Chander Jayaraman

Mr. Chander Jayaraman is a recognized leader with over 20 years of experience in the field of emergency preparedness planning and response. He is an effective consensus builder who has successfully worked with business leaders, government officials, advocacy groups, and community based organizations to generate support for innovative approaches to emergency preparedness planning.

Mr. Jayaraman is currently President of a minority-owned small business in the District of Columbia. His company creates emergency response and evacuation plans for District government agencies, schools, and residential building as well as business continuity plans for private companies, and non-profits with specialized expertise in planning for the safe sheltering and evacuation of people with disabilities. He has conducted numerous training and exercises for thousands of government personnel, District residents, and businesses. He is also co-chair of the DC Fire & EMS Foundation.

Outside of work, Mr. Jayaraman has a distinctive track record as a civic activist, an elected official, and a top candidate in the DC Council At-Large race in 2020. He recently completed serving his fifth term as an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner (ANC) representing the Capitol Hill / Hilleast areas of Ward 6. He currently serves as an alumni board representative of Jenkins Hill Child Development Center, DC Doors, a local non-profit that helps people secure permanent, stable housing. He was also elected to the board of Capitol Hill Little League and now serves as the Umpire in Chief for Capitol Hill Little League.

Mr. Jayaraman was born in Bangalore, India and moved to Overland Park, KS at the age of nine. At the University of Kansas, he studied Engineering before choosing to focus his studies on Economics with a minor in English. He moved to the District of Columbia in 1995.