Amina Tirana is a global leader in socio-economic development with experience in public, private and non-profit sectors. Her expertise includes applying investigative insights, research and metrics to strategic planning, advocacy, policy and service delivery.
Prior to NYU, Amina led global policy strategies and public sector partnerships at Visa to accelerate financial inclusion, including related programs in China, and then social impact policy, research and measurement. She was also the founding Equity and Inclusion Fellow at the Visa Economic Empowerment Institute.
Earlier in her career, Amina established and directed the Office of the UN Secretary General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA). She led policy and advocacy at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to advance the foundation’s then-new Financial Services for the Poor program. Amina also worked for the UN, Harvard Institute for International Development, International Rescue Committee and other organizations in Asia, Africa, the Americas and the Balkans on refugee aid, crisis response and socio-economic development.
Amina earned a B.A. at Princeton University and an M.P.P. at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
