Varsha Koduvayur
Manager, Valens Global
2022
Varsha Koduvayur is a manager at Valens Global, where she focuses on domestic violent extremism and geopolitics. In this role, she works on public-facing research on the domestic violent extremist space, with a particular emphasis on white supremacy and racially motivated violent extremism. Varsha also leads the geopolitics division at Valens, where she undertakes geopolitical research for private-sector clients. Prior to joining Valens, Varsha was a senior research analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, where she covered the Gulf Arab states. Prior to that, Varsha was a researcher in the Middle East practice at Eurasia Group, and a Junior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Her work has appeared in Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, and CNN Business, among other outlets. She holds a B.A. in international relations and Arabic from Michigan State University.
The inaugural Eradicate Hate Summit was a truly impressive gathering of leaders dedicated to finding lasting and effective solutions to violent extremism. I was particularly moved by the prominence given to survivors and family members of victims of hate and violence throughout the event. Their stories and those of so many others must be at the center of what we do and why we do it.
