Gabrielle Ellicott is a program assistant in the Forward Defense initiative of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security. She contributes to the initiative’s defense strategy and military operations portfolio.

Previously, Ellicott interned with the US Department of Commerce, where she authored policy memoranda for bureau leadership and conducted daily research for the Office of the Chief of Staff. As an undergraduate, she conducted independent research on democratic security policy as part of Georgetown’s Krogh Honors Research Seminar and volunteered as a research assistant for the Georgetown Prisons and Justice Initiative, supporting educational programs for incarcerated students.

She graduated from Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, earning a BS in international politics with a concentration in international security and a certificate in diplomatic studies.