Gautam Raghavan is a political advisor who was the director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office.

[1] Raghavan previously served as the associate director of the Office of Public Liaison in the Obama administration.

Raghavan was born in India and raised in Seattle, Washington, attending middle school and high school in Kent, Washington[citation needed] He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University in 2004, where he was a member of the Stanford Harmonics.

[citation needed] Raghavan was the editor of West Wingers: Stories from the Dream Chasers, Change Makers, and Hope Creators Inside the Obama White House, which includes personal accounts by eighteen Obama Administration staffers.

[citation needed] From December 2018 to July 2020, Raghavan was the chief of staff for Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal.