Meera Pranav is a humanitarian expert with over 12 years of experience in disaster response and preparedness, international development, and global health. Previously, she held multiple leadership and policy roles at USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, managing multi-million-dollar international emergency operations and collaborating with governments, UN agencies, and NGOs to deliver and prepare for swift, coordinated responses to crises. Her career has taken her across Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the Caribbean, and Europe, with assignments in Kenya, Tunisia, Qatar, the Bahamas, Myanmar, Thailand, Ethiopia, and Switzerland. Meera holds a Master of Public Health in Humanitarian Health from Johns Hopkins University.