Augusta Reinhart

Augusta Reinhart is a 2025 Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellow and currently serves as a contractor with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Arms Control and Nonproliferation, having previously supported the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. Her work focuses on cooperative threat reduction, economic statecraft, and regional policy.

She previously managed international education and exchange programs at the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center, overseeing initiatives centered on leadership development and public diplomacy. She also partnered with the International Rescue Committee and local government officials to design and implement employment initiatives supporting refugee resettlement in rural communities.

Augusta has participated in U.S. delegations to China through the Max S. Baucus Institute and the Johns Hopkins University–Nanjing Center, as well as the MOSAIC program in Taiwan. In 2019, she was selected as a Fulbright Killam Fellow, studying at the Université de Montréal, and later spent a year in Lyon, France.

She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Montana with a Master’s degree in Political Science and dual Bachelor’s degrees in International Relations and French, along with certificates in Migration Studies, Global Leadership, and Pre-Law.