Women and National Security Lecture Series

Tufts University

Friday, March 24, 2017  |  12:15-1:30 PM  |  Eastwoods Room (UNB 2.102)

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Michele L. Malvesti currently serves as Professor of Practice in International Security Studies at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.

She also currently serves on the Director’s Advisory Board for the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC); the Board of Directors for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation; and the Board of Advisors for the Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance. She also is a Senior Advisor to the Financial Integrity Network, and she serves on the Advisory Board to root9B, a cyber-security services firm.

Prior to her appointment at Fletcher, Professor Malvesti served as Lecturer and Senior Fellow at Yale University’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, where she taught both graduate and undergraduate students. She previously also worked as a Vice President in the National Security Sector at Science Applications International Corporation, or SAIC,
and with its successor company, Leidos.

During her time in government, she served more than five years on the National Security Council staff, including as the Senior Director for Combating Terrorism Strategy. During this period (2002-2007), she advised the President’s National Security Advisor and Homeland Security Advisor on counterterrorism policy and strategy. She briefly returned to the White House in 2009 in order to co-chair the Presidential study review that reformed the White House organization for homeland security and counterterrorism on behalf of the Obama Administration.

She also has worked as a professional in the Intelligence Community, including at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), where she specialized in Middle East terrorism. Prior to her work at DIA, she served as an intelligence analyst for the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts, Highest Distinction, in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her Political Science degree was conferred with Highest Honors. She received both a Doctor of Philosophy and a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.