Areas of Expertise

• Policy Development and Implementation
• Security Assistance and Cooperation
• South Caucasus and Middle Corridor
• Middle East and North Africa

Academic Degrees

• Master of Arts, Regional Security Studies, Naval Postgraduate School
• Bachelor of Arts, International Affairs, James Madison University
• Associate of Arts, Arabic Language, Defense Language Institute
• Associate of Arts, Russian Language, Defense Language Institute

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Lyndsey Fatz joined the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies as a military professor in August 2026.  

Prior to joining the Marshall Center, Fatz served as chief of the U.S. Military Group, U.S. Embassy in Azerbaijan, during the 2023 escalation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and subsequently served as chief of Foreign Military Sales at the U.S. Military Group, U.S. Embassy in Egypt, where she led a team of uniformed and civilian personnel and managed $23 billion in U.S. security assistance. 

Fatz also served as the Navy Foreign Area Officer (FAO) detailer at Navy Personnel Command, managing the placement and assignment of 400 Navy FAOs across 70 countries, and as the Bahrain country engagement officer at Naval Forces Central Command.

Her prior assignments as a naval intelligence officer included positions at U.S. Special Operations Command Pacific, the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, the U.S. Joint Intelligence Operations Center–Pacific, and Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron One.