Indira Dammu serves as Senior Director of Civic and Community Engagement, where she functions as the liaison to public, private, and non-profit sectors, and manages community outreach aligned with the mayor’s policy priorities, including supporting New Americans.
Her background as a public policy professional with experience in client relations, data analysis, and project management contributes to initiatives and projects that benefit the Nashville community. She has worked as a middle school math teacher, a policy and research analyst, and she previously served as the Education Policy Advisor to Mayor David Briley.
Before joining the Mayor’s Office, Indira was a Senior Analyst and Associate Partner at Bellwether.
She holds a B.A. in Political Science and Government and Philosophy from Indiana University Bloomington and an M.P.P. from Duke University. Her goal is to visit all 50 states, and she has 11 states left!