Prior to joining BGS, Leah provided political and economic analysis on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, focusing on business development opportunities in the technology sector driven by government initiatives and investment. She previously served as a Graduate Fellow on the MENA team at McLarty Associates and held internships at Albright Stonebridge Group (MENA practice), the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and Perry World House, The University of Pennsylvania’s global affairs center. Through these positions, she has conducted research in both Hebrew and Arabic.
Leah holds a B.A. in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. She also holds an MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics, where she wrote her dissertation on Turkish foreign policy towards Saudi Arabia under the AKP regime.
