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Neera Tanden Net Worth, Age, Height, Bio, Birthday, Wiki!

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Neera Tanden Biography

Neera Tanden is one of the most popular and richest Political Scientist who was born on September 10, 1970 in Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. She is a political strategist and has been renowned for her work as president of the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank. After serving as COO, she was promoted to this role in 2011. She also served as an advisor for Political strategist who has gained fame for her time as the president of the Center for American Progress liberal think tank. She ascended to the role in 2011 after serving as COO, and later served as an advisor to Hillary Clinton during her 2016 bid for president. during the 2016 presidential campaign.

In 2016, she met India’s former Prime Minister NarendraModi.

Neera Tanden (born September 10, 1970) is the President of the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank in Washington, D.C., that she has helped build through service in prominent roles there since 2003.

As a freshman at the University of California, Los Angeles, Tanden met her future husband, artist Benjamin Edwards. Edwards and Tanden both volunteered on Michael Dukakis’s unsuccessful run for president in 1988. Tanden worked as a precinct leader in the Bel Air district of West Los Angeles where many households had already contributed to the Dukakis campaign.

Raj is her brother. Benjamin is her husband.

NameNeera Tanden
First NameNeera
Last NameTanden
OccupationPolitical Scientist
BirthdaySeptember 10
Birth Year1970
Place of BirthBedford
Home TownMassachusetts
Birth CountryUnited States
Birth SignVirgo
Full/Birth Name
ParentsMaya Tanden
SiblingsNot Available
SpouseBenjamin Edwards (m. 1999)
Children(s)Not Available

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Neera Tanden, who frequently describes herself as a progressive, belongs to the liberal wing of the Democratic Party. She credits her experience as a child relying on welfare programs as well as the formative moment of witnessing Anita Hill’s testimony against Clarence Thomas in 1991 with setting her on the path of career in public policy.

Neera Tanden Net Worth

Neera Tanden is one of the richest Political Scientist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Neera Tanden's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

UCLA gave her her bachelor’s degree. After graduating from Yale Law School in 2004, she began her career as a public policy analyst right away.

As the senior vice president for domestic policies, she was her first assignment at the Center for American Progress. She is a frequent guest on CNN, MSNBC and NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.

Neera Tanden was born on September 10, 1970, in Bedford, Massachusetts, to immigrant parents from India. She has a brother, Raj. Her parents divorced when she was five, after which Tanden’s mother was on welfare for nearly two years before obtaining a job as a travel agent.

Net Worth$5 Million
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomePolitical Scientist
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1992. In 1996, she received a Juris Doctor degree from Yale University, where she was Submissions Editor for the Yale Law & Policy Review.

In 1999 and 2000, she worked for Hillary Clinton on her successful senatorial campaign in New York, as her deputy campaign manager and issues director, where she crafted policy proposals for the campaign. After the election, Tanden served as Senator Clinton’s Legislative Director from 2003 to 2005.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Tanden has worked on the campaigns of several Democratic presidential candidates, including those of Michael Dukakis in 1988, Bill Clinton in 1992, and the general election campaign of Barack Obama in 2008. Tanden advised Hillary Clinton’s successful 2016 primary campaign and unsuccessful 2016 general election campaign, and was a senior staffer on Clinton’s unsuccessful campaign for the 2008 Democratic nomination. She helped draft health care legislation for the Barack Obama administration with work on the Affordable Care Act.

She served as Hillary Clinton’s policy director for her unsuccessful bid for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, shaping its policy proposals. Tanden supervised debate preparation for Senator Clinton’s participation in the Democratic presidential nomination debates during 2007 and 2008.

Who is Neera Tanden Dating?

According to our records, Neera Tanden married to Benjamin Edwards (m. 1999). As of December 1, 2023, Neera Tanden’s is not dating anyone.

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In 2003, Senator Clinton pushed for Tanden’s involvement in the founding of the Center for American Progress, or CAP. Tanden worked as Senior Vice President for Domestic Policy, while also serving as Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and, starting in 2010, as Chief Operating Officer.

Facts & Trivia

Neera Ranked on the list of most popular Political Scientist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Neera Tanden celebrates birthday on September 10 of every year.

In October of 2011, Tanden succeeded John Podesta as CAP’s president. At that time, the Washington Post’s Jason Horowitz described CAP as “Washington’s leading liberal think tank, which is an incessant advocate for a broad progressive agenda and as such a sharp thorn in President Obama’s left side.”

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