Valerie Shen

Valerie Shen is Third Way's Vice President for the National Security Program, where she advocates for new, innovative policies with a focus on U.S.-China policy and cybercrime. She is also a Hill veteran and investigator, who served as the Chief National Security Counsel to the House Oversight and Reform Committee for Chairman Elijah E. Cummings. She oversaw all national security and homeland security matters from domestic terrorism and federal law enforcement, to counterintelligence, defense, and overseas security. Valerie was also an investigative counsel for the Select Committee on Benghazi and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

During her eight years as a Hill staffer, Valerie conducted some of the most high-profile and politically sensitive investigations, including Hunter Biden and Ukraine, the FBI’s 2016 investigation into Secretary Clinton's emails and Russian election interference, and ATF's Operation "Fast and Furious."

Valerie earned her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and her bachelor's degree in Politics from Pomona College. Early in her career, she also worked in the White House Counsel’s office and the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section.