Nilmini Rubin leads global public policy for Hedera, the trusted enterprise-grade distributed public network governed by a Council of leading global institutions. As Chief Policy Officer, she engages with policymakers, civil society, and the media to shape blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI), and economic policy.
Previously, Nilmini worked on Meta’s global policy team and led Tetra Tech’s global team of more than 300 diverse professionals implementing energy and internet projects. For 12 years, Nilmini served as a senior aide on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and on the House Foreign Affairs Committee where she spearheaded the passage of legislation to provide electricity access in Africa, increase global internet access, reduce corruption through transparency, and reform U.S. foreign assistance. She also served at the White House National Security Council under President George W. Bush where she helped secure agreements on non-proliferation, international health and foreign aid.
Nilmini was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum (WEF), serves on the WEF Global Future Council on Decentralized Finance and is a member of the WEF AI Governance Alliance regulation working group. She is a senior associate of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the FinTech Advisory Council of the Milken Institute. Nilmini earned her MBA and B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley, is the mother of three teenage girls, and is an internationally competitive adult figure skater.
