Hello! I am currently serving as U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and I will be taking a pause from this website during my tenure. Please follow my professional adventures at any of the below links. Have a super day! Warmly, Shefali
Official U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands Twitter: Ambassador Shefali Razdan Duggal (@usambnl) / Twitter
U.S. Embassy The Hague Facebook: U.S. Embassy The Hague | Wassenaar | Facebook
U.S. Embassy The Hague Twitter: U.S. Embassy The Hague (@usembthehague) / Twitter
U.S. Embassy The Hague Instagram: U.S. Embassy The Hague (@u.s.embassythehague) • Instagram photos and videos
U.S. Mission Website: https://nl.usembassy.gov/
About Shefali
Shefali Razdan Duggal is a San Francisco Committee member of Human Rights Watch, a nonprofit, non-governmental human rights organization which investigates abuses, exposes facts and advocates with those in power to create lasting change. Shefali also serves on the Leadership and Character Council (Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem NC) and on the National Advisory Board of Inside Washington (Miami University, Oxford OH). Shefali recently served on the National Finance Committee of Joe Biden for President 2020 and also was a National Co-Chair of Women for Biden. Shefali also served as a Deputy National Finance Chair at the Democratic National Committee. Shefali completed her term on the National Board of Directors for Emily's List (an organization dedicated to electing pro-choice Democratic women to all levels of government). Shefali also served as a Vice-Chair of the Credentials Standing Committee for the 2020 Democratic National Convention (Milwaukee WI). She served as an At-Large Delegate for Vice President Joe Biden at the Democratic National Convention. Shefali served as a Presidential Appointee (President Barack Obama) to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, which oversees the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C., and currently continues to serve as a Western Region Advisor to the USHMM. Shefali also served on the Rules Standing Committee for the 2016 Democratic National Convention (Philadelphia PA) and was also on the National Finance Committee for Hillary for America (2016 Hillary Clinton Presidential Campaign, National Advisory Council).
Shefali was on the National Finance Committee for President Barack Obama's 2012 re-election Campaign, additionally serving as an Obama Victory Trustees Co-Chair and Northern California Finance Committee Member. Shefali was a member of the Credentials Standing Committee for the 2012 Democratic National Convention and was an At-Large Delegate to the Convention from the State of California. Shefali also was active during Senator Barack Obama's 2008 Presidential Campaign, where she was a Trustee for the DNC South Asian American Leadership Council. She previously worked with Senator Hillary Clinton's 2008 Presidential Campaign, where she was a member of the campaign's Northern California Steering Committee and the Women for Hillary Committee. Shefali was also on the Finance Committee for the Kamala Harris for California Attorney General Campaign and was a member of her Transition Team. In addition, Shefali was Executive Director of Indus Women Leaders (a national South Asian women's organization) and was both a graduate and on the Advisory Board of Emerge California (a political leadership training program for Democratic women). Shefali was also a Board Member of the Indian American Leadership Initiative (an organization focused on promoting South Asian political participation) and on the National Advisory Board of Doctors for America. Shefali was also on the National Advisory Board of Beyond Bollywood (Smithsonian Museum) and a Senior Advisor for South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA).
Earlier in her career, Shefali worked as a Political Analyst at Staton Hughes (political strategy firm). She also worked at the Massachusetts Democratic Party, the New Hampshire Democratic Party and the offices of Senators Ted Kennedy and Dianne Feinstein. Shefali worked on Vice President Al Gore's 2000 Presidential Campaign, and was an an At-Large Delegate to the 2000 National Democratic Convention from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
A Kashmiri born in Haridwar U.P. India, Shefali moved to the United States at a very young age and grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. Shefali is a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, having received a B.S. in Mass Communication, with a minor in Political Science. Shefali then went on to receive her M.A. in Media Ecology from New York University.