Fireside Chat with Commissioner Neil Makhija

Please join ACS on Tuesday, April 7th at 12:00 PM in Gittis 213 for a conversation with Neil Makhija, Montgomery County Commissioner and Chair of the Board of Elections. Commissioner Makhija will discuss his path from teaching election law at Penn to public office, his work expanding voter access, and his broader career in public service.

Neil taught election law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School for seven years. As an attorney, he represented Pennsylvania counties battling the opioid crisis. Neil also served as the Executive Director of Impact, a national civic organization that helped nearly double turnout among key underrepresented communities in the 2020 election. Neil is also the child of immigrants and grew up in Carbon County, a small coal and steel town in Northeast Pennsylvania.