Katie Tobin

Katie Tobin is a nonresident scholar with the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Previously, she served as deputy assistant to the president and senior director for transborder. As President Biden’s top migration advisor in the National Security Council, she spearheaded President Biden’s signature migration framework. She was also a lead architect of the Afghan humanitarian evacuation, the Uniting for Ukraine humanitarian parole program, the Venezuela Enforcement Initiative, and the Safe Mobility Offices Initiative. Prior to joining the Biden Administration, Tobin served for nearly a decade with the UN Refugee Agency and as a refugee officer at the Department of Homeland Security.