
Beverly Kirk is director of Washington programs and professor of practice at Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications. She is based in Washington and is also part of the Syracuse Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship. She previously served as executive director of JOURNEY to Lead, a nonprofit women’s leadership initiative. Prior to JOURNEY, Kirk was fellow and director for outreach for the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and director of its Smart Women, Smart Power Initiative. Before joining CSIS, Kirk was a journalist working for local and national news organizations including NBC, NPR, and PBS covering domestic and international politics and government. She is a member of the national advisory board of the University of Kentucky Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues and a member of the board of the Leadership Council for Women in National Security. Kirk holds an MA in diplomacy and international commerce with a concentration in international politics and national security from the University of Kentucky and is a summa cum laude graduate of Western Kentucky University with degrees in history and broadcast journalism.
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Smart Women, Smart Power @ 10
Event — October 15, 2024
Pentagon Priorities Amid Polycrises with Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks
Event — October 15, 2024
PONI 2024 Virtual Winter Conference
Event — February 26, 2024
Innovation, Leadership, and Diversity in the Military
Podcast Episode by Beverly Kirk — December 1, 2021

The Rules-Based Order & Global Stability
Podcast Episode by Beverly Kirk — November 17, 2021

Reimagining America with LtCol (ret.) Amy McGrath
Podcast Episode by Beverly Kirk — November 3, 2021

Breaking Barriers, Repairing Retention
Podcast Episode by Beverly Kirk, Danielle Ngo, and Michelle Macander — October 20, 2021

A Conversation with Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen H. Hicks
Podcast Episode by Nina Easton and Beverly Kirk — October 6, 2021

A Conversation with Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen H. Hicks
Event — October 1, 2021
Work Smarter: The Power of Remote Work
Podcast Episode by Beverly Kirk — September 30, 2021
