Nidhi Bouri

Nidhi Bouri is an executive leader with nearly two decades of experience in global health, global development, and emergency preparedness and response. Currently, she provides independent strategic consulting services to private companies and nonprofits. She previously served as the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Global Health at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). She led the strategic planning, implementation, and coordination of $2.5 billion in foreign assistance resources across infectious diseases, health systems strengthening and primary health care, and global health security and health emergencies. She also oversaw the bureau’s communications, policy, and partnership engagements, strengthening relationships with governments, philanthropic, and multilateral organizations. Nidhi held senior positions at the White House, as Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to the First Lady, and as the Senior Director for Development, Global Health and Humanitarian Response and Director for Global Health at the National Security Council. In 2020, she led USAID’s COVID-19 response and, prior, had a long history of supporting and implementing health and humanitarian programs in the public and NGO sectors. She began her career in research, with focus on health systems strengthening and health security. Nidhi has worked on the frontlines in some of the most pressing crises, including Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, and Ukraine. She holds an MPH from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and a B.A. in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland.