Matthew Calabria

Dr. Matthew F. Calabria is an AI Safety Policy Entrepreneurship Fellow at the Federation of American Scientists. He is also a Senior Fellow with the Orion Policy Institute, a think tank, and a Fellow in residence with the Weatherhead Scholars Program at Harvard University on an academic sabbatical from his duties as a Professorial Lecturer at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs in Washington, DC. Dr. Calabria is a dedicated public servant whose 14 years of federal service included a stint as the Director for Cyber Operations and Incident Response in the White House’s Office of the National Cyber Director, where he advised the National Cyber Director—a Cabinet-level official—on cyber incident response and other national cybersecurity policies and priorities. A multiyear finalist for the government’s coveted Galileo Award, Dr. Calabria has also served in various analytical and leadership roles across the federal government, including at the Departments of Defense and Energy. As a scholar-practitioner, Dr. Calabria has published widely in scholarly journals and outlets, including Survival, The Washington Quarterly, The Hill, Proceedings, and The SAIS International Affairs Review, as well as a forthcoming journal article. Dr. Calabria earned a Doctor of International Affairs degree from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University. He also earned a Master of International Public Policy Master from Johns Hopkins SAIS, a Master of Science degree in Strategic Intelligence from National Intelligence University, and Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees in International Affairs from George Washington University. He is certified in Public Leadership from Brookings Executive Education and in Cybersecurity from Cornell University.