About Hope Palmer

For the last ten years, Ms. Palmer has worked on national security cyber investigations, including several high-profile terrorism investigations. Ms. Palmer is a co-chair of a federal women's leadership initiative that connects female intelligence and law enforcement professionals with cohorts in academia and the private sector. Ms. Palmer is an active member of the Massachusetts Association of Women in Law Enforcement (MAWLE), as well as Women in International Security (WIIS).

Prior to joining the FBI, Ms. Palmer was a Harvard Kennedy School Fellow under the Managing the Atom Project and the International Security Program, and managed an Intelligence and Policy Project. During her Harvard fellowships, Ms. Palmer co-chaired the New England chapter of Women in International Security and hosted networking and enrichment events jointly with Harvard, MIT and Tufts. Ms. Palmer conducted doctoral research in financial intelligence at Kings College London (ABD). She holds a Master’s Degree in International Security Studies, focusing on terrorism and political violence, from the University of St Andrews, Scotland and received her undergraduate degree from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta.