Natalie Seidel

Fulbright Scholar, Intl. Affairs Advisor & Language Analyst

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LocationBaltimoreMaryland, United States
Current roleDefense Mission SpecialistBooz Allen Hamilton · since Jul 2025
Government service12yrsU.S. Navy

About

Fulbright Scholar Participant

Senior Foreign Affairs & Language Analyst with 12 years of experience and a background in national security and linguistics and over 20 years of research, analysis experience, and project management. Expert in open source intelligence analysis and strategic communication. Extensive experience in leading teams and producing high-impact reports for senior-level stakeholders, including the White House. Passionate about leveraging strategic intelligence analysis and language skills to address transnational threats and enhance security operations. Expertise includes policy analysis, strategic communication, and international relations. Committed to utilizing data-driven insights for effective decision-making and to contribute meaningfully to safeguarding national interests.

Roles

Jul 2025–Present
Current role

Defense Mission Specialist

Booz Allen Hamilton

Virginia

Data AnalystTechnical Writing and Editing
  • Writes strategic all-source analysis, including using analytic tools to research data from multiple sources and analyzing findings.

  • Develops high-quality deliverables tailored to senior executives and stakeholders, including complex written products and formal or informal briefings.

Mar 2025–Sep 2025
Former role

Defense Mission Specialist

Booz Allen Hamilton

Virginia

ResearchTechnical Writing and EditingEvent CoordinatorSocial ScienceEducation and Training

------ What I was initially hired on to do on behalf of Booz Allen Hamilton as Industry Partnership Engagement Support - SME ------

  • Draft decision memos, briefing papers, and other papers on these topics in preparation for inter-agency/academia/private industry meetings, and to inform senior leaders.

  • Support USCYBERCOM engagement activities, as directed, by organizing and participating in engagement activities that further DoD goals and objectives with inter-agency, academia, and industry partners.

  • Collaborate with USCYBERCOM J-Directorates and outside stakeholders to develop interagency, academia, and industry partnerships and policy recommendations.

  • Research and recommend policy changes to further DoD cyberspace inter-agency, academia, and private industry partnerships.

  • Research and recommend policy for the de-confliction of military CO with other USG organizations as necessary.

  • Attend conferences, seminars, and special meetings and report results, advocate USCYBERCOM cyberspace policy and doctrine within the DoD and across the USG through the Joint Inter-Agency Coordination Group.

  • Organize and participate, as directed in engagement activities that further DoD goals and objectives with inter-agency partners.

  • Provide training, outreach, technical assistance, and general program support to stakeholders to synchronize DoD cyberspace interagency, academia, and private industry engagements.

  • Collaborate with USCYBERCOM J-Directorates and external DoD stakeholders to normalize USCYBERCOM’s academic engagement program to include organizing quarterly senior steering group and monthly working group meetings; managing and executing program funding; developing and coordinating event programmatic; and managing day-to-day coordination, communication, and correspondence, as well as coordinate with academic institutions to normalize USCYBERCOM coordination, communications, and correspondence to timely and effectively onboard new institutions into the AEN.

Jul 2023–Mar 2025
Former role

Senior Operations Manager & Foreign Policy Analyst

U.S. Navy

Maryland

Data AnalystResearchPlanning, Policy, Strategy
  • Fulfilled a Senior Chief Operations Manager position as an Operations and Engagement Officer, focused on Counterterrorism and Transnational threats.

  • Internal/External Strategic Briefs: briefed and led meetings at the executive level with White House, Secret Service, senior-level customers including the DIA, ODNI, CIA, FBI, NCSS, DHS.

  • Provided Predictive Analytics: to leadership in the use of data, statistical algorithms, and machine learning techniques to identify the likelihood of future outcomes based on Decision Tree Algorithm.

  • Holistic View of Vulnerabilities: unified and holistic view of vulnerabilities and associated risk exposure for security issues while keeping in line with the current directives and policies in place.

  • Analysis Variations utilize advanced analysis tools such as Microsoft date bricks to combine, examine, and interpret multiple variations of data to uncover new trends, patterns and predictive variables that can be translated into metrics and indicators for business decisions.

  • Authored Summaries edited and prepared reports and summaries on issues related to Counterterrorism and Transnational threats Database Migration Success, created software database migration plan for 181 staff, streamlining transfer process.

Jan 2018–Jun 2023
Former role

Deputy Chief & Senior Language Analyst

U.S. Navy

Virginia

Data AnalystResearchLogistics ManagementPlanning, Policy, StrategyLanguage SpecialistEducation and TrainingOperations ManagementExecutive Assistant
  • Analytical White House Briefing led team of 45 office staff, coordinating efforts across 20 major projects simultaneously by delegating important analytical, reporting and translation tasking across four branches that completed 850 reports and 700 briefings to the White House and other national-level customers.

  • National Security Threat Analysis Senior Language Analyst for a team and provided daily mission direction on processing and identifying threats to national security.

  • Foreign Threat Analysis quality controlled and analyzed foreign language materials for national, strategic, and tactical focused intelligence operations, enabling U.S. and Allied Forces to counter imminent threats.

  • Near-Native Fluency performed and processed full verbatim and summarized transcripts at the level of near-native fluency while using critical thinking skills to conduct correlative analysis.

