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Nadia Farra is a nonresident senior fellow for the Syria Project within the Atlantic Council’s Middle East programs. A foreign policy, technology, and government affairs expert, she brings over fifteen years of national security experience spanning international development, emerging technology, and human rights. Ms. Farra is the Director for Digital Trust and Safety at KPMG, where she advises very large online platforms (VLOPS) on global governance, trust and safety standards, and emerging artificial intelligence regulations.
Prior to entering the private sector, she served in 2024 as Director for Human Rights at the National Security Council (NSC). Her extensive tenure at the US Department of State includes serving as Chief of Staff to the Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology, where she played a pivotal role in establishing organizational frameworks and policy architectures for AI and global tech governance and serving as Special Assistant to Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, managing a complex portfolio encompassing the Middle East and North Africa, counterterrorism, and cyber and digital policy. From 2015 to 2021, Ms. Farra centrally shaped US Syria policy, directing a senior team at the State Department. She began her career in federal service in 2011 as a Presidential Management Fellow, serving at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Department of Defense.
Ms. Farra holds a Master of Public Administration in International Development from the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University and a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs with a minor in Arabic from the University of Georgia. Ms. Farra is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland and teaches U.S. Diplomacy.