Varina Winder

Co-Founder

Varina Winder is the co-founder of the Arch Collaborative, where she leads Arch’s Resist pillar of work and its focus on “wedge” issues. Previously, Varina was the Senior Advisor and Chief of Staff in the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues at the Department of State, overseeing the office’s strategy development and deployment, partnerships, public affairs, operations, and led policy teams focused on gender-based violence, climate change, girls’ rights, and multilateral affairs.

In addition to her roles in federal government, her career includes leading global partnerships and strategic engagement for Family Planning 2020, as well as serving as its chief of staff. She has also worked on Capitol Hill and other nonprofit roles spanning family planning, gender-based violence, and women’s and girls’ health policy, the U.S. foster care and adoption systems, federal advocacy, and public affairs. Varina holds a Master's degree in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and Bachelor's degrees from Georgetown University.