Maryam Safi

Principal

, Ariana Nexus

Maryam Safi is a Principal at Ariana Nexus, a Washington, D.C. consulting and professional services firm for the Afghan context.

Résumé

Education

B.A.
Biology and Society; Near Eastern Studies
Cornell University

Biography

Maryam Safi is responsible for the firm’s research frameworks and evidence standards. She ensures every claim Ariana Nexus makes is grounded, cited, and auditable before it leaves the institution.

Accountability and standards

Delivered in-house, one point of accountability

Every part of an engagement is produced by the firm’s own people, in one engagement, with one point of accountability. There are no subcontractors and no brokered specialists.

NDA on every engagement

Every engagement runs under a non-disclosure agreement.

BAA before the first healthcare encounter

A HIPAA business associate agreement is executed before the first encounter.

No recording by default

Interpreting sessions are not recorded by default.

U.S.-located interpreters for U.S. assignments

Interpreters on U.S. assignments are located in the United States.

Cultural Compliance Bureau review

Terminology and cultural accuracy are reviewed by the firm’s Cultural Compliance Bureau.

GDPR for European engagements

GDPR applies to the firm’s European engagements.

Compliance boundary

Ariana Nexus has no offices or operations in Afghanistan, and routes nothing through channels controlled by the de facto authorities in Afghanistan.

The federal courts, the national state-court exam program and the national medical-interpreter certification bodies offer no Pashto- or Dari-specific certification, so Ariana Nexus trains its own interpreters and other interpreters in Afghan languages.

Ethics & Safety Board