Nick Rathod

Who is Nick Rathod?

Nicholas Rathod is U.S. President Barack Obama's Associate Director for Intergovernmental Affairs in the Office of the President, serving directly under Cecilia Muñoz, the Director for Intergovernmental Affairs.

Immediately prior to his White House appointment, Rathod served as Director for Intergovernmental Affairs for the Obama/Biden Transition team. As such, he represented, and spoke on behalf of the President-elect, at the inauguration of Governor of Puerto Rico Luis Fortuño, who although a Republican, heads a bipartisan administration that includes two notable Democrats, Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi and Kenneth McClintock, who was appointed by Fortuño as Secretary of State, and first in the line of succession.

A DC-based community organizer, he has been active in co-founding two organizations, South Asian Americans Leading Together, and, during the 2008 presidential campaign, South Asians for Obama. He has also served as the Political Director for former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer and as Senior Manager of State and Regional Relations at the Center for American Progress, founded by President Bill Clinton's Chief of Staff, John Podesta.

An Indian-American civil rights attorney, Rathod obtained his bachelors degree at Nebraska Wesleyan University, and is the son of Rev. Sam Rathod, and his wife Ella.