Lina Tori Jan
Lina Tori Jan is a policy and leadership expert, human rights advocate, and education champion. As the assistant director at the Harvard College Women’s Center, she supports the center’s mission of advancing gender equity through meaningful engagement with women’s and gender issues.
Prior to joining the center, Lina worked at the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS), where she led policy initiatives and programming on Afghanistan, Sudan, and Iran. She played a key role in crisis response, policy advocacy, and coordination of stakeholder engagement across the U.S. government, the United Nations, civil society, and the private sector.
An accomplished public speaker, Lina has addressed audiences around the world, including the UN Human Rights Council and the Skoll World Forum. She has worked with governments and NGOs to advance equality, protect civic and human rights, and promote character-based leadership. She has been featured by international media including BBC, CBS, NPR, and NBC’s Today show.
Lina serves on the board of RefugePoint, an international NGO that supports refugees in more than 30 countries, and on the Jepson School of Leadership Studies Executive Board of Advisors. She holds a Master of Public Policy from the University of Oxford, where she was a Jepson Scholar, and a Bachelor of Arts in leadership studies and political science from the University of Richmond.