Kota Mizutani
Senior Advisor for Public Engagement
Kota Mizutani is a Senior Advisor for Public Engagement where he serves as the Office of Public Engagement’s primary liaison to Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities. He previously served in several positions on Capitol Hill, including Staff Assistant for Representative Don Beyer (VA-08) and Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) Fellow for Representative Mark Takano (CA-39). Most recently, he served as the Deputy Communications Director for the House Committee on Education and the Workforce under Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03). Kota was born and raised in Northern California and is a graduate of Brown University.