Kathleen Egan is a program associate at Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. In this role, she is responsible for research, curricula development, logistics, and programmatic support for both the Carnegie Ethics Fellowship and the Carnegie Ethics Accelerator programs.
In addition, Egan supports the Office of the President. In this capacity, she manages events at the Council, prepares dockets and briefing materials for the Carnegie Council president, and oversees strategic community engagement.
Prior to joining Carnegie Council, Egan earned her MA in international relations at the University of Naples, Federico II, where she wrote and defended her thesis on the ethics of drone warfare using the lens of just war theory. She previously served as the program coordinator for Old Dominion University's Model UN program, where she facilitated academic competitions and advised students on various international issues, political conflict negotiation and resolution, and the UN’s diplomatic procedure.
Egan is a summa cum laude graduate of Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore, Maryland, where she earned her BA in global studies and Spanish literature.