Farah Pandith addresses the Palm Beach Center for Democracy and Policy Research

April 16, 2019

 

Former U.S Special Representative to World Muslim Communities Farah Pandith address to Palm Beach Center for Democracy and Policy Research , April 1st, 2019

 
Biography
 
Farah Pandith is a social entrepreneur, foreign policy strategist, and former diplomat. She is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, Strategic Advisor to the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, and a Senior Fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Ms. Pandith has served as a political appointee in the George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, and Barack H. Obama administrations. Most recently she was appointed the first-ever Special Representative to Muslim Communities by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. She traveled to more than 80 countries in this role and launched global youth-focused initiatives and networks to counter violent extremism (CVE). Prior to this appointment, she was responsible for pioneering CVE initiatives in Europe. She served on the National Security Council and at the U.S. Agency for International Development. She left the government in January 2014. She wrote the book “How We Win”: How Cutting-Edge Entrepreneurs, Political Visionaries, Enlightened Business Leaders, and Social Media Mavens Can Defeat the Extremist Threat.

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