Farishta Sakhi, Ph.D.

Dr. Farishta Sakhi is the President of Global Resilience, and an Adjunct Professor at the Carter School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University and University of Boulder Colorado. She has over two decades of experience in post-conflict peacebuilding, political transition, democracy, and good governance in Afghanistan. Dr. Sakhi served for three years at Freedom House, where she led efforts to promote the protection and safety of human rights defenders in Afghanistan, and previously held senior leadership roles at Afghanistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Director General managing security cooperation and Water diplomacy portfolio.

She also taught at the Political Department of American University of Afghanistan. She remained a fellow at the International Center for Transitional Justice and the Rumsfeld Foundation