Elizabeth Smith serves as a communications officer at NTI. In this role, she provides strategic communications support to the Government Relations team, which develops and advances legislative strategies aimed at reducing catastrophic threats, and the Communications team’s Critical Mass project, which works to build public and political support for a future without nuclear weapons.
Prior to joining NTI, Smith worked in USAID’s Inclusive Development Hub, which supported the needs of marginalized populations. Previously, she spent four years in Japan, where she studied advanced Japanese as a Boren Scholar before going on to produce and translate content for a Tokyo-based media startup. She also spent a year on a Fulbright fellowship in Seoul, where she researched the intersections between gender, social movements, and historical memory.
Smith earned her M.A. in Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University’s Fletcher School, with a specialization in Gender and Intersectional Analysis. She also holds a B.A. in Law, Letters, and Society from the University of Chicago.
Elise Rowan serves as the deputy vice president of NTI’s Communications team. She co-leads the organization’s Critical Mass project, which harnesses the power of culture and campaigns to change the narrative on nuclear weapons and shift political incentives toward policies that reduce nuclear risks.
In a political climate that feels more divided than ever, it seems nearly impossible to agree on anything—except, as it turns out, arms control. A YouGov poll commissioned by NTI and ReThink Media found that 91 percent of Americans support capping U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals, including 89 percent of Trump voters.
What does it take to reveal truth in the face of censorship? A fascinating new PBS documentary, Bombshell, tells the story of the U.S. government’s efforts to cover up the impact of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the journalists who witnessed the devastation and spoke up.
Building a critical mass of public support to eliminate nuclear weapons risks.
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