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Mona Sutphen
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
In office
January 20, 2009 – January 26, 2011
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byJoel Kaplan
Succeeded byNancy-Ann DeParle
Personal details
Born (1967-11-10) November 10, 1967 (age 56)
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseClyde Williams
Children2
EducationMount Holyoke College (BA)
London School of Economics (MSc)

Mona K. Sutphen (born November 10, 1967)[1] was the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy in the Obama administration from 2009 to 2011.[2][3][4] She is currently a partner and Head of Investment Strategies at The Vistria Group, a Chicago-based private equity firm founded by Marty Nesbitt and Kip Kirkpatrick. From 2013 to 2019, she was a partner in Macro Advisory Partners LLP[5] and from 2011 to 2013 was a managing director at UBS AG, covering geopolitical risk, macro-policy trends and their impact on the global economy. She held a diplomatic position in the National Security Council during the Clinton Administration.

Background[edit]

Sutphen is from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and graduated from John Marshall High School there.[6] Her mother was Jewish and her father African American.[3][7][8]

She earned her B.A. in international relations in 1989 from Mount Holyoke College[9] and an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics.

From 2001 to 2008, Sutphen was managing director of Stonebridge International, a Washington-based business strategy consulting firm that works with multinational corporations, financial institutions and other organizations on challenges worldwide. She was also Vice President of Currenex,[10]aUnited States Foreign Service officer in the Clinton White House (1991–2000) and member of the National Security Council (1998–2000).[11] She then worked at the State Department's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor and at the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok.

Sutphen is a Trustee of Mount Holyoke College and on the advisory board of the Columbia Center for Global Energy Policy. She previously was an adjunct professor at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and is the co-author (with Nina Hachigian) of The Next American Century: How the U.S. Can Thrive as Other Powers Rise.[12]

Other positions[edit]

Personal life[edit]

Sutphen is married to Clyde Williams, who was President Bill Clinton's domestic policy advisor at his Foundation, as vice president at the Center for American Progress, and as the Democratic National Committee's political director. They married in 2001 and have two children.[20]

Works[edit]

Hachigian, Nina and Sutphen, Mona. The Next American Century: How the U.S. Can Thrive as Other Powers Rise, Simon & Schuster (January 8, 2008) ISBN 978-0-7432-9099-9

References[edit]

  • ^ "President-elect Barack Obama announces additional key White House staff" (Press release). Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition Team. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
  • ^ a b Wilson, Scott (2009-04-14). "Another World: Policy Chief Enters a New Phase". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
  • ^ Tapper, Jake (2011-01-27). "Jay Carney Picked as New White House Press Secretary". ABC News. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  • ^ "The Firm". Macro Advisory Partners. 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  • ^ Illinois/Wisconsin Briefs: Sutphen to play role in administration Archived 2008-12-02 at the Wayback Machine Dubuque Telegraph Herald November 30, 2008.
  • ^ "Obama names Axelrod as adviser". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 2008-11-19. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
  • ^ Marrero, Diana (2008-11-29). "Return engagement: Milwaukee native back in D.C., ready for key role in Obama administration". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
  • ^ Sutphen, Mona (2008-08-01). "Rise & Shine". Mount Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly. Retrieved 2008-11-18.[permanent dead link]
  • ^ "Mona K. Sutphen". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
  • ^ Steinhauser, Paul (2008-11-16). "Obama chooses more White House positions". CNN.com. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
  • ^ Smiley, Tavis (2008-01-30). "Mona Sutphen, Nina Hachigian". Tavis Smiley. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
  • ^ MSC Security Innovation Board Munich Security Conference (MSC).
  • ^ "Spotify Announces Addition to Board of Directors" (Press release). 16 February 2021.
  • ^ Warner Music Group / Blavatnik Family Foundation Social Justice Fund Announces External Members of Board of Directors , press release of July 21, 2020.
  • ^ Warner Music-Blavatnik Foundation Names Board of $100 Million Fund Variety, July 21, 2020.
  • ^ "Board Archives". Human Rights First. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  • ^ "Leadership Team".
  • ^ "IRC Board of Directors and Overseers". International Rescue Committee (IRC). 2016-06-14. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  • ^ Vogel, Kenneth (2009-06-15). "15 Obama administration power couples". The Politico. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
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