Ola Mohajer is a senior program officer in the Africa Center at USIP.

Prior to joining USIP, she worked for government in Canada as a senior policy advisor on matters of international trade and government transparency. Mohajer has also worked for the United Nations, consulting on barriers to refugee employment in Jordan, and as an officer focused on strategy and coordination in Zimbabwe. Her main areas of interest are civic inclusion in peace processes and the future of peacebuilding.

Mohajer holds a master’s in international affairs from Columbia University and two bachelor’s degrees from the University of Calgary.