Reema Dodin

Reema Dodin

Floor Director at Senate Dem Whip

TED Attendee
Washington , District of Columbia, United States
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About Reema

Bio

Reema Dodin serves as Floor Director to the Democratic Whip, Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL), where she runs the whip operation for the Senate Democratic leadership team. Prior to her current role, Reema served as Senator Durbin's Floor Counsel, Research Director and as an aide to his Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law. On her own time, Reema has volunteered as a voter-protection counsel with several campaigns including for Jon Tester, Joe Donnelly, Joe Sestak, Obama for America, and the 2016 Clinton campaign. She is a Munich Young Leader, a Truman National Security Fellow, an Atlantik-Bruecke Fellow, a New Leaders Council Fellow, a former term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a member of the Jenkins Hill Society (a consortium of women in politics supporting female politicians). Reema has lectured on the modern Senate at NYU, American University, the University of California, and Georgetown, and is the co-author of a primer on House and Senate Floor procedures through Brookings publications. Reema attended the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is a member of the California Bar.

I'm passionate about

Parliaments, Civics, Politics, Voter Access, Art, Travel, Family, Friends, Learning, Road Trips.

An idea worth spreading

A service year would go a long way.

The TED story

My dear friend Anu told me this was possible and I am very excited about it.

Things you might not know

Planning a two day trip in any city. Finding the very best of mid-market fashions.