Mona Sutphen has over 20 years’ experience advising multinational corporate, philanthropic and institutional investors on the intersection of geopolitics, policy and markets. She is currently a Senior Advisor at The Vistria Group and is a venture advisor and co-founder of several start-ups.
Previously, she was a Partner at Macro Advisory Partners (MAP) and Managing Director at UBS AG. From 2009-2011, she served as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy for President Obama. Earlier, Sutphen was Managing Director at Stonebridge International, and led regulatory strategy for Currenex, the first Internet-based institutional foreign exchange trading platform.
From 1991-2000 Sutphen was a career diplomat, serving on the staff of the National Security Council during the Clinton Administration and the U.S. Mission to the UN. She also served on the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Sutphen is an Independent Director for Pioneer Natural Resources (NYSE: PXD) and an Independent Trustee for Putnam Mutual Funds. She serves on the Boards of the International Rescue Committee and Human Rights First, and the advisory board of the Center for Global Energy Policy at Columbia University. She holds an MSc from the London School of Economics.
Sutphen chaired Mount Holyoke’s most recent presidential search committee and is a Medal of Honor recipient.
Class year: 1989
Major: International relations
Joined board in: 2015, re-elected in 2020
