Widely recognized for her expertise, Insha Rahman has been featured as an authority in national outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Fox News, and Politico, and been a featured speaker at events hosted by Masters of Scale, Global Citizen, Democracy Alliance, the Federalist Society, U.S. Conference of Mayors, CPAC, and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, among others. Rahman is a member of the Council on Criminal Justice, the advisory board for the Aspen Institute’s Criminal Justice Reform Initiative, and previously served on the boards of the New York Civil Liberties Union, Dignity & Power Now, and the Brooklyn Community Bail Fund (now the Envision Freedom Fund).
A longtime New Yorker, Rahman lives in Brooklyn. She holds a BA in Africana Studies from Vassar College and a JD from the City University of New York School of Law.