[1][2][3] He joined the Biden administration from Demos, a liberal think tank he served as president of from 2018 to 2021.
Additionally, he attended the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, where he studied both law and economic development.
[5][6] During his career, he has held fellowships at both New America and the Roosevelt Institute, and notably served as co-chair of the Law and Political Economy (LPE) Project.
Rahman once served as an analyst within OIRA during the Obama administration, and would return to the office as a senior counselor under President Joe Biden.
[8][9] Rahman is married to Noorain Khan, a director with the non-profit Ford Foundation.