Homa Tavangar has 20 years' experience working with governments, businesses, international organizations and non-profit agencies in global competitiveness, organizational and business development, and cross-cultural issues.
She was born in Tehran and moved to Cleveland, Ohio when she was just over a year old. Along with Iran, she has lived in East and West Africa, South America, and throughout the United States. In addition to English, she speaks Persian (Farsi), Spanish, Portuguese, and rudimentary French and Swahili. She holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in International Economics, and International Development and Public Affairs from UCLA and Princeton University. She spent one pivotal year studying at The Catholic University in Lima, Peru, and criss-crossing the lower two-thirds of South America. Her religious heritage includes four of the world's major faiths, and she has family living on every continent.
Homa currently serves as an advisor to the Asia Society, KidsHealth.org, PBS Parents, several global corporations, and as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post and several other publications. She is married and the mother of three girls, ranging in age from 7 to 17. She is active with their public schools in suburban Philadelphia and serves on the Boards of several international organizations.