Azin Aliabadi

Program Director

Azin is the Associate Director of AC4 and the Director of the Program for Impact Partnerships at Columbia Climate School. As Associate Director of AC4, she's responsible for financial management and directs CU’s global engagement portfolio, which includes AC4's Visiting Scholars program, fellowship opportunities, sustainability internship program, and event series. She has well over a decade of professional work experience in the public and private sectors. Previously she worked as a Consultant at UNDP and as an Associate at Morgan Stanley in New York. Azin graduated Magna Cum Laude with Distinction from Boston University, received her Master’s degree in Economic Policy from Columbia University, with a STEM designation in Econometrics & Quantitative Economics. She also holds an MBA from Cambridge University. Azin is passionate about economics, sustainability and peacekeeping.