Theodora Skeadas
Member, Advisory Board
Theodora Skeadas is the Executive Director of Cambridge Local First, a non-profit that promotes a local economy community by educating the public and government about the significant environmental, economic, and cultural benefits of a strong local economy. She is also an Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton, where she works on issues of cyber security in the Middle East and North Africa region.
Theodora works concurrently as an independent political consultant and campaign manager, having strategically advised and managed campaigns for Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor and Cambridge City Council, among others.
She recently graduated from the Harvard Kennedy School with a Master in Public Policy, where she studied International Trade and Finance. Beforehand, she worked in Turkey and Iraq on a Fulbright Fellowship, and in Morocco and the West Bank with non-governmental organizations on issues of community empowerment, conflict resolution, and poverty alleviation.
Theodora graduated from Harvard College in 2012 with a B.A. in Philosophy and Government, and minors in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Modern Standard Arabic, and Modern Greek.
Theodora has studied French, Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Greek, Moroccan Darija, Spanish, and Modern Turkish.