Nilmini Gunaratne Rubin

Nilmini Gunaratne Rubin is an American policy expert and advocate who serves on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.[1] She's asserted that the United States can remain competitive and increase jobs through more foreign trade. When asked at a Techonomy conference about politics in Washington, she replied "democracy is messy, because people we don’t agree with have a vote." [2]

She was previously the Director of Government Relations for the Information Technology Industry Council where she focuses on cybersecurity and cloud computing policy.[3]

Previously, Nilmini Rubin led work on international and development for the economic issues for the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee.[4] She is listed as an author or co-author of the following United States Senate publications:

She also served at the White House's National Security Council, United States Department of the Treasury,[8] and at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.[4]

Nilmini Rubin was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and a "40 under 40" International Development Leader by Devex.[9]

She earned both an BA in Economics and Development Studies and an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley.[4][8] She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[10]

Nilmini married her husband Joel Rubin in September 2003.[8] They were featured on an episode of HGTV's Curb Appeal.[11]

She wrote a 2012 oped for the Los Angeles Times that describes her mother being forcibly sterilized in Washington State and discusses the history of eugenics in America.[12]

References

  1. ↑ . Politico http://www.politico.com/politicoinfluence/0213/politicoinfluence10031.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ http://techonomy.com/conf/13-detroit/u-s-competitiveness/keeping-the-u-s-competitive-in-a-hyper-connected-world/
  3. ↑ "The Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) is the premier group of the nation's leading high-tech companies". Itic.org. 2001-09-11. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Nilmini Rubin | World Economic Forum - Nilmini Rubin". Weforum.org. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
  5. ↑ "The International Financial Institutions - A Call For Change" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-21.
  6. ↑ "Sri Lanka - Recharting U.S. Strategy After The War" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-21.
  7. ↑ "The Petroleum And Poverty Paradox - Assessing U.S. And International Community Efforts To Fight The Resource Curse" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-21.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Nilmini Gunaratne, Joel Rubin". Nytimes.com. 2003-09-21. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
  9. ↑ "Nilmini Rubin | 40 Under 40 Leaders in International Development". Dc40.devex.com. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
  10. ↑
  11. ↑ "Vibrant Victorian". Hgtv.com. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
  12. ↑ "A crime against motherhood". Articles.latimes.com. 2012-05-13. Retrieved 2012-06-21.