Mona Sutphen

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.

  1. ^ "Obama's People". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
  2. ^ "President-elect Barack Obama announces additional key White House staff" (Press release). Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition Team. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
  3. ^ Wilson, Scott (2009-04-14). "Another World: Policy Chief Enters a New Phase". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
  4. ^ Tapper, Jake (2011-01-27). "Jay Carney Picked as New White House Press Secretary". ABC News. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  5. ^ "The Firm". Macro Advisory Partners. 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2018-03-14.