Richard Verma is President Joe Biden’s nominee to be Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources.
The Indian American lawyer and diplomat has extensive experience in both public and primate service.
Currently, he is the Chief Legal Officer and Head of Global Public Policy at Mastercard. Previously, he served as Vice Chairman of The Asia Group, Partner and Senior Counselor at Steptoe & Johnson LLP, and Senior Counselor at the Albright Stonebridge Group.
From January 2015 to January 2017, he served as the U.S. ambassador to India, the first Indian American to represent the United States as the country’s top envoy in New Delhi.
Verma also served as Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs during the Obama Administration.
He is a veteran of the United States Air Force, where he served on active duty as a Judge Advocate. He earned a BS at Lehigh University, a JD cum laude at American University, an LLM with distinction at Georgetown University Law Center, and a PhD at Georgetown University.
He is the recipient of numerous awards and decorations, including the Distinguished Service Medal from the Department of State, the International Affairs Fellowship from the Council on Foreign Relations and the Meritorious Service Medal from the United States Air Force.
Read more on Richard Verma:
Biden names Richard Verma to President’s Intelligence Advisory Board (May 5, 2022)
Ford Foundation appoints Richard Verma to board of trustees (October 25, 2021)
India might lead the world in every category by 2030: Richard Verma (August 3, 2021)
Rich Verma: Neither U.S., nor India ‘aspires to have a military alliance’ (October 19, 2020)
Former US ambassador to India Richard Verma pitches in for Sri Kulkarni (September 19, 2018)
US, India should expand economic, military ties: Richard Verma (April 24, 2018)
Former US ambassador Richard Verma joins board of USISPFÂ (October 27, 2017)
Indian American Prof. K D Verma launches new book (October 6, 2017)
Richard Verma joins Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service as Centennial Fellow (March 28, 2017)
US-India relations unlikely to change after election: Richard Verma (November 3, 2016)
China takes offense at US ambassador Richard Verma’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh (October 24, 2016)
Regret deportation of Indian students on F1 visas: US ambassador Richard Verma (December 24, 2015)
US can help India in strengthening airspace security: Ambassador Verma (August 17, 2015)
S.M. Krishna, Strobe Talbott and Richard Verma: peek into Hillary Clinton’s India-related e-mails (July 3, 2015)
Ambassador Richard Verma: Very healthy competition taking place among Indian states (June 8, 2015)
‘This is an exciting time to be in New Delhi,’ says Richard Verma (June 5, 2015)
Richard Verma meets Obama at the White House (December 11, 2014)
Richard Verma takes Narendra Modi’s name 3 times in Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing speech(December 2, 2014)
Rahul Richard Verma is the new US Ambassador to India (December 9, 2014)
Obama to nominate Richard Verma to be the next US ambassador to India (September 18, 2014)