Public Life Fellowship
Mentor
Elizabeth Neumann
Elizabeth Neumann is a national security expert, violence prevention advocate, and author of the forthcoming book Kingdom of Rage: The Rise of Christian Extremism and the Path Back to Peace.
Elizabeth served across three Presidential Administrations - on the inaugural staff of The White House Homeland Security Council under President George W. Bush; advising the Office of the Director of National Intelligence during the Obama Administration; and as the Department of Homeland Security’s Deputy Chief of Staff and Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism and Threat Prevention in the Trump Administration.
She is the Chief Strategy Officer for Moonshot - a firm which supports governments, the private sector, and community partners to understand and prevent violence. Elizabeth is also a national security contributor for ABC News, Board Chair for the National Immigration Forum, and a Fellow of the fourth class of the Civil Society Fellowship, a Partnership of ADL and The Aspen Institute.
Elizabeth grew up in the Dallas, Texas area and is a graduate of the University of Texas at
Austin. She lives in Colorado with her husband, two children, and dog, Noelle. They are active in a local church and enjoy reading, tennis, skiing, baseball and hiking National Parks.