About

Meet Shuchita

I was born in Detroit and moved to North Georgia in 1993. I went to school here, built my career here, and I'm raising my three kids here. This is not a campaign stop for me. This is home.

I'm a finance professional: 15 years in FP&A, controllership, and compliance, spanning companies from global consulting firms to regional businesses. I know how budgets work. I know how to find what someone doesn't want you to find. I know the difference between a sound public investment and a sweetheart deal dressed up as one.

I'm also the first-generation daughter of immigrants who taught me that your success means very little if you're not willing to bring others along with you.

That's not a tagline. It's how I was raised, and it's how I try to show up—as a parent, as a neighbor, and now as a candidate.

Outside of work and this campaign, I'm walking our local trails, hiking Sawnee Mountain, embarrassing my kids at Fowler Park, and, for reasons I cannot fully explain, learning how to rollerblade. I've stayed closely connected to the Indian-American community while putting down deep roots across North Georgia. I believe in this place. That belief is exactly why I'm running.

Why I'm Running

I didn't decide to run because I always wanted to be in politics.

I decided to run because I got tired of watching this county make the same choices and call them inevitable.

A commissioner censured for ethics violations—by his own colleagues—who has held his seat for four terms anyway. Developer donations flowing to the same people voting on developer contracts. A county growing faster than its roads, schools, and green space can absorb, with no serious plan to catch up. Workers keeping this county running who can't afford to live here. A commission that doesn't reflect the community it governs.

None of that is inevitable. It's a choice. And the people making it are counting on residents to either not notice or not care.

I notice. And I care.

I'm also running because representation isn't just a value—it's a practical necessity. A South Asian woman has never sat on this commission. The families who look like mine, who have lived here for decades and built this community alongside everyone else, deserve a seat at the table. I intend to take it—not to make a point, but because that seat comes with real power to make real decisions that affect real people.

I'm running because my kids are growing up here, and the version of Forsyth County I leave them should look different than the one we have right now.

That's it. That's why.