Ms. Semnani is a columnist and reporter for Congressional Quarterly Roll Call. Neda Semnani is the Heard on the Hill reporter in Washington D.C. for Roll Call. She joined CQ Roll Call in 2008. 

Neda was the deputy editor for BillTrack, CQ Roll Call’s legislative tracking product, for two years before moving a few desks and diving into a whole new gossipy world on twitter. 

Before falling in love with all things Congressional, Neda consulted for the World Bank, managed programs for nongovernmental organizations in the Middle East and later a nonprofit in New York City.

She is a graduate of the University of Maryland College Park and the London School of Economics and Political Science.