Kelsey Bell

Kelsey Bell is a press officer at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC, where she works to effectively communicate U.S. foreign policy priorities to American and foreign audiences. Since joining the State Department in 2022, Kelsey has supported media participation at the APEC 2023 Economic Leaders’ Week in San Francisco and NATO’s 75th Anniversary Summit in Washington, D.C. She also advises the department’s spokesperson and other senior officials on the effective delivery of critical U.S. foreign policy messages. Prior to this experience, Kelsey managed digital and social media strategy for The Hill and GZERO Media’s digital newsrooms.

At Penn State, Kelsey was a member of the Schreyer Honors College and an integrated undergraduate-graduate student, graduating with bachelor's degrees in advertising/public relations, history, and international politics and a master's degree in international affairs in 2020.