As Airlink’s Corporate & Foundation Relations Manager, Soda Lô supports the Development team’s administrative and project management needs while actively engaging with donors and collaborating across the organization on all aspects of resource development.

Prior to joining Airlink, Soda was a Project Assistant at the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security. In this capacity, she contributed to the Foresight and Democracy and Governance workstreams, researched and drafted publications on major geopolitical and non-kinetic security issues, and provided programmatic and logistical support. Notably, she leveraged her expertise in African/Sahelian studies to significantly support a report published in partnership with the United States Institute of Peace titled “The Future of Multilateral Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention” where she led the Sahel Case Study writing process.

Soda earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business in 2022, where she studied International Business and Operations Management-Business Analytics. In 2024, she graduated from Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service with her Master of Science in Foreign Service, concentrating in International Development.

In her free time, Soda enjoys immersing herself in a good book, spending hours crocheting, baking with friends, or taking 5-mile walks around the district.