Toby Dershowitz

Toby Dershowitz is senior vice president for government relations and strategy at FDD. She has more than 30 years of experience in Washington, focusing on policy issues related to terrorism, cyber security, sanctions, the Middle East, and illicit networks in Latin America. She leads FDD’s policy roadmapping initiatives by identifying the conceptual issues and strategies necessary to move the dial in various policy arenas. Possessing a strong commitment to bipartisanship, she briefs and works closely with members of Congress and their staff as well as with officials throughout the executive branch.

Toby also serves on the Board of Advisors of FDD’s Center on Economic and Financial Power. Her research focus includes tracking Iran’s global threat network and identifying points of leverage to counter Iran’s malign activities. She has written extensively on Iran’s role in the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a case whose investigation and subsequent developments continue to be important for policymakers and law enforcement.

Toby works closely with domestic and international reporters, columnists, and editors. She has been widely published, including in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, The Hill, Al Arabiya, EU Reporter, RealClearWorld, RealClearDefense, Arab News, Moneylaundering.com, JTA, Business Insider, Forbes, The National Interest, and the Huffington Post, and has been quoted in numerous other publications.

Toby previously served as spokesperson and director of media relations for a leading foreign policy organization for 14 years and as director of a press association for 12 subsequent years. Before joining FDD full time, she was the founder and president of The Dershowitz Group, a public affairs and strategic communications firm.

Toby spent a year of academic study in Cairo, Egypt, and is conversational in Arabic, Hebrew, and Spanish.