Chloe Laird

Chloe Laird joined the Bertelsmann Foundation in June of 2021 as Manager of Transatlantic Relations. Her research at BFNA primarily focuses on France and the implications of current French policy in the United States and Germany. She is also in charge of the Bertelsmann Foundation Fellowship, a program bringing together policy makers on both sides of the Atlantic.

A graduate of Georgetown University’s Master of German and European Studies in the School of Foreign Service, her focus was on France and its role in transatlantic security. She received her undergraduate degree in Spanish and International Relations at the University of Virginia.

Originally from France, she speaks fluent French and, having spent time in Valencia, Spain abroad during her undergraduate experience, she also speaks Spanish.