Emma Belcher

About Emma Belcher

Experienced leader with a demonstrated history of working in foreign policy, nuclear security, and philanthropy. Currently president of Ploughshares, a global security foundation dedicated to reducing the threat of nuclear weapons. Prior to Ploughshares, Emma spent nearly a decade at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, where she led the foundation’s Nuclear Challenges grantmaking program. There, she developed and built the foundation’s Nuclear Challenge Big Bet team. She also served as an advisor in Australia’s Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet on national security and international affairs.Emma has been featured on the TED platform twice, on the importance of confronting, humanizing, and ultimately solving the existential threat of nuclear weapons.

Experience

1. President

   Ploughshares

   Sep 2020 — Present

Education

• The Fletcher School at Tufts University

  Master's Degree, International Security Studies, Conflict Resolution and Negotiation

  2002 — 2004

• The Fletcher School at Tufts University

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), International Relations

  2004 — 2010

• University of Melbourne

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Political Science

• University of Melbourne

  Diploma in Modern Languages, Arabic

Skills

• Policy Analysis
• Foreign Policy
• Grants
• Political Science
• Program Management
• Security
• International Development
• Public Policy
• Policy
• International Relations
• Research
• Grant Writing
• Government
• Politics
• Diplomacy