Evelyn Nicolette Farkas was born on December 6,1967 and is an American national security advisor, author, and foreign policy analyst.
24 Facts About Evelyn Farkas
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Evelyn Farkas is the current executive director of the McCain Institute, a nonprofit focused on democracy, human rights, and character-driven leadership.
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In 2012, Farkas was appointed by President Obama to serve as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia.
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Evelyn Farkas is a frequent national security contributor on national television programs on MSNBC, CNN, and BBCNews, and her writing has been published in the New York Times and the Washington Post, among other outlets.
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Evelyn Farkas is a member of the board of trustees at her alma mater, Franklin and Marshall College.
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Evelyn Farkas is the child of Charles and Edit Evelyn Farkas, Hungarian political refugees who fled to America in the aftermath of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising.
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Evelyn Farkas's parents settled in Chappaqua New York after her father found work as the library director for the Briarcliff Manor Public Library.
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Evelyn Farkas graduated from Horace Greeley, her local public high school, in 1985.
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Evelyn Farkas is fluent in Hungarian and German, speaks some Serbo-Croatian, French, and Spanish, and has studied Russian and Hindi.
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Evelyn Farkas began her career with the Council on Foreign Relations in New York and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria.
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In 1997 Evelyn Farkas joined the US Marine Corps Command and Staff College as assistant professor and then associate professor of international relations.
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In 2001 Evelyn Farkas began working on Capitol Hill as a professional staff member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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Evelyn Farkas was responsible for policy and budget oversight of the Department of Defense policy office and military commands including the US Pacific Command, Special Operations Command, Southern Command, Northern Command, and US Forces Korea.
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In 2008 Evelyn Farkas was appointed by Senator Bob Graham, the Chairman of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism, better known as the WMD Commission to serve as executive director.
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In 2009, Evelyn Farkas joined the American Security Project as an adjunct fellow, where her work focused on counterterrorism, special operations, and nonproliferation policies, among other topics.
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From 2010 to 2012 Evelyn Farkas served as a senior advisor to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, commander of North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces in Europe, and as Special Advisor to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta for the 2012 NATO Summit in Chicago.
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In 2012 President Barack Obama appointed Evelyn Farkas to serve as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia.
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Evelyn Farkas's office spearheaded the effort to put Montenegro's membership on the NATO agenda and support for its accession.
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Evelyn Farkas is the founder and CEO of Evelyn Farkas Global Strategies, a consultancy providing strategic advisory services to government, corporate, and non-profit entities.
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In 2016 Evelyn Farkas was one of the first to raise the alarm about Russia's interference in the 2016 election and ties between the Trump campaign and Russian officials and others with Kremlin ties.
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Republicans in control of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, attempting to undermine investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, invited Evelyn Farkas to be questioned under oath on June 26,2017, where they ascertained she was not drawing on intelligence to make her expert assessment.
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Evelyn Farkas moved back to her home district in Westchester, New York to succeed Representative Nita Lowey in New York's 17th congressional district.
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Evelyn Farkas is the recipient of numerous awards and honors for her public service work, including the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service and Joint Chiefs of Staff Meritorious Civilian Service Award.
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Evelyn Farkas is on the board of the Project 2049 Institute and Support for Civil Society in Russia and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.