Heather Nauert

Former Senior Fellow

At A Glance:

Heather Nauert is a senior fellow at Hudson Institute, with a focus on U.S. foreign policy.

Biography

Heather Nauert was a senior fellow at Hudson Institute.

Nauert served in the State Department as spokesperson from 2017 to 2019 and as acting under secretary for public diplomacy and public affairs from 2018 to 2019. In that dual role, she articulated U.S. foreign policy and coordinated public messaging for the Department, its leadership, and 294 U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide. She also helped plan, execute, and manage messaging on a number of top Department initiatives, including the maximum pressure sanctions campaign on North Korea, holding China accountable for actions in the South China Sea, and efforts to combat state-sponsored disinformation from Russia, China, and Iran.

Nauert serves as an advisory board member for BGR Group, a government relations and public affairs firm in Washington, D.C. where she provides strategic advice and counsel to clients.

She currently serves as member of the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships. In 2019, President Trump appointed Nauert to the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.

Prior to her role at State, Nauert spent nearly 20 years as an anchor and reporter at Fox News and ABC News, where she covered many of the world’s most consequential stories.

Nauert was born in Rockford, Illinois, and spent much of her childhood in Wisconsin. She has an M.A. in journalism from Columbia University and received her B.A. from Mount Vernon College. She lives with her husband and two young children in New York.

Events
21
May 2020
Past Event
Video Event | Maintaining U.S. Leadership Amid Shifting Geopolitics: A Conversation with Ambassador Kelly Craft
Featured Speakers:
Ambassador Kelly Craft
Heather Nauert
21
May 2020
Past Event
Video Event | Maintaining U.S. Leadership Amid Shifting Geopolitics: A Conversation with Ambassador Kelly Craft

**__Please be advised: This event will be premiering at 12:00 p.m. EDT, Thursday, May 21. You may view this event on Hudson’s website at or after it

Featured Speakers:
Ambassador Kelly Craft
Heather Nauert
30
April 2020
Past Event
Video Event | The Future of Venezuela: A Conversation with Special Representative Elliott Abrams
Featured Speakers:
Elliott Abrams
Heather Nauert
30
April 2020
Past Event
Video Event | The Future of Venezuela: A Conversation with Special Representative Elliott Abrams

**__Please be advised: This event will be premiering at 9:00 a.m. EDT, Thursday, April 30.__**

Join Hudson Institute for a conversation with Special

Featured Speakers:
Elliott Abrams
Heather Nauert
28
April 2020
Past Event
Video Event | Democracy and Authoritarianism in the Age of Pandemic
Featured Speakers:
Blaise Misztal
Heather Nauert
Torrey Taussig
Daniel Twining
28
April 2020
Past Event
Video Event | Democracy and Authoritarianism in the Age of Pandemic

**__Please be advised: This event will be premiering at 12:00 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, April 28.__**

The COVID-19 pandemic is erupting at a time when democ

Featured Speakers:
Blaise Misztal
Heather Nauert
Torrey Taussig
Daniel Twining