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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
Pundit Radheshyam Mishra Pundit Mishra is a member of the International Board of Yoga, an advisor to the World Yoga Council, and Honorary Secretary for the International Yoga Federation (IYF) at the state level in India. He studied yoga from the "The Yoga Institute" under the guidance of Dr. Jayadeva Yogendra. Pundit Mishra has established a Yoga Training and Research Center in Ujjain certified by the Yoga Alliance International for Conducting Teachers Training Programs.
Rahul Shah Rahul is currently a senior analyst at Aetna and is pursuing his MBA and master's in finance at The University of Maryland. After completing his graduate degrees, Rahul plans to work full-time in the non-profit sector. From 2009-2010, Rahul worked for an NGO in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. He currently serves on the board of the Network of South Asian Professionals-DC Chapter as their Community Service Chair and is the VP of Community Development at his business school.
Raju Shah Raju was YJA Co-Chair from 1996 to 1998. After graduating from Yale with two degrees, he went to the United Kingdom for five years. He also had many travel adventures, such as seeing the Northern Lights in Scandinavia, climbing Mt. Etna, and swimming in Croatia's clear waters. Upon returning to the U.S., he married Monica Shah and now has two children: Jainam and Devika. He currently enjoys taking the kids to Disney, where his wife is not sure if she has two or three children.
Ramey Ko Ramey is a partner with the law firm of Jung Ko, PLLC. From 2010-2013, Ramey served as an Associate Judge of the Austin Municipal Court, making him the first Asian American judge in Austin, TX. He serves on numerous civic and non-profit boards and commissions, including the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders. He graduated from Yale University in 2002 and from The University of Chicago Law School in 2006. He loves cooking, karaoke, and trivia.
Resha Shah Resha works as a clinician at a children's mental health clinic in Houston, TX. She completed her master's degree in psychology in December 2013, and is currently working on accruing her licensure hours. Resha previously helped out in organizing the 2007 YJA Convention and 2011 and 2013 JAINA Conventions. Feel free to contact her at Resha.Shah@gmail.com.
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Rina Shah Rina is a political strategist and writer based in Washington, D.C. From 2008-2011, she served as a senior aide to two Republican U.S. Representatives. She also worked as a field reporter for a local CBS news station and continues to include spots on radio shows. Nowadays, she is principal and founder of Rilax Strategies, serves on the House Republican Conference's Indian American Advisory Council, and serves on the D.C. Republican Party's Platform Committee.
Ronak Desai Ronak is a lawyer and foreign policy scholar with public and private sector experience. An attomey at O'Melveny & Meyers LLP, his practice focuses on legal and public policy matters. He previously served as a Legislative Fellow on Capitol Hill. He is a Non-Resident Fellow at Harvard's Belfer Center and a member of the Board of Directors at the Partnership of a Secure America. He teaches at Johns Hopkins University. He eamed joint public policy and law degrees from the Kennedy School of Govenment and The Harvard Law School.
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