise in

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In 2019 and 2020, he was a regional organizing coordinator for

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. From August to October 2020, he was a census enumerator for the

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. Rudow joined Open Data Watch in 2018 and has since worked as a program assistant and data analyst until leaving the organization in July 2021. In 2021, he worked as a COVID-19 case investigator for Community Care of North Carolina. He was appointed to the

in February 2022.

Electoral history

2022

References

, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Rudow, Caleb Living people People from Asheville, North Carolina University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni University of Texas at Austin alumni Democratic Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American politicians