Matt Castelli

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Matt Castelli (@CastelliMatt) is a former CIA officer, serving over 14 years in analytic, operational, and management assignments primarily covering counterterrorism. Castelli also served from 2016 to 2018 as Director for Counterterrorism at the National Security Council and his last assignment was as a Senior CIA representative to In-Q-Tel. Castelli is a Council on Foreign Relations Term Member and Truman National Security Project Fellow. He is an Executive MBA candidate at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and also holds a MA in Security Studies focusing on U.S. National Security Policy from Georgetown University.