Wendy Villalta is an assistant director with the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense, within the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security. She supports the Commission’s programming, strategic partnerships, and communications. Villalta is a program management professional with a comprehensive background in leading cross-functional projects and building relationships with high-level stakeholders in both the private and public sectors. Before joining the Commission, she worked in communications, business development, and policy research. Most recently, she supported the deployment of one hundred million dollars in investments to ensure that residents in the United States have access to dignified, affordable housing at NeighborWorks America. Villalta holds a Bachelor of Arts in international affairs with a focus on the Middle East and a minor in Spanish and Latin American literature from The George Washington University.