Shamila N. Chaudhary is a Senior South Asia Fellow at the Washington D.C.-based New America think tank and senior advisor to the dean at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). She was also appointed President of the American Pakistan Foundation in August of 2019. She has twelve years of experience working in the U.S. government, including at the White House as Director for Pakistan and Afghanistan on the National Security Council from 2010-2011.