Mira Patel

Mira Patel leads economic opportunity policy and programs globally at Facebook. Most recently she was a Fellow at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and was previously an Obama Administration official who has built multimillion dollar partnerships and advised two Cabinet officials on economic and foreign affairs policy. Mira is focused on furthering economic development and the advancement of human rights through technology, entrepreneurship, and innovative public-private partnerships. She served as the Senior Advisor for the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and was previously appointed to Secretary Clinton’s Policy Planning Staff at the U.S. Department of State developing policy, programming, and communications on international human rights. In these roles, Mira launched multimillion dollar public-private partnerships including the Global Equality Fund and the Women in Public Service Project and defined U.S. diplomatic policies and operations on gender integration and international LGBT rights. She previously worked for Google, the U.S. Senate for Senator Clinton, the Center for American Progress, and Lehman Brothers.