Krish O’Mara Vignarajah is president and CEO of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, the country’s largest faith-based nonprofit dedicated exclusively to serving immigrants and refugees. Prior to this, she was White House policy director for Michelle Obama. Vignarajah was previously senior advisor under secretaries of state Hillary Clinton and John Kerry. Earlier in her career, she practiced law at Jenner and Block in Washington, DC, and clerked for former Chief Judge Michael Boudin on the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Her recognition includes being named a Game Changer by Baltimore Magazine, one of the Top 50 Influential Marylanders by The Daily Record, and a Woman to Watch by the Baltimore Sun.
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