Nudhara Yusuf

Originally from India and the U.K., Nudhara is an incoming MPA at SPIA with a focus on economics and public policy. She was formerly Executive Coordinator of the Global Governance Innovation Network at the Stimson Center in Washington, D.C., and previously worked on the Sustainable Development Goals and Strategic Foresight with the United Nations Development Program. She has supported both Indian state welfare ministers in designing social inclusion programs at the grassroots, and the British Shadow Secretary of State for Justice in U.K.’s Parliament. Her interests primarily lie in reform and evolution of the multilateral system and how coalitions can be mobilized around change and accountability. In this vein, she served as Co-Chair of the U.N. Civil Society Conference in Support of the Summit of the Future. When she is not losing sleep over the future of multilateralism, you’ll find her cooking, playing tennis, or complaining about how mangos taste so much better back home in Chennai. After SPIA, she hopes to return to working on the future of the U.N. system, and helping it navigate new economic environments.