Ven Neralla is currently Senior Strategist at Federal Street Strategies, advocating on Capitol Hill and the Administration for a number of Fortune 500 companies and nonprofit organizations.

Before joining the private sector, Ven spent more than twenty years in senior roles in both the legislative and executive branch, including the White House. Most recently, Ven served as chief of staff for Congressman Andy Levin (D-MI) and previously served on the staff of three other members of Congress: Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) as deputy chief of staff, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) as legislative director, and Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) as legislative assistant. Ven also helped reconstitute the bipartisan House Chiefs of Staff Association where he served as Vice Chair for professional development.

Ven served for eight years in the administration of President Barack Obama as Senior Advisor for House Appropriations & Global Health at USAID and as Director of Congressional Affairs in the science bureau at USDA, where he led the team that stood up the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR). At the beginning of the Obama administration, Ven handled congressional affairs in the White House Office of Presidential Personnel. Prior to joining the White House, Ven was Associate Director for Congressional Affairs at the Millennium Challenge Corporation.

Before coming to Capitol Hill, Ven worked with the multilateral community at the United Nations Association in Canada on food security issues and at an international NGO following trade and economic policy in Asia, focusing on civil society engagement with the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). Ven currently serves on the board of the International Career Advancement Program Fellows Association (ICAPFA). Affiliated with the University of Denver’s Korbel School for International Affairs, ICAPFA supports mid-career professionals in foreign affairs from underrepresented communities.

Born in Honolulu, Hawaii to parents of south Indian origin, Ven grew up in Canada, graduating from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec.