Micah Yousefi, Executive Director, National Republican Congressional Committee

Iranian American by heritage, Yousefi is a first-generation American who has pursued a lifelong passion of elevating women to leadership positions for over a decade. She spoke at the January 2021 training session. 

Yousefi began in Congress in the office of Chairman of the House Transportation Committee Bill Shuster (PA-9). From there, she moved to the National Republican Congressional Committee where she served as Women’s Engagement Director. In this role, she facilitated and managed the Committee’s recruitment and development of female candidates for the House of Representatives and oversaw the development, structure, and programming of House Republicans’ women’s engagement efforts.

Following the 2016 cycle, Yousefi managed the run-off campaign of Congresswoman Karen Handel (GA-6), the most expensive race in House history at that time, with a staff of 30 and a budget of approximately $6 million. She was Winning For Women’s Political and Policy Director where she developed a slate of endorsed conservative women candidates, articulating and advancing the organization’s policy objectives, and managing the organization's Super PAC Independent Expenditures. Yousefi served as the Deputy Director for the National Republican Senatorial Committee's independent expenditure unit for the 2022 cycle.

Prior to her time on the Hill, Yousefi served on the United Nation's 53rd Commission on the Status of Women as an NGO Delegate. She is an alumna of Notre Dame of Maryland University.