Tamara Omazic

Tamara Omazic
Program Director, National Refugee Leadership and Lived Experience Council (NRLLEC)

Tamara Omazic is the Program Director for the National Refugee Leadership and Lived Experience Councils (NRLLEC), leading a collaborative effort to center newcomers’ lived experiences in decision-making spaces.

She brings a dynamic professional background, having lived past lives as a business journalist, communications professional, and nonprofit fundraiser.

Most recently, Tamara served refugees to access third-country solutions in Sub-Saharan Africa with the UN Refugee Agency and in Southeast Asia with the US Resettlement Support Center. Through her work, volunteerism and own lived experience as a resettled refugee from Bosnia, she has developed a deep understanding of the systems displaced persons navigate in their journey to safety and rebuilding. 

Tamara holds a Bachelor of Arts in Writing, Literature, and Publishing from Emerson College and a Master’s in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration from the University of London. In her spare time, she can be found playing with dogs, training for ski season, or reading.