Victoria Samson is director of Washington operations for the Secure World Foundation.

She will be responsible for engaging Congressional staffers and agency officials on matters related to space security and governance. Prior to her time at the foundation, Victoria was a Senior Analyst with the Center for Defense Information (CDI) since November 2001. Her areas of interest at CDI included missile defense, nuclear reductions, and emerging weapons technologies.

Victoria is the author of numerous op-eds, analytical pieces, journal articles, and electronic updates on missile defense and space security matters, and provided an objective assessment of U.S. policy.

Prior to coming to CDI, she was the senior policy associate at the Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers, a consortium of arms control groups in the Washington, D.C., area. She previously worked as a subcontractor on war-gaming scenarios for the Missile Defense Agency's Directorate of Intelligence.

Victoria has an M.A. in international relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. She also holds a B.A. in political science with a specialization in international relations from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).

To see Victoria's presentations, writings and interviews related to the Foundation's mission, please click here.