CRDF Global Welcomes Dr. Julie Chalfin as Strategic Advisor

CRDF Global is pleased to announce that Dr. Julie Chalfin, 20-year veteran of the State Department, has joined the organization as a strategic advisor to provide expertise in the design and planning of security assistance programming and workforce development.

“I’m excited to be part of this team and continue contributing to peace and security around the globe while supporting the development of the CRDF Global workforce,” said Dr. Chalfin.

[Please see here Dr. Chalfin’s reflections on key elements of successful foreign assistance engagements.] 

“Julie’s expertise and partnership in our shared goal of providing effective and efficient support to the U.S. government is tremendously valuable to CRDF Global, as we increase the technical depth of our mission areas and support a broadening set of customers,” said CRDF Global CEO Mike Dignam. “Her contributions are helping to guide our workforce in meeting the evolving challenges and goals of future security assistance missions.”

Throughout her career with the U.S. Department of State, Dr. Chalfin led security assistance initiatives across multiple bureaus, serving most recently as the Deputy Director, and Chief of the Security Forces Capacity Building Division, in the Political Military Bureau’s Office of Global Programs and Initiatives (PM/GPI) in Washington. Prior to joining State’s Political Military Bureau, she served as the Chief of Staff for the interagency Security Governance Initiative (SGI) housed in State’s Africa Bureau, and before that role was an American Association for the Advancement of Science diplomacy fellow in the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization at the Department of State.

Before joining the State Department, Dr. Chalfin worked for several international non-governmental organizations, including Save the Children, the Carter Center, and the International Rescue Committee. She conducted research as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethno-political Conflict and earned her Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Claremont Graduate University where she researched international conflict management. She is also a graduate of the National Defense University’s Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy where she earned a master’s degree in National Resource Strategy.