Afreen Akhter

Director at NVIDIA

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

About

Experience

  • Director of Global Policy at NVIDIA
    Apr 2026 - Present · 3 mos

  • Visiting Scholar at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
    Jun 2025 - Apr 2026 · 11 mos

  • U.S. Department of State (4 yrs)
    • Deputy Assistant Secretary, South and Central Asia Bureau
      Jul 2022 - Jan 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    • Senior Adviser, South and Central Asia Bureau
      Feb 2021 - Jul 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • National Security and Foreign Affairs Adviser at U.S. Senator Van Hollen
    Mar 2017 - Feb 2021 · 4 yrs

  • Brookings Legislative Fellow at U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer
    Jan 2016 - Dec 2016 · 1 yr