Homa Hassan has Master of International Affairs from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, where she was a fellow of American foreign policy. She has worked with the United Nations in Kosovo on post-conflict development, with Transparency International in Colombia and Liberia on foreign assistance transparency and good governance, and with the Red Crescent Society in Qatar on humanitarian assistance budgeting. She is also a former Herbert Scoville, Jr. Fellow on nuclear nonproliferation and global security and has co-hosted a nationally syndicated radio show on global affairs.