Jordan Slopey

PENN KEMBLE DEMOCRACY FORUM FELLOWS

Jordan Slopey serves as the National Capitol Region Liaison Officer and Commander’s Representative for NATO Special Operations Headquarters (NSHQ) in Washington, D.C.  Prior to working for NSHQ, she worked for U.S. European Command/Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (S.H.A.P.E.), The Department of the Army, Congressman Jim Gerlach, the Bush/Cheney Campaign, and the Pennsylvania Republican Party.

Jordan holds a Master of Public Administration degree from Pennsylvania State University; Certification from The Government Affairs Institute at Georgetown in Legislative Studies; a B.A. in Political Science/English with thesis on “Women in the Military” from Allegheny College; and recently completed OPM’s Executive Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) Certificate Program.  She is also an honor graduate of S.H.A.P.E International High School (Mons, Belgium).    

Jordan was raised a “military brat” and has lived and breathed foreign policy and defense studies from a young age.  Her current areas of focus include NATO, Special Operations, and transatlantic relationships.  She earned both her Girl Scout Silver and Gold Awards; is a Member of Kappa Kappa Gamma; was a Foreign Policy Initiative Future Leader, a member of Women in Foreign Policy, Young Professionals in Foreign Policy, and is actively involved in her Capitol Hill community.