Sushma Raghavan
Sushma Raghavan is the daughter of immigrants from South Asia who was raised in the Bay Area and moved to Portland in 2012. Before coming to Unite Oregon, she was a union organizer, empowering workers of all backgrounds to come together as equals and assert their rights at work and at home. Over the next ten years, Sushma worked with a diverse range workers—from sanitation workers to child care workers to retail workers—organize unions to improve the material conditions of their lives. In 2018, Sushma joined Unite Oregon as the Field Director to build power with immigrants and BIPOC communities after the spike in hate crimes and white nationalism. She became the Interim Executive Director in January 2021.