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Sarath Ganji

Management Consultant | Foreign Affairs Officer | Fulbright Scholar

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Sarath K. Ganji is a foreign policy and communications expert with over seven years of experience spanning the public, private, and social sectors.

Recently, he served as a management consultant with Guidehouse's National Security practice, where he provided U.S. Department of State clients with counsel on implementing marketing initiatives, building strategic partnerships, and mainstreaming data-driven practices. Before Guidehouse, Sarath was an analyst-in-charge at the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, where he conducted oversight of over $1 billion in U.S. education, energy, and agriculture sector programs. Prior to SIGAR, he worked with the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Congress, and held research positions with multiple think tanks, both in the United States and overseas. His past fieldwork and publications have explored civil-military relations in Israel, labor rights in Qatar, and medical tourism in the United Arab Emirates, the last of which he completed as a U.S. Fulbright Scholar.

A native of central Louisiana, Sarath holds degrees from the Harvard Kennedy School and Georgetown University, and has completed fellowships with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Michigan.

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Experience:

• Senior Program Analyst (Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR))
• Program Analyst (Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR))
• Senior Consultant (Guidehouse)
• Policy Outreach Associate (Center for Global Development)
• Visiting Scholar (Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research)
• Analyst-in-Charge (Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR))
• Penn Kemble Democracy Forum Fellow (National Endowment for Democracy)

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