Zeina Boustani is a 2024 Millennium fellow and director of strategy and operations at Mastercard in Washington, DC. In her role at Mastercard, she focuses on localization challenges, developing strategies to maintain domestic relevance and tackling ongoing geopolitical developments that impact global business. Prior to that, Boustani spent ten years at the Cohen Group, a strategic business advisory firm with a geopolitical focus. She also worked for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and United Nations Development Program in Beirut, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC. Boustani holds a master’s degree in international relations and international economics from the John Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and a bachelor’s degree in international studies at American University’s School of International Service.