Stephanie Albiero
UNOPS Consultant, United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism / UN Counter-Terrorism Centre
2026
Stephanie Albiero is a UNOPS Programme Management Specialist supporting the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) Counter Terrorism Centre (UNCCT)’s Global Programme on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism, where she specializes in capacity building and technical assistance on the misuse of digital technologies by violent extremist actors, with a particular focus on gaming and gaming-adjacent platforms. Prior to joining UNOCT in 2023, Stephanie led multiple large-scale European Commission-funded programmes in cooperation with ministries, law enforcement agencies, and researchers across Europe in the areas of counter-terrorism, serious and organized crime, critical infrastructure protection, and crisis management.
This cannot be thought of as a conference or a summit. The stakes are simply too high and the data/conversation and methods to drive action more valuable/motivating than any gathering I have attended. I took more than 100 pages of notes and have shared them with my CBS News leadership team, anchors, producers, and correspondents. Nothing about this gathering was easy. The agony around this topic is real. But no one curious about it could ask for a more devoted, rational, or unflinching look into this dark but decipherable world.
