Samantha Vinograd

Partner

Brunswick Group

Samantha leads Brunswick’s U.S. geopolitical practice. She has served
under three bipartisan Administrations and in several key private sector
roles.
Most recently, she served as the Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism,
Threat Prevention, and Law Enforcement Policy at the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security where she developed, implemented and evaluated
policies to identify and mitigate risks to the U.S. Prior to joining the Biden
Administration, Samantha led global public policy at Stripe and worked for
Goldman Sachs where she focused on building public-private sector
partnerships. Samantha began her career in Baghdad under President
Bush working for the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and she
subsequently served on President Obama’s National Security Council as
the Director for Iraq, Director for International Economics and Energy and
as the Senior Advisor to the National Security Advisor. She is a CBS News
contributor, a Senior Advisor at the Biden Institute, and a Trustee at Save
the Children US.
She is fluent in French and studied advanced Arabic and Hebrew. She
received her BA in Asian and Middle Eastern studies from the University of
Pennsylvania and her MA in security studies from Georgetown University.

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