Nili Sarit Yossinger
Nili Sarit Yossinger is Executive Director at Refugee Congress. She oversees operations of Refugee Congress, implementing communications, funding, capacity-building, and advocacy strategies that fulfill the organization’s mission of ensuring that there are always refugees at the table as equal partners. Prior to her work with Refugee Congress, Yossinger was a Research Project Manager at the Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM) and the Senior Vice President for Research at Georgetown University. Yossinger previously worked with the Capital Area Food Bank, the UN Refugee Agency in Washington, D.C., and Human Rights First. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from Loyola University Chicago and a Master of Arts in German and European Studies from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, along with a Certificate in Refugees and Humanitarian Emergencies from ISIM.