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Yaya Fanusie
Director of Analysis, Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance, Foundation for the Defense of Demoracies

Yaya J. Fanusie is the director of analysis for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies' Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance (CSIF).

Yaya spent seven years as both an economic and counterterrorism analyst in the CIA, where he regularly briefed White House-level policy makers, U.S. military personnel, and federal law enforcement. In 2008, he personally briefed President George W. Bush on terrorism threats, and in 2009, he spent three months in Afghanistan providing analytic support to senior military officials.

After government service, Yaya worked with a small consulting firm where he led a team of analysts working on a multi-billion-dollar recovery effort involving a global corruption ring. Most recently, he has operated his own consulting practice training firms specializing in strategic analysis and business due-diligence.

Yaya received an MA in International Affairs from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and a BA in Economics from UC Berkeley.

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