FDD sponsors educational opportunities for mid-career U.S. national security professionals. Alumni of these programs are not FDD employees and join FDD’s National Security Network (NSN).

National Security Network Participant

FDD’s National Security Fellow
2026

National Security Network Participant

Abby Turner

U.S. Government

Biography

Last updated: Jan 19, 2026

Abby Turner is a national security professional. In 2024, Abby was a policy and communications advisor at POLARIS National Security. Prior to this role, she spent two years on Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) national security team. Abby graduated from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts.