Nazanin Ash | |
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Bryn Mawr College Harvard Kennedy School |
Organization | Welcome.US[1] |
Known for | Refugee advocacy |
Nazanin Ash is the chief executive officer of Welcome.US and has previously worked in the US State Department of state in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs leading the Middle East Partnership Initiative and at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on international development and HIV/AIDS.[2] Born to parents who left Iran, she is an advocate for American support for refugees, and was named in Washingtonian's list of the 500 most influential people in Washington, DC, in 2022.[3][4]