Dea Kollekowski currently serves as an Associate Program Officer in the Meridian Center for Global Leadership. She first joined the GlobalConnect team as a Program Associate in fall of 2016 and has worked on a wide variety of programs including the U.S. Speakers Program, U.S. Science Envoy Program, the Pan Africa Youth Leadership Program, as well as many programs for various U.S. Embassies and private organizations. Prior to joining Meridian, Dea worked on Capitol Hill for U.S. Senator Mike Enzi for nearly two years.

Dea is a native of Wyoming and a graduate of University of Colorado at Boulder where she earned a Bachelor of the Arts in International Affairs and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies. She studied Arabic.