Titlayo Ogundele

Titilayo “Titi” Ogundele is an Open Source Intelligence Analyst/Chinese linguist for the U.S. Department of State where she specializes in threat monitoring.

Prior to working at State, Titi has served as a Senior Research Specialist at the CNA corporation where her work focused on China and Indo-Pacific security affairs. Prior to CNA, she worked on US-China development policy at USAID as a program assistant as well as a staff assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of overseas citizen services at the U.S. Department of State’s Consular Affairs bureau.

With over 8 years of experience within the field, Titi earned her bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Chinese Studies from SUNY Albany and a master’s degree in international relations from Syracuse University.