  • Conducted open source and classified research and translations in Farsi, English, and German.

  • Practical Real-World Training developed job training program job qualification standards for employees, ensuring full mission operational preparedness on topics of interest including the Iranian support to terrorism, the Iranian oil sector/energy security, and Iraqi militia groups and Iranian/Iraqi influence.

  • Intelligence Processing Efficiency managed live translations, protecting US Navy via efficient and accurate intelligence processing.

Jun 2014–Jan 2018
Former role

Supervisor - Direct Support Analyst

U.S. Navy

Data AnalystPlanning, Policy, StrategyTechnical Writing and EditingManagement
  • Managed a team of Commissioned and Enlisted Navy Personnel as shift lead, provided mission direction coordinating closely with customers monitoring threats in the Arabian / Persian Gulf. Developed and presented briefings for senior NSA officials, military leaders, and national consumers providing clear insight on mission matters

  • Subject-Matter Expert and team lead engaging customers regarding overtly hostile foreign naval forces.

  • Monitored live traffic and produced translations of signals of interests in the Arabian / Persian Gulf ensuring high-level intelligence was translated and processed efficiently and correctly to protect US Interest and international commerce in the region.

  • Wrote signals intelligence reports and conducted target development while ensuring oversight and compliance.

Dec 2012–May 2014
Former role

Sailor

U.S. Navy

Data AnalystResearchManagementWriting and Editing

Underwent orientation and professionalization training with the United States Navy.

  • Learned about Naval History, standard operating procedures, and Naval rank file and structure.

  • Great Lakes - December 2012-February 2013

  • Primary training school

  • February 2013 - May 2014

Aug 2011–Dec 2012
Former role

Substitute Teacher

Chaminade Julienne High School

Education, Curriculum and TeachingEducationCommunications

Taught secondary Spanish, Social Studies, Chemistry, Biology, Language Arts and Math on a need to need basis.

Jul 2010–Aug 2011
Former role

Camp Counselor

Assets School

Education, Curriculum and TeachingEducation

Camp Counselor (Jun 2011 - Aug 2011)

I work as a supervisor working with children from grades 2-8, helping transitioning from one activity to the next, as well as leading camp based activities for the students.

Second Teacher (Jul 2010 - May 2011)

At Assets School, which specializes in working with dyslexic, gifted, and gifted dyslexic kids, I worked as a second teacher in the classroom. I taught social studies to my homeroom class and helping facilitate lessons and curriculum with my teaching partner. During my time at the school I took on these responsibilities:

  • Taught World History and Pre-Algebra

  • Developed curriculum for World History in classroom

  • Lead a project based learning group on homelessness, collecting 1,000 pounds of toiletries

  • Administered tests and project based assessments
    Coached Lego League during fall 10

  • Supervised the After School Care Program

  • Implemented regular use of technology in the classroom and instructed students how to use software program platforms such as Google office suite.

  • Facilitated UN simulation in the classroom

  • Participated in parent/teacher conferences

Nov 2009–Jul 2010
Former role

Co-Founder & Lobbyist

New Abolitionist Movement

Dayton, Ohio

Data AnalystProgram and Project ManagementResearchHuman Rights

In my role as Co-Founder & Lobbyist at New Abolitionist Movement, I spearheaded initiatives to combat Domestic Human Trafficking, co-founding a student organization and lobbying for legislative change alongside former Ohio State Senator Teresa Fedor and University of Dayton Faculty member Dr. Anthony Talbott. Our efforts led to the creation of Abolition Ohio and the passing of the Ohio Anti-Human Trafficking Bill, turning trafficking into a felony in the state.

Jan 2009–Jan 2010
Former role

History Education Intern

Carillon Park

Data AnalystEducationWriting and Editing
  • Created and implement educational programs for Carillon Historical Park for primary and secondary school aged groups

  • Answered questions for park visitors on the displays and exhibits

  • Led tours around the exhibits for park visitors

  • Interpreted, analyzed, and archived historical artifacts from the photographic archives

  • Participated in historical-reenactments

Apr 2007–Dec 2007
Former role

Pre-Service Teacher

Franco-American Teachers-in-Training Institute (FATITI)

This was an educational internship in conjunction with the University of Akron, the U.S. Department of State, the Franco-American Commission, Fulbright, and the French Ministry of Education. A Fulbright Scholarship Program. I was positioned at the prestigious Lyceé Louis le Grand. During this time I did these following things:

  • Observed and learned about the French Educational System while relating the American Educational System to the French

  • Composed rubrics, units and lesson plans, utilizing technology in the classroom including Microsoft Powerpoint

  • Facilitated Tests in English

  • Taught American history and global politics in English

May 2005–May 2009
Former role

Computer Technician

University of Dayton

Ohio

Computer ScientistEducation

I answered phones, worked the customer help desk, answered questions for customers concerning software and hardware problems with their personal laptops, cleaned off viruses and spyware from student laptops and faculty computers, and backed up data from hard drives.

I also worked on faculty and staff computers within the College of Arts and Sciences, installed software and hardware, including printers, built images Also worked classroom support, delivering computer carts and TV’s to classrooms. Also monitored a visual arts department lab and helped students with Mac oriented software and hardware problems.