Nicole Bibbins Sedaca is the Kelly and David Pfeil Fellow at the George W. Bush Institute. Bringing her expertise on American foreign policy, US and global democracy issues, freedom, human rights, and leadership, Bibbins Sedaca writes and speaks on behalf of the George W. Bush Institute and serves as faculty in our various leadership programs.
She has written on democracy and human rights issues for the Journal for Democracy, CNN.com, Foreign Policy magazine, The Hill, the Dallas Morning News, and many local media outlets, as well as done a TEDX Talk and been interviewed on CBS News, CNN, National Public Radio, the Council on Foreign Relations, and various podcasts and local news outlets.
Bibbins Sedaca served as the executive vice president and interim president at Freedom House, an organization dedicated to defending and expanding freedom worldwide by promoting accountable government, the rule of law, civil liberties, and political rights.
Previously, she was a Professor in the Practice of International Affairs at Georgetown University’s Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) program, and served as the Deputy Director and Chair for the Global Politics and Security Concentration in MSFS.
Bibbins Sedaca has held numerous positions in the public and non-governmental sectors in the United States and Ecuador. She served for ten years in the United States Department of State, working on democracy promotion, human rights, human trafficking, religious freedom, refugees, and counterterrorism. Following her governmental service, she opened and directed the International Republican Institute’s local governance program in Ecuador. She also taught at the Universidad de San Francisco de Quito (Ecuador) on democratization and conflict resolution, and co-led the award-winning USFQ Model United Nations team. Ms. Bibbins Sedaca has served on numerous academic and non-profit boards, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the International Justice Mission.
Bibbins Sedaca holds a Master’s degree from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from The College of William and Mary, where she was a Presidential and Monroe Scholar. She studied at Humboldt Universitaet in Berlin, Germany, while on a Rotary International Scholarship.
