Dr Jodi Vittori
Associate Fellow; Research and Policy Manager, Defence and Security Programme, Transparency InternationalBiography
Jodi Vittori is an expert on the linkages of corruption, conflict and conflict finance, illicit financial flows, and national security. She is a non-resident fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the US research and policy manager for Transparency International's Defense and Security program. She also teaches on corruption and governance at Georgetown University. Jodi has previously been a Senior Policy Adviser for Global Witness, where she managed educational and advocacy activities on linkages between corruption and national security.
Prior to joining civil society, Jodi served in the US Air Force, advancing to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Her overseas service included Afghanistan, Iraq, South Korea, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain, and she was assigned to NATO’s only counter-corruption task force. She is a co-founder and moderator of the Anti-Corruption Advocacy Network. She is the author of the book Terrorist Financing and Resourcing and a co-editor/co-author of the report Dubai’s Role in Facilitating Corruption and Global Illicit Financial Flows.