About Haroon K. Ullah

Dr. Haroon K. Ullah serves as Chief Strategy Officer at the Broadcasting Board of Governors,

an $800 million global media agency. He is a scholar, diplomat and policy practitioner with a

special focus on digital strategy, countering violent extremism and transmedia engagement.

Haroon has advised three Secretary’s of State, traveled with Ambassador Richard Holbrooke

and started the first countering violent extremism office at any US Embassy (US Embassy Islamabad).

He teaches at Georgetown University and is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

He served as senior Harvard University Belfer Fellow, where he completed his graduate coursework

at the Kennedy School of Government and won a Peabody Award for his TV animation

Burka Avenger. He has a PhD from the University of Michigan and was a William J. Fulbright

Fellow, a Harvard University Presidential Scholar, and a Woodrow Wilson Public Service

Fellow. His previous award winning books include Vying for Allah’s Vote (Georgetown

University Press) and The Bargain from the Bazaar (Public Affairs Books). His forthcoming

book focuses on technology and youth in the Muslim world called Digital World War.