UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs: Iman Nanji

Iman Nanji, Master of Public Policy

Iman is currently a Master of Public Policy student at UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs. She is interested in data driven approaches to public policy, international development and sustainability. In addition to pursuing her degree, Iman has been interning at the Mayor’s Office of Budget and Innovation on a team dedicated to solutions to the homelessness crisis in Los Angeles and the implementation of cannabis policy. In February 2018 Iman participated in a working group advising City Councilmember Paul Koretz on short term solutions to homelessness. She has served on the Young Professionals Board for KIPP LA Public Schools since 2015 and was accepted into the Luskin Senior Fellows Leadership Program where she is working closely with the General Manager at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. She also advises The Concordia Summit, a New York based non-profit think-tank focused on fostering public-private-partnerships and is the Director of the Helena Fellowship for Helena, a Los Angeles based start-up.

Prior to starting her master’s degree, Iman spent nearly five years in the workforce. She began her career in the private sector, working as an investment analyst at J.P. Morgan, where she provided advisory and brokerage services to clients. After two years at J.P. Morgan, Iman joined the Business and Program Development team at the Milken Institute, a Los Angeles based non-profit economic think-tank. At the Milken Institute, she fostered strategic partnerships and developed programs to engage the Institute’s top supporters from around the world, including financial institutions, multinational corporations, foundations and philanthropists. Iman holds a B.A. in Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies from Columbia University.