Shelby Magid is the deputy director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, where she oversees the Center’s strategy, programming, and policy work on Ukraine and the broader Eurasia region. In this role, she also manages the Center’s operations, including fundraising and institutional development. Shelby leads the Center’s congressional engagement and directs the Eurasia Congressional Fellowship program, a non-partisan program designed to brief congressional staff on political, economic, and security developments in Ukraine and across Eurasia while connecting them with the Council’s latest research and analysis.
Prior to joining the Atlantic Council, Shelby worked at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, where she focused on democracy and political developments in Central and Eastern Europe. She also worked at the International Federation for Human Rights’ office in The Hague, where she engaged with the International Criminal Court and conducted research on human rights violations in Mexico and Syria. Shelby serves on the advisory board of Teach for Ukraine.
Shelby holds a bachelor’s degree in international and global studies from Brandeis University. During her undergraduate studies, she also completed coursework at Leiden University’s Law School and the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies. She earned a master’s degree in international relations, with a focus on security and international justice, from Central European University.