Will Mortenson is a program assistant at the Atlantic Council’s Freedom and Prosperity Center, where he supports the center’s research, programming, and outreach.

Mortenson graduated from Boston College in 2024, where he majored in political science. During his junior year of college, he studied development politics, international political economy, and African political theory at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. His academic research primarily concentrated on sustainable development, democratization, and international conflict, and his regions of focus include Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.

Mortenson was previously a young global professional at the Freedom and Prosperity Center.