Montgomery County Commissioner Neil Makhija

Neil Makhija serves as Chair of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners and Chair of the Board of Elections. He is a two time Emmy winner, and the first Asian American County Commissioner in Pennsylvania’s history across all 67 counties. As Montgomery County Commissioner, Neil oversees the county’s 3,000 employees and a billion-dollar budget; Montgomery County is Philadelphia’s largest collar county of 868,000 people, more populous than four U.S. states.

Neil is a national leader on voting rights and election law. He previously taught election law at the University of Pennsylvania and served as the Executive Director of Indian American Impact, a national civic organization. Neil advised President Biden and Vice President Harris on voting rights and helped reshape Pennsylvania’s gerrymandered state house maps.