Kelsey Lilley

Alumni Update:

Kelsey is working in the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center as an Assistant Director, where she had the privilege of welcoming four African heads of state to their offices as part of the first-ever US-Africa Leaders Summit in August 2014. She’s also continued her quest to find the best Ethiopian restaurant in Washington, DC!

Fellow Bio:

Kelsey is from Williamsburg, VA. She graduated with a BA in Political Science from Davidson College, where she was involved in the student newspaper, political organizations, and a women’s eating house. While at Davidson, she spent a semester abroad in Geneva, Switzerland, and traveled to Bogotá, Colombia. She also spent a summer in Washington, DC through the Davidson in Washington program, where she interned at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies. While in Ethiopia next year, Kelsey looks forward to meeting new people, trying to pick up the local languages, and documenting her year in photographs.