Indian American Maju Varghese is the chief operating officer of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).
He served as the director of the White House Military Office (WHMO) from March 2021 to January 2022. In that role, he coordinated with military branches supporting presidential operations at the White House and on the road domestically and abroad.
An Obama administration alum, he joined the White House in Match 2021 after leading President Joe Biden’s inauguration efforts and serving as a senior adviser and chief operating officer for Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign.
In the Obama Administration, Varghese served in multiple roles, including Assistant to the President for Management and Administration and Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Advance. In that role, he worked on organizing Obama’s travels, including his 2015 historic trip to India as chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations.
A lawyer by training, Varghese has also worked as a senior advisor at Dentons, chief operating officer at the Hub Project, and as an associate at Wade Clark Mulcahy, a law firm in New York.
The son of immigrants from Kerala, India, Varghese was born in New York City and raised in Elmont, New York.
He is an alumnus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Economics, and the Maurice A. Dean School of Law at Hofstra University, where he earned his Juris Doctor.
Varghese lives in Arlington, Virginia, with his wife Julie and their son Evan.
Read more on Maju Varghese:
Maju Varghese named COO of National Endowment for Democracy (February 4, 2022)
Maju Varghese quits as White House Military Office head (January 24, 2022)
Maju Varghese: Director of the White House Military Office (July 24, 2021)
Maju Varghese appointed White House Military Office director (March 2, 2021)
Indian American Maju Varghese to plan Biden-Harris inauguration (December 1, 2020)