Malikat Rufai is a Foreign Service Officer with a decade of experience serving in both domestic and overseas positions.
Most recently, she was a Policy Advisor in Partnerships and Global Engagement at the National Security Council (NSC) at the White House, where she was one of the lead co-ordinators of President Biden’s Dec 2022 U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, and the architect of the African and Diaspora Young Leaders Forum.
It was through the Diaspora Forum that she played a role in elevating the role of the African diaspora in foreign policy. She is currently working on Summit follow-up supporting African creative industries. Prior to the NSC she was the North Macedonia Desk Officer, which included a short term assignment as the Public Affairs Officer for Operation Allies Welcome, Fort Bliss, following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
As a Watch Officer in the Operations Center she helped navigate the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and heightened tensions in the Middle East. Her overseas assignments include Port-au-Prince, Haiti and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Malikat is a native of Chicago, and a graduate of Spelman College and the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), where she received MAs in International Economics and Conflict Management.
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