Stephanie Papa

Senior Fellow

Stephanie Papa is a non-resident fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute. She is also Vice President at StrateVarious, Inc., a research firm that designs and manages projects to help clients craft winning strategies based on inter-disciplinary analysis, regional knowledge, cultural sensitivity, and policy expertise.

From 2020 to 2024, she served as Executive Director of the Andrew W. Marshall Foundation, where she played a critical role in establishing the foundation as a public-facing entity and managed a diverse portfolio of programs and initiatives. Her earlier career includes positions at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and SAIC (formerly Scitor Corporation), where she held roles in program and research administration, interdisciplinary research team management, and strategic analysis. She holds an MA in International Relations from Johns Hopkins SAIS and a BA in Anthropology from Washington University in St. Louis