Samantha Perlman is an attorney and former elected official bringing intersectional experience in local government, civic education, urban planning, and voting rights to PRP.

Samantha received her J.D. from Boston College Law School, where she was a Public Service Scholar. While in law school, Samantha represented clients in the Civil Rights Clinic and Public Defenders Clinic, taught environmental law to Boston College undergraduates, and worked as a Rapport Fellow in the Office of Boston Mayor Michelle Wu. She interned with Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Campaign Legal Center, and Southern Poverty Law Center. She also holds a M.A. in urban and environmental policy and planning from Tufts University and graduated with her B.A. magna cum laude from Emory University.

Committed to the impact of local government, Samantha served two terms as a City Councilor At-Large in Massachusetts, becoming the youngest woman elected citywide and first new candidate to top the ticket. Before law school, she worked for several years in both civic education and democracy nonprofits, where she helped secure passage of the landmark MA civic education law.

Most recently, Samantha served as a Presidential Appointee in the Biden-Harris Administration in the Department of Transportation under Secretary Buttigieg.