Nika Allahverdi is a senior associate on the marketing and communications team at the Milken Institute. She is the marketing manager for an annual yoga and meditation festival celebrating the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda. She regularly practices Kriya yoga and is a certified meditation teacher. Nika Allahverdi has a background in marketing consulting and translation, and she and holds degrees from UC Berkeley and the Middlebury Institute of International Studies. She is a fluent speaker of French, Russian, and Spanish.