Kimberly Mullen is a writer, thought leader, advisor, as well as a business owner and former executive. Her work spans governance, AI, political theory, economics, transnational affairs, all grounded by a deep engagement with literature and the arts.

She obtained a Bachelor of Art in International Studies, with minors in Political Science and Psychology, from The Ohio State University, and a Master of Science in Global Affairs from New York University. She was selected as Term Member at the prestigious Council on Foreign Relations. She completed executive education coursework in Artificial Intelligence and Business Strategy from MIT, and a research fellowship at the Organization for Security and Co-operation (OSCE) in Prague, Czech Republic and Vienna, Austria. Most recently, she studied at the Creative Writing Institute at the American University of Paris and with Yale Writers’ Workshop. She was also a writer-in-residence at Château d’Orquevaux in France.

Her professional background spans finance, asset management, and global security. She most recently served as Security Policy Lead at Bridgewater Associates, the global macro hedge fund, and previously held roles at Bloomberg LP and Geller & Co. She later founded and led two ventures, Nellum Global and Le Signal.

She champions the arts, technological advancements, neuroscience, marine conservation initiatives, and advocates for trauma recovery and survivors of exploitation, sexual assault and intimate partner violence. She also had the unique experience of competing at Miss USA and on CBS’s Survivor, experiences that provided firsthand insight into game theory, social structure, and the complexities of human behavior. In her free time, Kimberly is a mother and wife, runner (one marathon, several half-marathons), traveler who has explored five continents and nearly every U.S. state. She is also an avid skier, yogi, certified rescue scuba diver, tennis player, and proud wrangler of her extra-large and lovable dog.