<span class="vcard">Abigail Bellows</span>

Abigail Bellows

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Abigail Bellows (BlueskyLinkedInX)  served as Director for Anti-Corruption on the National Security Council staff, and previously advised senior officials at USAID, the State Department, and DoD. Bellows has also consulted for global philanthropies, worked as a community organizer, and wrote on democracy topics for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She graduated from the University of Virginia (Phi Beta Kappa) and the Harvard Kennedy School, where she was awarded the Public Service Fellowship.

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People walk past buildings destroyed by earthquake in Hatay's historical old town, on February 05, 2025 in Hatay, Turkey. On February 6, 2023, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey, followed by another 7.5-magnitude tremor. The quakes caused widespread destruction in southern Turkey and northern Syria and claimed more than 50,000 lives. (Photo by Burak Kara/Getty Images)

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