A Road Less Traveled with Reema Dodin
Please join us for lunch on Friday, October 24, for the second A Road Less Traveled event of the 2025-2026 academic year.
We’ll be speaking with Reema Dodin, Chief of Staff, Senator Brian Schatz.
Lunch will be provided.
This event is co-hosted by the Reiss Center on Law and Security and the National Security Law Society.
Event Details:
What: Lunchtime career series talk with Reema Dodin
When: Friday, October 24, 1:15 – 2:15 p.m.
Where: Furman Hall, Room 120
RSVP Here
(space is limited!)
Speaker Bio:
Reema Dodin currently serves as Chief of Staff to Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI). Schatz sits on the Senate Appropriations Committee and is the State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee Ranker, he is Ranking Member of the Indian Affairs Committee, and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations, Commerce, and Ethics Committees. Schatz also serves as chief deputy whip and as Deputy Secretary for the Senate Democratic Caucus.
Reema previously served as a Deputy Assistant to President Biden and Senate Liaison for the White House Office of Legislative Affairs. She served in that role from January 20, 2021 until mid-summer 2023. This included work on both the legislative and nominations agenda for the Biden-Harris Administration. Reema also served on the Biden-Harris 2020 transition team, helping build and run legislative planning for the early nominations, including the cabinet, judicial, and key sub-cabinet positions.
Prior to her White House service, Reema worked for Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), the Democratic Whip, for almost fifteen years. She served as Deputy Chief of Staff where she ran the whip operation for the Senate Democratic caucus. Reema previously served as Senator Durbin’s Floor Director, Floor Counsel, Research Director, and as an aide to his Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law.
Reema attended the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She originally hails from Irvine, California, and is a member of the California Bar.
Program Details:
A Road Less Traveled is a series of career talks featuring practitioners in national security law and policy in candid conversation about their paths after law school. Featured speakers hail from a diverse range of backgrounds—including government, advocacy, private sector, and/or scholarly work—and address both the details of their work as well as a broader view of their career trajectories.