Join us for our Summer Speaker Series! Our topic this Summer is “Living Faithfully in Turbulent Times.” This week:

Nicole Bibbins Sedeca

Faith and Foreign Policy

With an increasingly complex global landscape, there is significant debate about the role of the United States and its foreign policy. We will explore the current global challenges, the United States’ foreign policy and how it has evolved, and what it means for the Christian community.

Nicole Bibbins Sedaca is the Kelly and David Pfeil Fellow at the George W. Bush Institute. Bringing her expertise on American foreign policy, democracy, freedom, human rights, and leadership, she writes and speaks on behalf of the Institute and serves as faculty in their various leadership programs.

Before joining the Bush Institute Nicole served as the executive vice president for strategy and programs at Freedom House, an organization dedicated to defending and expanding freedom throughout the world by promoting accountable government, the rule of law, civil liberties, and political rights.

Previously, she taught at Georgetown University’s Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) program, and served as the Deputy Director and Chair for the Global Politics and Security Concentration, as well as a Professor in the Practice of International Affairs in MSFS.

Nicole has held numerous positions in the public and non-governmental sectors in the United States and Ecuador. She served for ten years in the United States Department of State, working on democracy promotion, human rights, human trafficking, religious freedom, refugees, and counterterrorism. Following her governmental service, she opened and directed the International Republican Institute’s local governance program in Ecuador. She also taught at the Universidad de San Francisco de Quito (Ecuador) on democratization and conflict resolution. She also co-led the university’s Model United Nations team that won several awards in April 2009. Prior to returning to Georgetown full-time, she served as the Director of the Washington Office of Independent Diplomat, a diplomatic advisory group. Nicole has served on numerous academic and non-profit boards, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the International Justice Mission, on of NPC’s mission partners.

Nicole holds a Master’s degree from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from The College of William and Mary, where she was a Presidential and Monroe Scholar. She studied at Humboldt Universitaet in Berlin, Germany, while on a Rotary International Scholarship.