Expertise: artificial intelligence, strategic competition, emerging security risks
Courtney Manning is the Director of AI Imperative 2030 at The American Security Project, where she leads a team of cross-disciplinary stakeholders investigating the critical geostrategic forces driving the global AI race in the 21st century. Formerly, Courtney led ASP’s research portfolios on military recruitment and readiness, strategic competition with China, and emerging technology risks. Before ASP, she worked as a geopolitical risk consultant for the Peruvian government and a special advisor for the Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the United Nations.
Before working in national security, Courtney spent six years as a public-sector nutrition consultant for school districts in New York and California. In this role, she helped ensure compliance with federal auditing standards while improving data systems and developing feasible solutions for curbing obesity in youth populations.
Courtney holds an MIA in international security policy and conflict resolution from Columbia University and a BA in international relations from the University of Denver Korbel School. Her master’s focus was intelligence analysis, counterterrorism, and risk assessment.