63 Magazine - Issue 4

Ask a
Field
Director
with
Saumya Narechania
This issue’s “Ask a Field Director” is with
Saumya Narechania! Saumya recently
began a new position as the Florida GOTV
director for the For Our Future PAC. When
we chatted with Saumya, he was serving as
the national field director at Enroll America,
a non-partisan, non-profit organization that
works to maximize the number of Americans
who enroll in and retain health coverage
under the Affordable Care Act.
In his role as national field director, Saumya
oversaw Enroll America’s field program in
eight campaign states, aided and supported
the other 42 states, and led the organization’s
national training program.
Like many others, Saumya was initially
inspired to begin working in politics and
organizing after hearing then-Senator
Obama’s keynote address at the 2004
Democratic National Convention. Listening
to someone who had a funny name just like
him, Saumya really connected with Obama’s
message and applied to become an intern in
his senate office—not once, not twice, but
three times! Saumya didn’t get accepted the
first two times, but he didn’t let that stop
him.
When his application finally got accepted,
Saumya began the first of many years spent
working for Obama. He would later become
an organizer for Obama’s first presidential
campaign, working all across the country,
even in Alaska. Next he would work for the
White House before serving as deputy field
director in Florida for the 2012 reelection
campaign.