Full Name
Jeanne Meserve
Job Title
Moderator and Speaker
Speaker Bio
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Jeanne Meserve is an expert interviewer, sought-after moderator, and award-winning journalist. She hosts the Special Competitive Studies Project’s NatSec Tech podcast which explores the impact of technology innovation on security, economics, and democracy.

Jeanne interviews top leaders in industry, government, and academia, moderating discussions on a wide array of topics. Engagements have included the White House Summit on Democracy, the Munich Security Conference, AtlanticLIVE events, the Copenhagen and Denver Democracy Summits, the Halifax International Security Forum, and the global conferences of the International Women’s Forum.

During her career as an anchor and correspondent with CNN and ABC News, Jeanne earned her profession’s highest honors, including two Emmys and the Edward R. Murrow Award. She also contributed to two CNN Peabody Awards.

At CNN, Meserve anchored worldwide coverage of the Yitzhak Rabin assassination and the death of Princess Diana. She created the network’s homeland security beat and was the first to report on the devastating flooding in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. She was also a key member of the CNN political team during the 1996 and 2000 elections. While at ABC News, she covered the State Department and reported from the Middle East, Asia, and Europe.

Jeanne has provided communications coaching to leaders in the corporate, government, academic, and non-profit world. She is a member of the Homeland Security Experts Group and the Transatlantic Commission on Election Integrity.
Jeanne Meserve