Tharun Vemulapalli
Government Relations • Strategic Communications
Director
Tharun Vemulapalli is a Director for Mercury Illinois, based in Washington, D.C. He is an experienced professional in national politics and is focused on supporting clients through their government relations and communications needs.
Prior to Mercury, Vemulapalli spent some time as an organizer on political campaigns throughout the country, including as a Regional Organizing Director in Virginia for the 2020 Virginia Democratic Coordinated campaign. His team helped deliver the state for President Joe Biden and Democrats that year.
Vemulapalli previously also served as a political appointee in the Biden administration at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. There, he spent time across multiple offices and worked with political leadership to help implement major funding initiatives under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act. This included the PACE and New ERA programs at the Rural Utilities Services under Administrator Andy Berke to help build out clean energy in rural America. He also served as Special Advisor to Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small, managing communications and events for high-profile USDA announcements.
Vemulapalli is a graduate of Bowdoin College and a native of Chicagoland.
Prior to Mercury, Vemulapalli spent some time as an organizer on political campaigns throughout the country, including as a Regional Organizing Director in Virginia for the 2020 Virginia Democratic Coordinated campaign. His team helped deliver the state for President Joe Biden and Democrats that year.
Vemulapalli previously also served as a political appointee in the Biden administration at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. There, he spent time across multiple offices and worked with political leadership to help implement major funding initiatives under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act. This included the PACE and New ERA programs at the Rural Utilities Services under Administrator Andy Berke to help build out clean energy in rural America. He also served as Special Advisor to Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small, managing communications and events for high-profile USDA announcements.
Vemulapalli is a graduate of Bowdoin College and a native of Chicagoland.
