Julia M. Santucci is a senior lecturer in intelligence studies and Director of the Johnson Institute for Responsible Leadership and the Frances Hesselbein Leadership Forum at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA).  She has over a decade of experience in national security and foreign policy positions, having served at the White House, State Department, and CIA. She holds an MA in Near Eastern Studies from the University of Arizona and a BA in history from the University of Dayton.