Asad Ramzanali is the Director of Artificial Intelligence & Technology Policy at the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator. Asad has technology and technology policy experience across government, nonprofit, and industry. Most recently, he served as the Chief of Staff and Deputy Director for Strategy at the Biden-Harris White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), with the designation of Special Assistant to the President. He joined OSTP after four years on Capitol Hill. He was Legislative Director for U.S. Representative Anna Eshoo, whose district included much of Silicon Valley, after a short stint as a legislative fellow for U.S. Senator Brian Schatz. Before entering public service, Asad worked on the corporate strategy team at Intuit and managed an impact investing program backed by JPMorgan Chase, funding early-stage financial technology startups serving low-income Americans. Asad earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and a Master of Public Policy from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. He is based in Washington, D.C.
