Heela\u00a0Rasool-Ayub<\/b> is the Director for the Planetary Politics initiative at New America.<\/p>
Prior to joining New America,\u00a0Rasool-Ayub\u00a0served as a Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Agency for International Development, promoting and managing democracy, human rights, and governance programs for over a decade.<\/p>
During her tenure, Rasool-Ayub took on several roles including as Director for Global Engagement at the National Security Council where she advanced President Obama\u2019s \u201cStand with Civil Society\u201d initiative to protect and support civil society globally.<\/p>
As the Director for the Office of Development Cooperation at USAID, Rasool-Ayub elevated the U.S. government's foreign policy agenda with other donors and in multilateral institutions, including through negotiating instruments in the G20 and other multilateral platforms.<\/p>
Before her U.S. government service,\u00a0Rasool-Ayub\u00a0was an investigator with the World Bank\u2019s Integrity Vice Presidency investigating and pursuing sanctions related to allegations of fraud and corruption in World Bank Group-financed projects.<\/p>
Driven by a commitment to promoting justice through institutions,\u00a0Rasool-Ayub\u00a0has worked in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, the Southern Africa region, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Ukraine. She holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Davis and a J.D. from the McGeorge School of Law at the University of the Pacific.\u00a0<\/p>","":null,"drop_cap":false,"anchor_id":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_taxonomies","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_taxonomies":{"":null,"anchor_id":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_person_latest","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_person_latest":{"":null,"anchor_id":""}}]},"yoast_head":"\n