Jordan Hibbs is the Founder and CEO of Next in Nuclear Initiative to strengthen the nuclear community at every stage attracting new talent, empowering mid-career professionals, and creating a space for collaboration with senior leaders. Jordan is a senior leader in the nuclear enterprise with expertise in nuclear deterrence, nonproliferation, and counterproliferation policy, having held several positions at the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, and in key overseas assignments.

Jordan is an alum of the Center for Strategic and International Studies Project on Nuclear Issues Mid-Career Cadre member (2021-2024) and a former Arms Control Negotiation Academy Fellow (2021) through Harvard University. Jordan is also a former member of the New America’s Nuclear Futures Working Group and is a former Board Member of the Women in International Security DC Chapter (2020-2023) the United Nations Association of the National Capital Area (2018-2021).

In 2022, Jordan launched the Jordan A. Hibbs Scholarship at her alma mater, Barret the Honors College at Arizona State University, to support community college transfer students. In 2023, Arizona State University gave her the Distinguished Achievement Award, citing her career in public service.

Jordan holds a Master’s in Science and Technology Policy and a Bachelor of Science from Arizona State University. She also holds an Executive Leadership Certificate from American University’s Key Executive Leadership Program. In 2020, Jordan received the Excellence in Service Honorary Award from the Office of Personnel Management’s Presidential Management Fellows Program.

Angie Sohn is a Master in Public Policy candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School concentrating in International and Global Affairs. Her academic and professional interests center on diplomacy and nonproliferation issues, with a regional focus on the Indo-Pacific. A Thomas R. Pickering Fellow, Angie previously interned with the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Korean and Mongolian Affairs where she worked on security issues pertaining to the Korean peninsula. Her commitment to nuclear policy was shaped in part by her participation in the Hiroshima ICAN Academy during which she visited Hiroshima and heard firsthand testimonies from atomic bomb survivors. As a first-generation student, Angie is deeply committed to expanding access and representation within the nuclear and foreign policy field at-large. Prior to graduate school, Angie served as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Taiwan and graduated from Colby College with a B.A. in Government and minor in East Asian Studies.

Gaby Zanko holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Engineering Science and a Master of International Affairs. She previously worked at Brookhaven National Laboratory, where she supported the Nonproliferation and National Security Department on projects related to IAEA safeguards. During her master’s program, she completed two capstone projects: the first in collaboration with the Baltic Security Foundation, assessing the effects of NATO enlargement on Baltic security; and the second in partnership with the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration, evaluating how U.S. nuclear deterrence strategy should adapt to the two-peer problem. She is a fellow with the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management’s Professional Development Program, the Partnership for Global Peace’s Della Ratta Fellowship, and the IAEA’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme. Her most recent experiences include an internship with the Division of Nuclear Security at the IAEA. She will begin a Master of Nuclear Engineering in Fall 2026 to deepen her technical expertise on nuclear issues and to allow her to serve as a bridge between policy and technical experts in the nuclear field.