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Megan Ortagus
Communications Director
Megan Ortagus is the Director of Communications for the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). She is responsible for ISW’s strategic communications and government relations. In this capacity, Ms. Ortagus recently executed media events for General David H. Petraeus and General Raymond T. Odierno.
Prior to joining ISW, Ms. Ortagus embedded with the U.S. Army in Afghanistan where she visited Kabul, Bagram, Jalalabad and Kunar province along the Pakistani border. On this fact-finding mission, Ms. Ortagus published reports on the 10th Mountain Division, 1-32 Infantry Regiment’s second deployment and President Obama’s new regional strategy. Her findings were published as an opinion editorial in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Ms. Ortagus has also traveled to Baghdad, Iraq as an embedded journalist with the Army 1-4 Cavalry and 2-4 Infantry, 1 IBCT at Forward Operating Base Falcon in the Rasheed District. She published reports on the effectiveness of General David Petraeus’ counterinsurgency strategy, Iraqi political reconciliation and local economic development.
Ms. Ortagus is a political analyst for London’s GMTV and has also appeared on Fox News, MSNBC, al Hurra, al Jazeera English, Philadelphia Inquirer and USA Today.
In addition to project management and media relations, her political career includes fundraisers, events and campaigns for Republican Presidential Nominee John McCain, President George W. Bush, President George H.W. Bush, Governor Jeb Bush, Governor Charlie Crist, Congressman Adam Putnam and Florida State Senator J.D. Alexander.
Ms. Ortagus is a Master’s candidate at Johns Hopkins University for a graduate degree in Global Security Studies. She completed her undergraduate degree from Southeastern University with a Bachelor of Arts in Music. Ms. Ortagus resides in Washington, DC.
CONTACT: press@understandingwar.org or (202) 293-5550
Prior to joining ISW, Ms. Ortagus embedded with the U.S. Army in Afghanistan where she visited Kabul, Bagram, Jalalabad and Kunar province along the Pakistani border. On this fact-finding mission, Ms. Ortagus published reports on the 10th Mountain Division, 1-32 Infantry Regiment’s second deployment and President Obama’s new regional strategy. Her findings were published as an opinion editorial in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Ms. Ortagus has also traveled to Baghdad, Iraq as an embedded journalist with the Army 1-4 Cavalry and 2-4 Infantry, 1 IBCT at Forward Operating Base Falcon in the Rasheed District. She published reports on the effectiveness of General David Petraeus’ counterinsurgency strategy, Iraqi political reconciliation and local economic development.
Ms. Ortagus is a political analyst for London’s GMTV and has also appeared on Fox News, MSNBC, al Hurra, al Jazeera English, Philadelphia Inquirer and USA Today.
In addition to project management and media relations, her political career includes fundraisers, events and campaigns for Republican Presidential Nominee John McCain, President George W. Bush, President George H.W. Bush, Governor Jeb Bush, Governor Charlie Crist, Congressman Adam Putnam and Florida State Senator J.D. Alexander.
Ms. Ortagus is a Master’s candidate at Johns Hopkins University for a graduate degree in Global Security Studies. She completed her undergraduate degree from Southeastern University with a Bachelor of Arts in Music. Ms. Ortagus resides in Washington, DC.
CONTACT: press@understandingwar.org or (202) 293-5550