Parul Khemka

Parul Aneja Khemka is an accomplished community leader, educational advocate, and public servant based in Livingston, New Jersey. She currently serves as the President of the Livingston Board of Education, where she has been an elected member since January 2023, chairing the curriculum committee, finance and facilities committee and serving as the board’s SEPAC liaison.

A passionate advocate for the disabled community, Parul holds several key advisory roles, including:

Member of the IEP Working Group for the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE), where she helps develop policy recommendations for educating students with disabilities.

Leadership and Legislative Team Member for the National Council for Severe Autism (NCSA), focusing on state-level advocacy for children and adults.

Parent Advocacy Specialist at the Sri Krishna Nidhi Foundation, providing IEP consultancy and developing culturally sensitive training for marginalized families.

In addition to her work in education and disability advocacy, Parul is a prominent leader in political engagement. She is the Chair of the South Asians for America (SAFA) New Jersey chapter and the Chair of the NJ Dems South Asian American Caucus. She also serves as a DCCC AAPI Action Cohort member (2025-26) and is a member of the DNC AAPI Caucus "Kitchen Cabinet".

Parul’s professional foundation is in data science and public health. She holds a Master of Science in Biostatistics from Brown University and a Bachelor’s in Statistics from the University of Delhi. Her previous career includes roles as a Biostatistician at Children’s Hospital Boston and a Senior Applications Analyst at Mass General Hospital, where she contributed to several published research studies on adolescent health and obesity.

Fluent in Hindi, Parul is a graduate of numerous leadership programs, including the Partners in Policymaking program at Rutgers University and Emerge NJ candidate training. She is dedicated to leveraging her background in data and policy to empower the AAPI community and improve outcomes for all students and individuals with disabilities.