Shirin Pakfar Friborg is the Head, Partnership Development, Private Partnerships and Philanthropy at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Shirin has worked with the UN for the last 15 years in various capacities, mainly serving in field operations: Afghanistan, Sudan, the Gaza Strip, Libya and most recently as the head of the RC office in Jerusalem. She also has experience working in the private sector and in academia. She has a Bachelor’s degree from University of California at Berkeley and a Master’s from the London School of Economics.