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Mona Sutphen  

Senior Advisor at Vistria & Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff

Mona Sutphen served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy to President Obama and has spent over 20 years working with Fortune 500 multinationals, institutional investors and philanthropy on the intersection of politics, policy and markets. She offers essential insights for business leaders navigating complex risks and change management globally.

She is a Senior Advisor at Vistria, a private equity firm investing in healthcare, education and financial services, and is a venture advisor and co-founder of several technology start-ups. She is also on the Board of Directors at Spotify. She previously was a Managing Director at UBS AG, a partner at boutique advisory firm Macro Advisory Partners, and earlier in her career served as a diplomat, stationed in Asia, Europe and the United Nations.

Sutphen is on the Boards of Pioneer Natural Resources and Putnam Mutual Funds and is a founder and investor-advisor to several FinTech start-ups. She serves on several non-profit boards and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Sutphen earned her B.A. in International Relations in 1989 from Mount Holyoke College and an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics.

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