Blake Narendra

Blake Narendra

Sen. Jeff Merkley
(D-OR)
NSWG

Blake Narendra serves in the office of Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR). A graduate of Colorado College, Narendra worked on two presidential campaigns in 2007-2008 before moving to Washington D.C.  He was an associate in the White House Office of Presidential Personnel, worked as a Special Assistant.

Blake Narendra is serving in the office of Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR). A graduate of Colorado College, Blake worked on two presidential campaigns in 2007-2008 before moving to Washington D.C.  He was an associate in the White House Office of Presidential Personnel, worked as a Special Assistant at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) during Senate consideration of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) and the Fukushima nuclear disaster.  Following graduate studies at the Fletcher School at Tufts University, he worked as a contractor to the U.S. Air Force in its arms control branch, as a fellow at the Ploughshares Fund and as a special advisor in the U.S. State Department Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance (AVC). He most recently was a press officer at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).