Elena Bailey

Dr. Elena Taube Bailey has over 20 years combined experience in intelligence, defense, and policy (CIA, ODNI, DOS, DTRA, DOD), as well as, academia.

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At Georgetown University's, Master of Professional Studies in Applied Intelligence program, Dr. Bailey serves as an Adjunct Professor teaching on surveillance: Class Trailor- Electronic Intelligence Analysis

She also serves as the President and Program Director of The Academy, a university specializing in cognitive warfare, influence warfare, OSINT, and cyberpsychology.

Dr. Bailey also serves as a full-time professor at the National Defense University's, College of Information and Cyberspace (CIC). NDU is an institution of higher education funded by the DOD, educating joint warfighters and other national security leaders in critical thinking and the creative application of military power to inform national strategy and globally integrated operations, under conditions of disruptive change, in order to prevail in war, peace, and competition.

As a scholar-practitioner, Dr. Bailey serves as the CEO of Glocal- a public open-source superintelligence platform.

Dr. Bailey speaks several languages, including: English, Russian, Ukrainian, and some Hebrew. She resides in the Washington Metropolitan Area with her husband. 

NATIONAL SECURITY & INTELLIGENCE

From 2018 to 2022, Dr. Bailey served as a senior counterintelligence specialist at the DoD's, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). DTRA enables the DoD and the U.S. Government to prepare for and combat weapons of mass destruction and improvised threats and to ensure nuclear deterrence. The agency’s legacy extends back to the Manhattan Engineering Project that was created to develop the world’s first atomic bomb during World War II.

Between 2015 and 2018, Dr. Bailey served as a Senior Analyst and Subject Matter Expert at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) where she covered a variety of high level national security issues and helped lead intelligence integration and collaboration within the intelligence community. In 2017, Dr. Bailey also served as a Regional Subject Matter Expert to the DoD, Department of the Army, focusing on geographic, economic, industry, political, security, and geopolitical issues in Eastern Europe.

Prior to her service at the ODNI, Dr. Bailey served as an Intelligence Analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) working closely with operations on counterterrorism efforts. Dr. Bailey also successfully completed a rotation with the U.S. Department of State (DoS), Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications (now the Global Engagement Center), where she focused on overt counterterrorism messaging operations. 

FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS

Between 2006 and 2007, Dr. Bailey provided political and media analysis, as well as, conducted public relations and strategic communication at the Consulate General of Israel in Los Angeles, and the Consulate General of Ukraine in San Francisco.

EDUCATION

A lifelong learner, Dr. Bailey completed a Ph.D. in Strategic Communication from George Mason University. She received a Masters degree in Psychology from Harvard University and a M.B.A. from Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business with a focus in communication, strategy, and management. She had also received an M.A. in Politics with a focus in International Relations and American Government from New York University (NYU).

Additionally, Dr. Bailey holds a Certificate in Intelligence Analysis from the Sherman Kent School for Intelligence Analysis, which is a training school for CIA intelligence analysts, a Graduate Certificate in Advanced Marketing Management from Georgetown University, and a Graduate Certificate in Messianic Jewish Studies from the Messianic Jewish Theological Institute.

Dr. Bailey had pursued her undergraduate studies at Harvard University, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and UCLA where she graduated with honors and earned a B.A. in Political Science with a focus in International Relations and a minor in Middle Eastern Studies.

To see Dr. Bailey's full biography, please visit her website: ElenaBailey.com

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