Pronita Gupta is a Senior Fellow at Workshop focused on labor and worker rights issues. Most recently, she served in the Biden White House as Special Assistant to the President for Labor and Workers on the Domestic Policy Council, developing and implementing policies on worker rights, job quality, equity, workforce development, supply chain issues, and the care economy. Prior to joining the Biden-Harris Administration, Pronita served as the Director of Job Quality at the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), promoting policy solutions to create more responsive workplaces, improve job quality for workers, strengthen worker protections, and increase economic security for low-income working families.
In the Obama Administration, Ms. Gupta was the appointed Deputy Director of the Women’s Bureau in the U.S. Department of Labor. In that role, she worked to advance and improve standards, practices, and opportunities for women in the labor force.
Ms. Gupta also has extensive experience in community and labor organizing, including serving as research director for SCOPE/AGENDA in Los Angeles, and as research director for the Living Wage Campaign at LAANE. She started her career as the Legislative Director of the U.S. Student Association, advocating for greater equity in and access to higher education. She brings expertise in the areas of paid family and medical leave, workforce development, and other workplace labor standards. She holds an M.P.A. from Columbia University and a B.A. in government from Clark University.
