Nina Schwalbe

Founder and Principal of Spark Street Advisors in New York, NY

Nina Schwalbe is a candidate for Representative in Congress District 12 in Statewide, New York — 2026 Primary Election.

Also running: John Schlossberg, Erik Bottcher, Amy Jordan, Caroline Shinkle, Mathew Shurka, Lucian Wintrich, Patrick Timmins, Kaley Aldrich, Micah Lasher, Alan Pardee, Christopher Diep, Wilneida Negron, Liam Elkind, Karen Ortiz, Micah Bergdale, George Conway, Laura Dunn, Alexander Bores, Cameron Kasky, Charles Munoz, Jerrold Nadler, Jami Floyd, Massimiliano Zappone, Robert Huhn.

Nina Schwalbe is a public health researcher and advocate running for the U.S. House of Representatives in New York's 12th Congressional District. She is the founder of the global public health think tank Spark Street Advisors and a senior scholar at Georgetown University. Schwalbe has held leadership roles at UNICEF, Gavi, and USAID, where she directed the COVID-19 Vaccine Access and Delivery Initiative. She is campaigning on a platform of health equity, affordability, and science-based policy.