Amira Valliani

• Evaluated international best practices in immigration and wrote policy recommendations for President Obama • Provided analytical support and policy proposals to Deputy Director Jason Furman on issues including immigration, social enterprise, and clean technology. • Authored strategy paper and policy approach for interagency process on impact investing. • Prepared weekly analysis of macroeconomic indicators and economic commentary to share with Congress.

• Working on the Long Term Beverage Innovation team to analyze the beverage market to identify opportunities for growth; working on a cross-functional team to develop new products to fill these gaps in the market and increase total sales by over $1 billion.

• Collaborated with Director of Outreach to develop Yale’s recruitment strategies, targeting thousands of high school students globally; hired and managed a team of over 30 student employees to implement recruitment plan. • Led the planning and management of Bulldog Days, a three-day program for over 1000 admitted students.

• Presented research and implementation plan in foodservice innovation with the potential to boost profits by over $10 Million to Directors and VPs • Collaborated with five interns to develop a long-term plan and set of short-term tactics to transform PepsiCo into a leader in innovation within two years. Presented the proposal to a half-dozen senior executives.

•Wrote policy briefs on key Egyptian economic challenges for and brainstormed implications with the Forum’s Director. Developed an implementation plan for a new think tank designed to tackle these issues.

BA in Political Science

Activities: The Yale Globalist, Undergraduate Admissions Office, Studies in Grand Strategy, Silliman College Freshman Counselor, The Roosevelt Institute Center for Security and Foreign Policy