Born in Iran during the Iran-Iraq war, Jasmin Ramsey is the deputy director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran, where she documents human rights violations, advocates for women's and human rights, and manages the center's English-language content and social media channels. Prior to joining the Center, Jasmin worked as a Washington-based journalist and served as the deputy bureau chief of Inter Press Service, an international news wire service. At IPS she co-founded an award-winning U.S. foreign policy-focused blog, which, during her leadership as managing editor, became the first blog to receive the Arthur Ross Award for Distinguished Reporting and Analysis of Foreign Affairs from the American Academy of Diplomacy. Follow Jasmin's tweets @jasminramsey

Yassamin Ansari is the youngest woman ever elected in Phoenix City Council history and the first Iranian-American elected to public office in the state of Arizona. She represents one of the most diverse districts in the fifth-largest and fastest-growing city in the United States.

Since elected, she has enacted policies around transportation electrification, led the charge to pass Phoenix’s first Climate Action Plan, secured over $100 million in new investments to combat homelessness and passed a Roadway Safety Action Plan with a vision towards zero traffic-related deaths. She is hyper focused on building a more sustainable and equitable city where everyone can afford to live and thrive.

Prior to serving in elected office, Ansari worked as a senior policy advisor on the climate action teams of both U.N. Secretaries General Ban Ki-Moon and Antonio Guterres, as well as principal advisor to former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres at Mission 2020.