Our National Security Advisory Board

Emily Harding is deputy director and senior fellow with the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). She joined CSIS from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI), where she was deputy staff director. In her nearly 20 years of government service, she has served in a series of high-profile national security positions at critical moments. 

While working for SSCI, she led the committee’s multi-year investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 elections. During her tenure on the committee, she also served as the subject matter expert on election security, counterintelligence and associated cyber-security issues, and the Middle East. She oversaw the activities of 18 intelligence agencies and led SSCI staff in drafting legislation, conducting oversight of the intelligence community, and developing their expertise in intelligence community matters.