Sima Ladjevardian is a Houston-based attorney and mediator with over 20 years of experience in business law, family law, and consulting. For the past 10 years, she has been active in fostering intercultural relations in the political and nonprofit arenas.

Sima has developed extensive experience in fundraising in Non-profit, Civic and Political Arenas. She is the Co-Founder of Big Hearted Texas; Co-Founder of The Texas Progressive Executive Council; Co-Founder of The Texas Signal; Co-Founder and Board Member of the Society of Iranian American Women for Education; Co-Founder and Co-Chair of Arts of the Islamic World Initiative at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.  She is Board Member of Every Texan; Trustee of the MFAH, and Advisory Committee Member of the Asia Society Muslims of America. Sima is fluent in English, Farsi, French, and Spanish.

Sima was a National Finance Committee Member for Hillary for America and Asian-American and Pacific Islanders Finance Council Member for Hillary for America. She served as Senior Advisor and Campaign Finance Chair for Beto O’Rourke’s U.S. Senate race.  She was Senior Advisor to his Presidential race.  She became the democratic nominee for Congress in Tx-02 for the 2020 election cycle.