Nazanin Ash
Nazanin Ash is the CEO of Welcome.US and has previously worked in the US State Department and at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on international development and HIV/AIDS. Born to parents who fled Iran, she is an advocate for American support for refugees. Early life. Ash was born to parents from Iran. Education. Ash has bachelor's degree in political science from Bryn Mawr College where she received the Hope Wearn Troxell Memorial Prize. She has a master's degree in Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government where she  was also a Sheldon Fellow, an Imagitas Fellow, and a Public Service Fellow. While at Harvard she won the Kennedy School's Rising Star Award, in 2003. Career. Ash has worked as the Chief of Staff for Randall L. Tobias when he served as the United States Global AIDS Coordinator, and at USAID during the Bush Administration. She also worked as the Deputy Assistant Secretary, at the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs during the Obama administration. In 2021, she was the Vice President of Global Policy and Advocacy at the International Rescue Committee. As of December 2021 was working as  the CEO of Welcome.US. She previously worked with ActionAid on HIV/AIDS. She is a policy fellow at the Center for Global Development. Opinions. Ash has stated that USA should support refugee-hosting countries in the Middle East.