Mr. Siam Tooran brings over a decade of experience in peacebuilding, human rights advocacy, and interreligious engagement across the United Nations, the U.S. Department of State, and civil society. At the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL), he most recently served as a Foreign Affairs Officer, overseeing human rights monitoring, sanctions coordination, and visa-restriction regimes for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. In this role, he provided strategic policy advice to senior leadership and helped strengthen U.S. strategic interests in the region.

Earlier, as a Senior Policy Officer in the Office of the Assistant Secretary at DRL, Siam worked on democratic governance and human rights across Africa and advised senior officials, the White House National Security Council, and members of Congress on developments in Mauritania, South Africa, Sudan, and Tanzania. He also advised program design, coordinated interagency efforts on sanctions and human rights, and shaped U.S. policy engagement at the United Nations.

Before joining the U.S. Government, Siam served as UN Representative and Advisor on Religion and Development at the Peacemakers Network. In that role, he led a multi-year program on religious freedom and democratic governance, developed UN plans of action, conducted field missions in conflict-affected countries, and forged strategic partnerships with UN agencies, donor governments, and faith-based actors. Earlier, at the UN World Food Programme, he analyzed humanitarian and climate-driven hunger in West Africa, supported country-level program design and inter-agency coordination, and liaised with UN headquarters and field missions.

Siam holds an M.A. in International Relations and Islamic Studies from Harvard University and a B.A. in Political Science from Fordham University.