Hasti Taghi
 Hasti Taghi     (journalist, media executive) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | US | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin, Rice University | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Vice-president and chief of staff of NBCUniversal. Event 201 participant.
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Hasti Taghi was one of the attendees of the notorious Event 201 pandemic planning exercise, representing corporate media, as vice-president of NBCUniversal communications group[1] working in a chief of staff capacity. She also leads strategic initiatives for the office, including partnerships with the World Economic Forum.[2]
Before NBC, she was Senior Communications Specialist at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, Texas between 2011 and 2017.
Early Life
She began her career as news reporter working for the CBS affiliate in Idaho Falls, Idaho, and the NBC affiliate in Houston, Texas.[2]
Taghi received her undergraduate degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and her master’s degree in global affairs from Rice University. She served on the leadership committee for the Baker Institute for Public Policy Young Professionals Roundtable,[2] an Institute of unknown deep state significance.
Taghi has held various roles in hospital administration at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, Texas Nov 2011-Dec 2017. She worked in corporate and executive communications, patient experience, and as the leader of the board member relations program. [2][1]
Other
Taghi has received various accolades for her work in communications and her philanthropic efforts in the community, including Woman of the Year for her fundraising efforts on behalf of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, as well as the Ovation Award, honoring Houston’s next generation of dynamic young leaders.[2]
The name Taghi is of Iranian origin, and - purely speculative - her family might be exiles from the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's government.
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Event 201 | 18 October 2019 | 18 October 2019 | New York US | A Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security/World Economic Forum/Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation sponsored large scale simulation of a global coronavirus pandemic predicting an apocalyptic outcome. Held October 2019. |
