Assistant Secretary for Management
Aditi Hardikar most recently served as the Treasury’s Deputy Chief of Staff for two years and prior to that, Senior Advisor to Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo. Before her nearly four years at the Treasury Department, Aditi served as the Leadership and Training Lead for the Biden-Harris Presidential Transition. She spent three years at the Obama Foundation, first as Chief of Staff, and then as the Acting Vice President for Operations on the development team. During the second term of the Obama-Biden Administration, Hardikar was Associate Director in the White House Office of Public Engagement, serving as the primary liaison to the LGBTQ and AAPI communities. Hardikar served as Coalitions Finance Director for the Clinton-Kaine presidential campaign, helped lead LGBTQ fundraising and outreach efforts on the Obama-Biden reelection campaign, and led LGBTQ and AAPI fundraising and strategy at the Democratic National Committee. Hardikar is a graduate from the University of Michigan.