Leah Goodman is a consultant for Jacobs, where she supports all global health activities. Goodman earned her graduate degree in biohazardous threat agents and emerging infectious diseases from Georgetown University. Relevant coursework focused on biosafety and biosecurity, policy, and pandemic management. Her studies highlighted research and analysis as well as the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) and Biological Threat Reduction Program (BTRP). In conclusion of her studies, Goodman completed a thorough policy analysis focusing on the CTR Program’s ability to counter disinformation surrounding BTRP and provided recommendations to improve communication.