Ia Meurmishvili is the President and CEO of Independence Avenue Media, a Washington, DC-based international media organization focused on providing clear, independent reporting about the United States and its foreign policies to audiences in Eurasia, and globally online.  A prominent broadcaster and journalist, she is widely known in her native Georgia for anchoring Voice of America’s flagship Georgian-language television program “View from Washington.”

Ms. Meurmishvili spent 15 years at Voice of America, including as Managing Editor of the Georgian Service, where she led coverage of American foreign policy, transatlantic relations, NATO, U.S.-Russia relations, Ukraine, Black Sea Security, and U.S.-Georgia relations. She continues to provide analysis and commentary as an independent journalist, offering unique insights into American foreign policy.

She is a frequent guest commentator in international media and speaks regularly at global conferences. In addition to her broadcasting work, Ms. Meurmishvili has lectured on U.S. politics, disinformation, the role of journalism in democracy, and policy trends in the South Caucasus. Her earlier professional experience includes roles at the Eurasia Foundation, Finmeccanica, and the office of U.S. Representative Allyson Schwartz.

Ms. Meurmishvili is also the founder and director of Villa Chven Winery, which produces premium Georgian wines from indigenous grape varietals in the Racha Region. She is committed to reviving Georgia’s centuries-old winemaking traditions, disrupted by Russian imperial and Soviet rule.