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Divya D. Khosla

Divya D. Khosla

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Former Director, White House- National Security Council ; U.S. Delegation to the UN Human Rights Council, Division Chief U.S. Department of State, Co-Founder and Member of the Board, Artistic Freedom Initiative

  • Education

    • Columbia | SIPA

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      Master's degree

    • Columbia | SIPA

      2007 - 2009

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

      2021 - 2022
      Certificate in Executive leadership

    • University of Oxford

      2011 - 2011
      Certificate in Forced Migration Forced Migration

    • Harvard University

      2020 - 2020
      Certificate in executive education Government

      Awarded a Certificate of Completion for the Leadership in Uncertain Times Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Executive Education.

    • The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

      2004 - 2005

    • Middlebury College

      2002 - 2006

    • The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

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      General course

    • Middlebury College

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      Bachelor's degree

    • Columbia University

      2009 - 2011

  • Experience

    • Tibetan Children’s Village

      Jan 2000 - Jan 2002
      Senior Fellow

      Taught English; Documented human rights abuses of Tibetan children in exile in India.

    • Senator Jon Corzine (D- NJ)

      Jun 2003 - Sept 2003
      Campaign fellow

    • BBC

      Apr 2005 - Dec 2005
      Research Fellow

    • Sanford Wittels & Heisler LLP

      Oct 2006 - Dec 2007
      Legal Assistant Civil Rights Litigation

      Managed civil rights class action litigation cases specific to race and gender discrimination; led on drafting deposition outlines, complaints

    • Columbia University

      Sept 2008 - Jan 2010
      Research Fellow with The UN Secretary General

      Researched and edited “A Choice for Peace? The Story of 41 Days of Mediation in Kenya”; co-author of working paper on the Kenyan peace process.

    • Human Rights Watch

      Jan 2009 - Sept 2009
      Researcher

      Researched and analyzed human rights violations pertaining to counterterrorism programs

    • US Federal Government

      Jan 2010 - Jun 2014
      Political Officer-Senior Analyst

      Senior expert on a range of functional, cross-cutting issues, including humanitarian crises, war crimes, atrocities, and accountability, protracted emergencies, multilateral initiatives and international organizations, and countering violent extremism; regularly briefed and advised senior White House and policy officials.

    • U.S. Department of State

      Sept 2014 - Sept 2016
      US Delegation to the Human Rights Council

      Led negotiations for the U.S. Government on thematic and regional resolutions focused on the promotion and protection of human rights; regularly engaged the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the OHCHR staff; led civil society consultations on high priority issues at the Council; lead on the Universal Periodic Review

    • Artistic Freedom Initiative

      Sept 2016 - Feb 2021
      Founder and Board member

      Co-founder and Board Member of the Artistic Freedom Initiative, an NGO dedicated to protecting artistic freedom globally through the provision of legal and resettlement services.

    • U.S. Department of State

      Jan 2018 - Jan 2018
      Manager

      Supervised multidisciplinary team consisting of senior experts focused multilateral initiatives, led cross-cutting strategic program that included development of staff, reviewing and publishing strategic analysis, and regular briefings with White House officials.

    • U.S. Department of State

      Jan 2019 - Mar 2021
      Manager, Energy and Climate

      Managed a team of leading government experts and analysts focused on global energy security and climate transition priorities. Briefed and advised senior U.S. policy makers, specifically White House officials; led interagency analytic and policy processes; Led corporate initiatives, including teaching courses on national security and multilateral negotiations, mentoring and coaching, proactively recruiting, and promoting diversity and inclusion.

    • National Security Council, The White House

      Jan 2021 - Jan 2023
      Director for Global Development/ Multilateral Human Rights

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Leadership in an Exponentially Changing World

      MIT Sloan School of Management
      Nov 2020
      View certificate certificate

    • Certificate in Executive Leadership

      Harvard University