In Ruwagha, Libya with destroyed chemical weapons
Christine launched CLP Global, LLC in 2015 to apply her experiences in Washington and around the world in providing private consulting services, analysis, and research.
Christine Parthemore is Director of CSR’s Janne E. Nolan Center at the Council on Strategic Risks, where she previously served as CEO for six years and was a founding Board Member. Her current work covers issues in biosecurity and biodefense, biomanufacturing, countering weapons of mass destruction, innovation and technology trends in national security, and more. CSR’s key programs in this area include the Global Biosecurity Accelerator, US federal policy development and budget tracking, and international, early-, and mid-career fellowship programs. She also serves on the Board of SecureBio and as a consultant to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
In 2023, she was named to Vox’s Future Perfect 50 list of “the thinkers, activists, and scholars working on solutions to today’s (and tomorrow’s) biggest problems.”
Christine was a part-time adjunct professor in the Global Security Studies Program at Johns Hopkins University from 2010 to 2020, where she also served as a thesis advisor. In 2016, she was a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow in Tokyo, where she researched Japan’s approach to international civil nuclear cooperation.
Prior to that, Christine served as the Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs in the U.S. Department of Defense, an office that managed more than $3 billion per year in research and development, acquisition, treaty compliance, and international partnership programs in addition to operating the Nuclear Weapons Council. Her work included advancing and overseeing projects to eliminate chemical weapons and biosecurity capacity-building programs, collaboration with international partners on all-hazards emergency preparedness and global health security, and more. She planned and implemented high-level initiatives to expand biological, chemical, and nuclear defense and crisis preparedness cooperation with partners such as Japan. For her efforts, the Office of the Secretary of Defense awarded her a Medal for Exceptional Public Service, as well as an Award for Correspondence Excellence for supporting decision-making by the Deputy Secretary of Defense. Christine was also twice awarded the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Award for Excellence.
Christine has also worked with various think tanks, international organizations, and companies. She has contributed to two best-selling nonfiction books, testified before Congress, spoken at the United Nations, authored or coauthored dozens of written works, and lectured at universities in the United States, Vietnam, and China. She holds degrees from The Ohio State University and Georgetown.
Christine Parthemore is Director of CSR’s Janne E. Nolan Center at the Council on Strategic Risks, where she previously served as CEO for six years and was a founding Board Member. Her current work covers issues in biosecurity and biodefense, biomanufacturing, countering weapons of mass destruction, innovation and technology trends in national security, and more. CSR’s key programs in this area include the Global Biosecurity Accelerator, US federal policy development and budget tracking, and international, early-, and mid-career fellowship programs. She also serves on the Board of SecureBio and as a consultant to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
In 2023, she was named to Vox’s Future Perfect 50 list of “the thinkers, activists, and scholars working on solutions to today’s (and tomorrow’s) biggest problems.”
Christine was a part-time adjunct professor in the Global Security Studies Program at Johns Hopkins University from 2010 to 2020, where she also served as a thesis advisor. In 2016, she was a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow in Tokyo, where she researched Japan’s approach to international civil nuclear cooperation.
Prior to that, Christine served as the Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs in the U.S. Department of Defense, an office that managed more than $3 billion per year in research and development, acquisition, treaty compliance, and international partnership programs in addition to operating the Nuclear Weapons Council. Her work included advancing and overseeing projects to eliminate chemical weapons and biosecurity capacity-building programs, collaboration with international partners on all-hazards emergency preparedness and global health security, and more. She planned and implemented high-level initiatives to expand biological, chemical, and nuclear defense and crisis preparedness cooperation with partners such as Japan. For her efforts, the Office of the Secretary of Defense awarded her a Medal for Exceptional Public Service, as well as an Award for Correspondence Excellence for supporting decision-making by the Deputy Secretary of Defense. Christine was also twice awarded the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Award for Excellence.
Christine has also worked with various think tanks, international organizations, and companies. She has contributed to two best-selling nonfiction books, testified before Congress, spoken at the United Nations, authored or coauthored dozens of written works, and lectured at universities in the United States, Vietnam, and China. She holds degrees from The Ohio State University and Georgetown.