Vikrum Aiyer is Deputy Director of the ACLU, where he helps oversee nationwide political advocacy & campaigns across economic justice & gender justice issues (including worker's rights, housing equity, reproductive freedom & transgender advocacy). After leaving the Obama Administration in 2017, Aiyer built and led the public policy & strategic communications practice for the tech startup, Postmates, up through its $2.6B acquisition by Uber. He led the unicorn's global government affairs, labor relations, and advocacy efforts on state, federal, and international matters ranging from privacy & tax, to the future of work & the gig-economy. Previously, he was a senior official in the Obama Administration serving as Senior Advisor in The White House National Economic Council, and as the Chief of Staff to the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property. He currently lives in San Francisco, where he serves as an advisor to former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs on poverty relief issues California, and as a Commissioner to SF Mayor London Breed on workforce policy.
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Asia Center
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Center for Financial Markets
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Center for the Future of Aging
Advances healthy longevity and financial security for all through high-impact policies, research, convenings, and multisector partnerships.
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Analyzes the dynamics that drive job creation and promote industry expansion
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Center for Strategic Philanthropy
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FasterCures
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Financial Innovations Labs
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Global Market Development
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Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream
Anyone with a dream should have the opportunity to make it come true—through determination and an economic system that works for all
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