Jessica A. Bell joined the Nuclear Threat Institute (NTI) as a senior program officer for global biological policy and programs in February 2019. In this role, she works on projects to strengthen global health security, primarily NTI's Global Health Security Index. Prior to joining NTI, Bell served as a senior advisor to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program, where she helped to shape CTR's strategic messaging, engage key stakeholders across the nuclear, chemical, and biological threat reduction communities, and coordinate congressional and departmental requirements. She also served in a Booz Allen leadership role supporting the Biological Threat Reduction Program, where she assisted in the development of programmatic guidance, threat-reduction metrics, and requirements documentation while also managing a large team of global health specialists. She holds a B.S. in Forensic Biology from West Virginia University, an M.S. in biohazardous threat agents and emerging infectious diseases from Georgetown University, and certifications as a change management advanced practitioner, a project management professional, and an ICAgile Professional.