Sameera Fazili is an American attorney and public official who served as a deputy director of the National Economic Council in the Biden administration.
[1][2] A noted community development finance expert, Fazili previously served as Director of Engagement for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
Her experience in human rights includes working at the World Health Organization and United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), on missions in Palestine, Kashmir, and Pakistan.
[13] Her sister, Yousra Fazili is a noted human rights lawyer who testified at the November 2019 US congressional hearing on the revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.
[14] Fazili's cousin Mubeel Shah was among those detained by the Indian government the Public Safety Act (PSA) during the 2019–2021 lockdown in Jammu & Kashmir.