Nahid Ahmed

Nahid Ahmed is the Chief Program Officer at Soliya, a global leader in virtual exchange, dialogue facilitation, and intercultural learning. She leads the strategic design, scale, and evaluation of Soliya’s programs, working with universities, civil society organizations, and global networks to strengthen the infrastructure for constructive dialogue across cultural, political, and ideological divides.

With nearly two decades of experience in international education, conflict resolution, and curriculum design, Nahid’s work focuses on equipping institutions and emerging leaders with the skills and frameworks needed to engage across difference in increasingly polarized environments. She advises universities and organizations on integrating dialogue-based learning, facilitation training, and experiential global engagement into academic pathways and workforce development initiatives.

Her work sits at the intersection of pedagogy, technology, and applied dialogue science, and she has contributed to research collaborations exploring how dialogue and virtual exchange shape empathy, attitudes, and intergroup understanding while helping advance emerging practice in dialogue and depolarization.

Born in Bangladesh and raised across Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and India, she brings a deeply personal understanding of cross-cultural connection. She is based in New York.