Doreen El-Roeiy
Brussels
Summary
I am an international professional with over 10 years of experience in national security, public policy, and project management. Over the span of my career, I have crafted policies with varied stakeholders, gathered and analyzed large datasets of classified intelligence, and implemented creative problem solving. At the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, with over 260,000 employees, I became an expert in building internal and external relationships to get the work done. I thrive in high-paced environments, tackling asylum cases in detention centers at the U.S.-Mexico border and joining the U.S. Embassy in Greece during 2015-2016 migrant influx.
I have a robust academic background and earned an MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science and professional certificates from the University of Oxford and Georgetown University. I was awarded a research Fulbright Scholarship in Sweden and consistently earned top performance awards including a DHS Secretary Award for Outstanding Service.
Current secret security clearance, previous TS/SCI security clearance, and Belgian resident.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Program Assistant for Homeland Security
U.S. Mission to the European Union
11.2023 - Current
- Identifies, analyzes, and resolves national security issues with European partners including data exchange focusing on counterterrorism profiles, intelligence exchange, and regulation needed to implement national security requirements involved in U.S. Visa Waiver Program
- Liaises with ENISA, DG HOME, EUROPOL, EU Counter Terrorism Centre, EUROJUST, and others on cybersecurity, critical infrastructure risks, and counterterrorism; shares best practices and policy roadmaps
- Drives forward complex policy programs for the U.S. Mission to the EU, including border control projects in Eastern Europe, implementation of Pact on Migration and Asylum, and advocating for revisions within the EU Blueprint for Cybersecurity
- Coordinates monthly public-private meetings on cybersecurity/emerging technology, securing mass gatherings, critical infrastructure, and unmanned aerial systems
- Managed the U.S.-EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial, U.S. - EU CT Strategic Dialogue, and U.S.- EU Drug Forum; attendees included VP Schinas, Commissioner Johansson, and Deputy Attorney General Monaco
Deputy Director, European and Multilateral Affairs
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
11.2020 - 09.2022
- Led joint national security efforts with UNODC, G7, UNOCT, Five Eyes and EU focused on cybersecurity, critical infrastructure resilience, and migration; coordinated subcommittees organizing agendas, knowledge exchange, and e-learning programs
- Drove to the finish line several projects with collaboration from Spain, Germany, Sweden, and the Kingdom of the Netherlands focusing on API/PNR, improving biometric identity cards, migration flows/border control, and data exchange platforms for classified counterterrorism information
- Partnered with Five Eyes allies to engage external European partners on policy/legislative issues in the national security field (including regulations on procurement of national security equipment)
Fraud Detection and National Security Immigration
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
01.2019 - 11.2020
- Conducted research in large Excel/Tableau databases concerning 500+ biographic and biometric profiles; created graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods
- · Built machine learning algorithms to better identify indicators of fraud in a subset of refugee applications, collected data, cleaned it, labeled it, and worked with data scientist; used data to create training toolkits for Refugee Officers on legal definition of fraud; won award for innovation in the workplace
- Created training manuals and updated eLearning platforms with modules specific to new asylum and refugee officers; resources included open-source intelligence, case examples, and data analysis from INTERPOL
- Represented U.S. Government in conferences, meetings, and engagements with external actors
Asylum Officer, Presidential Management Fellowship
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
12.2015 - 01.2019
- Worked in fast-paced environment to determine admissibility on 8 complex asylum cases a week; interviewed applicants, wrote legal briefs, and granted asylum to merit cases
- Served as Acting Supervisory Asylum Officer for several months overseeing a team of 15 officers; handled office procurement, budget for travel, oversaw performance evaluations
- Stationed at the U.S.-Mexico border to interview asylum seekers crossing the border, trained in interviewing women, children, and trauma-survivors
Human Rights Officer
U.S. Embassy to Greece
10.2016 - 04.2017
- Served in the U.S. Embassy in Athens, Greece from winter 2016 - spring 2017; wrote the U.S. Trafficking in Persons and Human Rights annual reports for Greece; researched migrant smuggling, transnational organized crime, and terrorist threat
- Supported the facilitation and organization of political dialogues and briefings for third-country government representatives to better understand counterterrorism threats, presence of drugs in refugee camps, and criminal actors infiltrating refugee processes
- Delivered capacity-building training to Greek Asylum Corps on how to identify terrorist security database hits, how to gather biographic and biometric data, and how to interview suspected terrorists
Fulbright Research Fellow
Fulbright/Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rig
09.2014 - 09.2015
- Conducted qualitative and quantitative study on Sweden's ratification of European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages, focusing on the protected language of Yiddish
- Presented original research at Lund University, University of Copenhagen, University of Stockholm, University of Berlin, and Japanese Embassy to Sweden; portrayed complex information in simple language
Education
Master of Science - International Relations/Political Science
London School of Economics And Political Science
London, United Kingdom12-2013
Bachelor of Arts - International Relations
Brandeis University
Boston, USA06-2012
Skills
- Research
- Partnership development
- Project management
- Legislative review
- Policy analysis, development, implementation, compliance
- Data collection, maintenance, update and visual presentations
- Intelligence products, collections, and assessments
- Threat detection
- Cybersecurity policy development, exposure to AI regulation discussions, and critical infrastructure
Languages
English
Hebrew
French
Spanish
Timeline
Program Assistant for Homeland Security
U.S. Mission to the European Union
11.2023 - Current
Deputy Director, European and Multilateral Affairs
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
11.2020 - 09.2022
Fraud Detection and National Security Immigration
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
01.2019 - 11.2020
Human Rights Officer
U.S. Embassy to Greece
10.2016 - 04.2017
Asylum Officer, Presidential Management Fellowship
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
12.2015 - 01.2019
Fulbright Research Fellow
Fulbright/Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rig
09.2014 - 09.2015
Master of Science - International Relations/Political Science
London School of Economics And Political Science
Bachelor of Arts - International Relations
Brandeis University
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