Associate Director in the Belfer Center’s Program on Emerging Technology, Scientific Advancement, and Global Policy
Rebekah Davis Reed, PhD, JD, LLM, is the new Associate Director in the Belfer Center’s Program on Emerging Technology, Scientific Advancement, and Global Policy. In this role, she will bring focus and leadership to the day-to-day operational activities of the program, interacting with fellows and researchers to scale up and deliver results from our key initiatives. She will also bring her unique experience and vision to identify challenges and research priorities at the boundary of emerging tech and geopolitics.
Dr. Reed joins the Belfer Center after nearly three decades in the federal government, where her experience included international policy, human spaceflight programs, law, and leadership of technical organizations. Most recently, Rebekah served as Lead, International Integration, for NASA’s Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESDMD), where she was principal advisor to NASA’s Associate Administrator on international issues related to the Artemis campaign and Moon to Mars Program. She also served as Chair of the International Space Exploration Coordination Group. Rebekah began her career at the Foreign Agricultural Service, where she served on U.S. delegations to the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and Food and Agriculture Organization; she also coordinated the sub-cabinet level Food Security Working Group, which developed the United States’ first global road map for food security.
Rebekah received a Ph.D. in diplomatic history from Georgetown University, where she was a University Fellow and Davis Teaching Fellow. She also holds JD and LLM degrees from the University of Houston Law Center, where she was an adjunct professor of legal negotiations.