Named by Forbes as one of the "100 Most Powerful Women in the World," Penny Pritzker is a leading global economic mind with more than 30 years experience in both the public sector as the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, and private sector, including her current role as the Founder and Chairman of leading global private investment firm PSP Capital Partners.  A financial industry power-player, Pritzker tackles today's most pressing global economic concerns from the perspective of both the board room and the situation room. 

Heralded for her forward-thinking and strategic initiatives that have resulted in billions of dollars of revenue and countless jobs, Pritzker is in-demand as "America's Top CEO" able to shed light on what's next for the global economy and provide an effective plan for economic growth. With extensive boots-on-the-ground experience as a trail-blazing civic leader, serving as the United States' chief commercial advocate at the Department of Commerce; an innovative entrepreneur, developing a range of businesses including Vi Senior Living and The Parking Spot from the ground up; and an astute investor, taking a fundamental approach to developing market-leading businesses at the helm of PSP Capital Partners and Pritzker Realty Group, Pritzker has been sought out by elite institutions from the Carnegie Endowment to the Aspen Strategy Group thanks to her impressive work as "one of our country’s most successful entrepreneurs, most admired policymakers, and most generous philanthropists.” (Harvey Fineberg, Carnegie Chairman)