Gillian Elizabeth Daley
Public Policy Specialist
About Gillian Elizabeth
Gillian Elizabeth Daley is a graduate of Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and previously worked as a government affairs manager at a trade association.
Before SAIS, she served as an intelligence fellow at the Gordon Institute, a youth engagement fellow at the United Nations Foundation and a regional fellow at IGNITE National.
She has also interned for two Florida state legislative offices, and for the office of Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
During her master’s program, she concentrated in strategic studies and wrote her thesis on the “axis of autocracy” and emerging threats posed by great power competitors, like China and Russia. She is also a heat-three winner of the Center for a New American Security’s (CNAS’s) 2024 Competition for New Ideas. Additionally, Gillian Elizabeth attended Florida International University, where she pursued an undergraduate double major in international relations and political science, as well as two certificate degrees in public policy and national security.
Credentials
Education
- Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, M.A., 2023
- Florida International University, B.A., 2020
Memberships & Affiliations
- Program Co-chair, Women in International Trade (WIIT)
- Member, Black China Caucus (BCC)
Expertise
Services
- Public Policy
Publications & Speaking Engagements
- Author, “Race for Space: The US needs an independent space station,” CNAS.