Who We Are
Dhruva Jaishankar is Executive Director of ORF America. He was previously Fellow at Brookings India and the Brookings Institution and a Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund. More >>
Sharon Stirling is Chief Operating Officer at ORF America. She was previously COO of the BLK SHP Foundation and Deputy Director of the Asia Program at the German Marshall Fund. More >>
Dr. Andreas Kuehn is Senior Fellow at ORF America. He was previously Senior Program Associate at the EastWest Institute, Cybersecurity Fellow at Stanford University, and Adjunct Researcher at the Rand Corporation. More >>
Anneleen Roggeman is Senior Program Manager at ORF America. She was previously Senior Program Associate at the EastWest Institute and part of the Secretariat of the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace. More >>
Dr. Anit Mukherjee is Senior Fellow at ORF America. He was previously Policy Fellow at the Center for Global Development and Associate Professor at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy in New Delhi. More >>
Jeffrey D. Bean is Program Manager for Technology Policy and Editor for ORF America. He was previously Visiting Fellow at East-West Center in Washington and Editor for the Asia Policy Blog at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). More >>
Natalie Boyse is Program Manager, Global Programs at ORF America. Previously, she has served in various roles within the U.S. federal government, including at the Department of Education, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Department of Defense (DOD). More >>
Medha Prasanna is a Junior Fellow and Program Assistant for Energy and Climate at ORF America. She was previously a Harold W. Rosenthal Fellow at the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and an intern at the United Nations Information Center in Washington D.C. More>>
Ammar Nainar is Junior Fellow and Program Assistant at ORF America. He was previously an intern at the Brookings Institution, Carnegie India, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), and Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). More >>
Ishani Chettri is a Communications Assistant at ORF America. She was previously a Communications Intern at the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, which is headquartered in New York City. More>>
Caroline Arkalji is a Research Assistant at ORF America. She was previously a government relations intern at BMJ-Government Relations Consultancy in
Brasília, Brazil. More>>
Katherine Salinas is the Senior Program Coordinator for Technology Policy. She previously served as Special Assistant to the Office of the Vice President for International Programs at the Ford Foundation. More>>
Profiles of former ORF America staff, fellows, and affiliates can be found here.
Distinguished, Non-Resident, and Visiting Fellows
SADIQ AMINI
Sadiq Amini is a Non-Resident Fellow at ORF America. He was previously Program Manager, Outreach for ORF America and a Political Assistant at the U.S. Embassy Kabul. More >>
marta bengoa
Marta Bengoa is a Non-Resident Fellow at ORF America. She is a Full Professor of Economics at the City University of New York (CUNY-CCNY) and the Chair of the Graduate Program in Economics and Business at the Colin Powell School. More >>
Karan Bhasin
Karan Bhasin is a Non-Resident Fellow at ORF America. He is an accomplished economist with a keen interest in macroeconomics and applied econometrics. More >>
Sarah box
Sarah Box is a Visiting Fellow at ORF America. She is the 2024 New Zealand Harkness Fellow and works at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment in New Zealand. More >>
NIHAL CHAUHAN
Nihal Chauhan is a Non-Resident Fellow at ORF America. He previously led trade policy for Google in the Asia Pacific Region and managed policy partnerships for Google’s Government Affairs and Public Policy team in India. More >>
Terri Chapman
Terri Chapman is a Visiting Fellow at ORF America. She was previously a Visiting Fellow at ORF in New Delhi and a management consultant based in Malaysia. She is also a consultant for the World Bank. More >>
Udaibir Das
Udaibir Das is a Distinguished Fellow at ORF America. He is a former central banker and a senior international financial policy expert. He has worked in different capacities at the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the Bank for International Settlements, the Bank of Guyana, and the Reserve Bank of India. More >>
Bruce McConnell
Bruce McConnell is Distinguished Fellow at ORF America. He was President and CEO of the EastWest Institute. From 2009 to 2013, McConnell served at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, where he was Deputy Under Secretary for Cybersecurity. More >>
vivek mishra
Vivek Mishra is a Visiting Fellow at ORF America. He is also a Fellow, Americas with ORF’s Strategic Studies Program. He was was previously a Research Fellow at the Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi. More >>
Anthony Renzulli
Anthony Renzulli is a Non-Resident Fellow at ORF America. He is an Associate Partner in Albright Stonebridge Group’s South Asia practice, where he advises clients on business and investment strategies across the region. More>>