Aditi is modern public leader proving that you can be powerful, polished & unapologetically yourself while making real change for your community.
What does she do?
Dr. Aditi Bussells is a health care expert, policy strategist, and former At-Large City Councilwoman. The first South Asian millennial woman hold citywide office in Columbia, SC, she’s known for challenging entrenched systems, cutting through insider jargon, and showing how government decisions translate into real impacts for families and communities. With more than a decade of experience across government, nonprofit, and industry, she brings rare governing experience, research rigor, and a distinctly modern voice to the conversation about what leadership looks like today.
What are some things she likes to talk about?
National, state, and local politics
Millennial & genz culture
How policy affects working families
Navigating political spaces as a woman
What political insiders get wrong about South Carolina politics
Public health
The science of hope
Pragmatism in politics
Leading with substance and style
Fashion and politics
Pop culture, motherhood, and millennial life