Cindy Huang is a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development (CGD). She has over 20 years of experience leading humanitarian and global development efforts across government and non-profit sectors. Most recently, Dr. Huang was the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement at the Department of Health and Human Services, where she led the humanitarian response to the arrival of a historic number of unaccompanied children from Central America and oversaw the delivery of social and integration services to Afghan evacuees in the US. Previously, Dr. Huang co-directed the program on migration, displacement, and humanitarian policy at CGD, building the evidence base and shaping policies on refugee livelihoods and inclusion around the world. She also served as the Vice President of Strategic Outreach at Refugees International, where she launched the Refugee Advocacy Lab, an initiative with more than two dozen partners that grows the diverse constituency for US leadership on refugee welcome.
