SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Neel Kashkari knows he faces a tall order this election year. A relative newcomer on the California political scene, Kashkari announced in January that he will challenge Gov. Jerry Brown, who has now announced that he is seeking re-election and has amassed a financial war chest.
Kashkari will address what he sees as the most pressing priorities for Californians when he speaks to the Sacramento Press Club on Thursday, March 6 at the club’s monthly buffet lunch at Capitol Plaza, 1025 Ninth Street, 3rd Floor. Tickets, $29 for members and $40 for non-members, may be purchased at www.sacpressclub.org. The RSVP deadline is 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 4.
The candidate is best known for managing the U.S. Treasury Department’s Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) when the financial crisis struck in 2008. Kashkari is running partly on his experience operating that program, in which he brought together Republican and Democratic lawmakers to write and pass landmark legislation.
An Ohio native, Kashkari earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in engineering at the University of Illinois and worked in the aerospace engineering industry before opting to join the world of finance, earning an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
He has spent the better part of the last year touring the state and meeting with people as he explored a bid for public office. At the Sacramento Press Club luncheon, he is expected to discuss his ideas about the future of California.
