The Bulletin welcomes 2026 board fellows

The Bulletin is thrilled to welcome its 2026 board fellows, Mari Faines and Suzi Ragheb. 

As board fellows, Faines and Ragheb will contribute to the Bulletin’s board work, while “pulling back the curtain” on the regular workings of a governing board. Fellows will receive first-hand experience in governance, finance, fundraising, and strategic oversight. The Bulletin‘s board fellows program is designed to help rising experts develop their own unique perspective on leadership.  

About the fellows 

Mari Faines serves on Democracy Forward’s Policy and Public Affairs team as the Manager of External Affairs and Coalitions. Just prior, Faines served as a strategic advisor and policy expert at the U.S. Department of State working on AUKUS, the trilateral security agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Prior to joining the State Department, she spent five years in the United Kingdom completing graduate work in Peace and Security studies, while working as a project manager for an international solutions corporation. Upon returning to the United States, she continued working at the intersection of nuclear nonproliferation policy and social justice issues. Faines has written for a multitude of publications and was a former podcast host. She remains engaged in global policy issues by volunteering with various advocacy organizations and has been recognized for many of these contributions over the past decade. Faines holds a Master’s of Science (MSc) from SOAS University of London and a Bachelor’s from Colgate University. 

Suzi Ragheb is a policy practitioner and independent researcher specializing in digital governance and cross-cultural tech policy. She currently works on Community Policy at DoorDash. Her work bridges policy implementation and research, with experience spanning the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, US Department of Commerce, NJ State Assembly, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. She is a member of the Global Majority Research Committee at the Trust and Safety Foundation and sits on the board of the Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni. 

About the program 

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Board Fellows Program is a professional development opportunity in organizational leadership designed to increase the skill base and diversity of future leaders in the fields of nuclear risk, climate change, disruptive technologies, and not-for-profit journalism. The fellowship is aimed at supporting a next-generation cohort of confident and experienced organizational leaders by providing direct access to a key power center of any organization–the Board of Directors. 

This annual program is designed in partnership with Women of Color Advancing Peace, Security and Conflict Transformation. The selection process for the Board Fellowship takes place in the last quarter of the calendar year, and updates are provided on both the Bulletin and WCAPS websites.

Learn more about the Bulletin‘s Board Fellows Program here.