Victoria Samson is the Chief Director, Space Security and Stability for Secure World Foundation and has over twenty-five years of experience in military space and security issues. Before joining SWF, she was at the Center for Defense Information, where she researched missile defense and space security issues. Prior to that, she worked at the Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers. Before that, she was at the Riverside Research Institute, where she worked on war-gaming scenarios for the Missile Defense Agency. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science from UCLA and a Master of Arts in international relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.