Bharat Ramamurti
Bharat Ramamurti is an American attorney and political advisor who is serving as a member of the COVID-19 Congressional Oversight Commission, a congressional oversight body tasked with overseeing the Department of the Treasury's and the Federal Reserve Board's management of stimulus and loan programs mandated by the CARES Act.Education
Ramamurti earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard College and his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School.Career
After graduating from law school, Ramamurti worked as an intern in the legal department of the Boston Red Sox. He also worked as a litigator at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.
A longtime United States Senate staffer, Ramamurti worked as Senior Counsel for Banking and Economic Policy in the Senate office of Elizabeth Warren from 2013 to 2019. He then served as Economic Policy Director on the Elizabeth Warren 2020 presidential campaign. In 2017, Ramamurti was mentioned as a possible appointee to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
On April 17 2020, it was announced that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer had appointed Ramamurti to serve on the newly-created COVID-19 Congressional Oversight Commission. The Commission will have five members, one each appointed by the House Speaker, House Minority Leader, Senate Majority Leader, and Senate Minority Leader.
After Ramamurti was nominated to serve on the Committee, he authored an op-ed in The New York Times about the panel's role in the oversight of the President's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.Personal life
Ramamurti is married to Paige Ammons, an attorney at Buckley Sandler. Ramamurti and Ammons have one child and live in Boston.