Leela McClintock
Program and Strategic Development Coordinator, Middlebury Institute’s Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism (CTEC)
In her role, Leela supports senior staff with cultivating organizational objectives as well as with day-to-day program management. She previously worked as a Project Lead at CRDF Global, where she implemented counterproliferation programming, organized conferences, and developed project proposals. Additionally, she has research and analysis experience in topics such as far-right digital extremism, authoritarianism and its intersections with information operations, as well as uses of artificial intelligence for mitigating disinformation campaigns. She is particularly passionate about enhancing diversity and gender equity within the national security field. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Smith College and is proficient in Italian.
The Summit unites the public and private sectors, domestic and international, against hate and extremism. Researchers, activists, lawyers, technology experts, political leaders, and more come together, each bringing their unique tools to the fight. Important relationships that were established at the Summit in 2021 have carried forward into working groups with concrete deliverables for 2022 and beyond.
