Rachel Hicks is a Senior Advisor in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, where she works at the intersection of international security, multilateral nuclear affairs, and the governance of multilateral institutions. Her portfolio has included G7 and G20 engagements, United Nations disarmament and international security processes, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and oversight of key international organizations such as the IAEA and OPCW.
Rachel has nearly two decades of government service spanning multilateral security policy, arms control, nuclear risk reduction, and emerging technologies related to nuclear weapons, artificial intelligence, and outer space, alongside international institutional governance and reform. She previously served in the State Department’s Bureau of Arms Control for ten years, including as the Department’s P5 Coordinator for the NPT, and completed a year-long detail with the National Nuclear Security Administration focused on technical nuclear verification challenges.
She has served abroad in the political section at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, and is a member of the Center for Strategic and International Studies Project on Nuclear Issues Mid-Career Cadre. She is a former United Nations Disarmament Fellow and Presidential Management Fellow. Rachel began her career at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and holds a Master of Public Administration.