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.
It is a tragic reality that hateful ideology has found fertile ground online and offline, with consequences affecting not only Americans but people around the world. We cannot stand idle in the face of bias, bigotry, and extremism. Together, at the Eradicate Hate Summit and beyond, the collective will of individuals and organizations is needed to galvanize all people of good will to protect and defend our communities.
