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 inaugural Eradicate Hate Summit was a truly impressive gathering of leaders dedicated to finding lasting and effective solutions to violent extremism. I was particularly moved by the prominence given to survivors and family members of victims of hate and violence throughout the event. Their stories and those of so many others must be at the center of what we do and why we do it.
