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Teika Carlson

Senior Advisor for External Affairs, Office of Communications

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Teika Carlson serves as Senior Advisor for External Affairs at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) under the Biden-Harris Administration. She is an advisor to the OPM Director and agency leadership on strategic stakeholder engagement, including outreach, communication, and public events. Teika leads efforts to elevate the Agency and inform the public of the Agency’s work to recruit and retain a talented Federal workforce. Teika previously served at OPM as Special Assistant to the Director working on early career talent initiatives and Executive Assistant to the Director.

Before joining OPM, Teika was a Regional Organizing Director on the 2020 Biden-Harris Campaign and led campus outreach with the coalitions team in the general election.

Prior to her experience in community organizing, Teika worked in executive recruiting and teaching English at two housing authorities. She completed a Fulbright English Teaching Fellowship at a university in Curitiba, Brazil and is a proud graduate of Bates College.

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