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Gautam Raghavan is an Indian American political advisor who served at the White House Presidential Personnel Office (WH PPO) as Deputy Director from 20 January 2021 to 12 December 2021. On 12 December 2021, US President Joe Biden elevated him to the post of head of the White House Office of Presidential Personnel. At this event, Gautam Raghavan became one of the topmost aides to the US President and was categorised among those American Indians who hold the top positions in the US government.

In White House, Gautam worked for the 2008 Obama Campaign, the Progressive Majority, the Democratic National Committee, the Gill Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Defense as the Outreach Lead for its “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Working Group.

Gautam Raghavan is a first-generation immigrant from India who is an LGBTQ+ and served as the Associate Director of the Office of Public Engagement under former US President Barack Obama from 15 October 2011 to 20 January 2017. As an associate director, Gautam focused to highlight the issues related to the LGBT and Asian American and Pacific Islander communities that involved marriage equality, non-discrimination at the workplace, the rights of transgenders, prevention from office bullying, access to healthcare facilities, hate violence, and immigration reforms.

Soon, the former president of the US Barack Obama started supporting the provision of marriage equality during Gautam’s working tenure at the White House under the Obama presidency. Later, Obama signed and issued an order that prohibited federal contractors to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

Gautam is the author of the book titled ‘West Wingers: Stories from the Dream Chasers, Change Makers, and Hope Creators Inside the Obama White House.’ It was published in September 2018.

Apart from being a US governmental official, Gautam Raghavan also works for non-governmental organisations that are also known as progressive organisations in the US. These ventures such as the Biden Foundation and ImPact, the Indian American Impact Project & Fund work with the motive of societal change in the country. For the years, 2016 to 2018, Gautam was involved in founding ‘the ImPact,’ a global membership community, as an executive director. Raj Goyle, the co-founder of ImPact Project, stated in a media conference that Gautam worked relentlessly for the upliftment of his organisation. He said,

As our founding executive director, Gautam has worked tirelessly to raise the visibility of our organization, our community, and our leaders. While we’re sad to lose him, we are thrilled that he will be a top advisor to Congresswoman Jayapal, one of the most prominent Indian Americans in elected office today. This kind of talent pipeline is why IMPACT exists.”

Gautam worked as a chief staff of the Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal from December 2018 to July 2020.

In 2018, Gautam said in an interview that he was lucky because his sexuality was accepted by his parents, and this good fortune helped him to develop his professional career in a positive way. He said,

I’m lucky. From the day I came out [as being gay] to my parents, they have been unwavering in their love and support – and over the years, they have helped me come out to the rest of my family, including my grandparents who share their love and support for me, my husband, and our daughter. That good fortune has extended to my professional career as well.”

In June 2020, Gautam also served as the deputy head of presidential appointments. He was appointed by the Biden-Harris Transition Team.