Harvard-trained strategist and operator — building the programs that move people, ideas, and opportunity across borders.
Sarvazad Katouzian works where education, diplomacy, and development converge — the Washington ecosystem where policy becomes programs, and programs change lives.
Trained at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, she has built her career inside the institutions that define the field. Her throughline: flawless execution at scale.
International Education Policy — the training ground of the field’s next leaders.
The capital’s premier school of international affairs, minutes from the institutions she now serves.
Political science in Santiago — fluency earned on the ground.
Driving programs at a leading global development nonprofit active in 100+ countries.
Data, research, and member-leader engagement at the world’s largest association of international educators.
International program operations at a major public research university.
The flagship of American educational diplomacy.
Research at the leading U.S. think tank on Western Hemisphere affairs.
As an Omid Ambassador, she drives sponsorship for the annual Washington gala funding education for underserved young women — philanthropy, run with professional rigor.