Nadia Roumani
Nadia Roumani is the director of the American Muslim Civic Leadership Institute, a faith-based leadership training and civic engagement program that strengthens young leaders in the Muslim community who are working towards the full participation of Muslims in American public life. AMCLI is housed at the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture, and works in partnership with Georgetown’s Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding.
In addition to her work with AMCLI, Nadia is the consultant program officer for the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art’s Building Bridges Program, which aims to improve understanding between the U.S. and Muslim societies through the use of arts, media, culture, education, and cross-cultural exchanges.
Nadia is the principal of Roumani Consulting LLC and she consults regularly for several international organizations, foundations, and nonprofit organizations. Among others, she has consulted for the World Bank, United Nations Development Program, U.N. Alliance of Civilizations, the Brookings Institution, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Four Freedoms Fund, the Rothschild Foundation, and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
Nadia was the interim director for the Women Leaders Intercultural Forum, and a Senior Associate at the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, where she co-founded the Global Policy Innovations Program. Between 2000 and 2004, Nadia was the assistant director of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue, a project directed by Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, and a junior associate in Stiglitz’s office at the World Bank from 1999-2000.
Nadia is a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy, and a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Nadia received her master’s degree from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, and her bachelor’s degree in economics and international relations from Stanford University.
