Maggie Feldman-Piltch
National Security Fellow, The Wilson Center

Maggie Feldman-Piltch makes national security make sense. She is the National Security Fellow at the Wilson Center's Science and Technology Innovation Program (STIP) and creator of Non-State Actress, a multi-media project with an audience of more than 250,000 in its first year. She has more than a decade of experience across the national security and defense apparatus, working on projects for the Departments of Defense, State, and Homeland Security and partnering with the Department of Treasury, and several federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies. In addition to her own platforms, Maggie’s analysis and contributions appear on CNBC, NPR, PBS, Sinclair Media and around the world on NOVA and CNN International and in Teen Vogue, Forbes, Foreign Policy, and Latin American Advisor. She is a regular contributor and Attendee at the Munich Security Conference, a 2017 Aspen Security Forum Rising Leader, and 2024 Israel Policy Forum Atid Fellow. Feldman-Piltch is the Founder of #NatSecGirlSquad, a professional development community building competent diversity in national security and defense, spent a year as a Non-Resident Fellow at Joint Special Operations University, served as a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Center, and regularly lectures as leading government and civilian academic institutions. Maggie earned her Master's Degree from Georgetown School of Foreign Service's Security Studies Program where she was both a Dean's Merit Awardee and Junior Centennial Fellow. She attributes her relentless practical idealism to 4 years in Middletown, CT and being exceedingly proud graduate of Wesleyan University.