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Yash Aggarwal, Ph.D., J.D., of Costambar, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, is a member of the AARP Board of Directors, Class of 2010. During the 2006-2008 biennium, he is vice chair of the Board Audit and Finance Committee and a member of the AARP Services, Inc. Board and the AARP National Policy Council Nominating Committee. He previously served on the Board Audit and Finance Committee and the AARP Insurance Trust. Prior to election to the Board, Dr. Aggarwal was AARP New York State President and a member of the National Legislative Council.
In 2002, Dr. Aggarwal founded IndiaPAC (India-U.S. Political Action Committee) to foster better relations between the US and India. Previously, he chaired the Asian-American Coalition, a nonprofit public interest organization that facilitated the integration of Asian Americans into the mainstream. He is also on the board of Worldfest, NY, Inc.
Dr. Aggarwal, both an attorney and academic, retired from MetLife where he was a financial planner and risk manager. Prior to that, he was president and board chair of Sensearth, Inc., a corporation providing consulting services on seismic risk. He also served on the research faculty at Columbia University in the late 1970s and was a consultant to the Venezuelan government in the 1980s. In 1996, he was a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 20th Congressional District, where he won the Democratic primary.
Fluent in Spanish, French, and several Indian languages, Dr. Aggarwal has lived, studied, or worked in Africa, Europe, India, and South America. He received his Ph.D. in seismology from Columbia University in 1975 and his J.D. from CUNY School of Law in 2001. Among his many awards and citations is an award for exemplary service from Respect Age International in 2001. | 