Haddie Beckham

Associate Program Manager – Middle East & Central Asia

Haddie Beckham joined Spirit of America in January 2025 as Associate Program Manager with the Middle East and Central Asia team.

Prior to joining Spirit of America, Haddie worked abroad for three years in Russia, Finland, Georgia, and Kazakhstan. Having been in Russia when the country invaded Ukraine in spring 2022, she relocated to Oulu, Finland, where she and other volunteers established a center to welcome and integrate 2000+ Ukrainian refugees into Finnish society. There, she led cultural workshops, assisted in interview preparation, and helped distribute donation.

Between fall 2022 and fall 2024, Haddie worked on US Embassy initiatives in Kazakhstan to strengthen an independent Kazakh media space and counter Russian disinformation. There, she worked as both a Native Speaker Language Specialist and Community Relations Development Coordinator, organizing workshops, seminars, and language training with US embassy representatives, regional staff, and international NGOs for Kazakhstani journalists to enhance US-Kazakh bilateral relations.

Interested in international security from a young age, Haddie conducted research at Mount Holyoke College on topics such as terrorism in Russia and Chechnya and Russian foreign policy regarding former Soviet states. This led to the publication of a senior honors thesis
on terrorism, violence, and martyrdom in Eastern Europe’s historical fascist movements and a book on Japanese war crimes in WWII. She graduated summa cum laude from Mount Holyoke College in spring 2021 with a degree in History and Russian Eurasian Studies.

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Suite 70 | Arlington, VA 22201

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No endorsement of Spirit of America by the US Department of Defense, Department of State, or US personnel is intended or implied.

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“You don't have to wear a uniform to serve the nation.™” and “Patriotism without politics.™” are trademarked by Spirit of America.

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