Goli Ameri

Goli Ameri
12th Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs
In office
March 19, 2008 – January 20, 2009
Preceded byDina Powell
Succeeded byAnn Stock
Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Values and Diplomacy, IFRC
In office
July 1, 2010 – July 1, 2012
Succeeded byJoelle Tanguy
Personal details
Born
Goli Yazdi

(1956-09-26) September 26, 1956 (age 68)
Tehran, Iran
Nationality
  • Iranian
  • American
Alma materStanford University (BA, MA)

Goli Ameri (Persian: گلی عامری; née Yazdi; born September 26, 1956) is an Iranian-American businesswoman and former U.S. diplomat. She is the co-founder of StartItUp, a mobile technology platform that provides resources to aspiring entrepreneurs.[1] She formerly served as Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Values and Diplomacy for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs. Ameri ran for the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican in 2004, and is a former U.S. Representative to the United Nations. She serves on the board of trustees of Freedom House, as well as on the Center for Middle East Public Policy advisory board of the RAND Corporation, a group of public and private sector leaders that provide guidance and support for RAND's Middle East research.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Goli Ameri | America Abroad Media". www.americaabroadmedia.org. Archived from the original on October 26, 2019. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  2. ^ Monica, 1776 Main Street Santa; California 90401-3208. "CMEPP Advisory Board". www.rand.org. Archived from the original on July 19, 2018. Retrieved June 11, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Board of Trustees: Member Biographies". freedomhouse.org. May 8, 2018. Archived from the original on July 19, 2018. Retrieved June 11, 2019.