Sam Vinograd

Samantha is one of the most distinguished women in the national and homeland security space. As a former senior government official – under Republican and Democrat Administrations, Samantha has a unique understanding of the security risks and opportunities facing individuals and entities today. Using her time at the Department of the Treasury, White House, the Department of Homeland Security, and as an executive in the private sector to inform her knowledge of public policy, intelligence, and geopolitics, Samantha has a remarkable capacity to advise members of the public and private sector about a range of topics affecting us all in the near, medium, and long term.

Samantha is a public policy and strategic communications expert. She is a partner at Brunswick Group where she leads the firm’s US geopolitical practice. She is also currently a CBS News contributor, a Trustee at Save the Children US, a nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, and a Senior Advisor at the University of Delaware’s Biden Institute.

She has served in bipartisan Administrations and in 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. She previously worked as a Senior Advisor at the Biden Institute and as a CNN national security analyst. 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.

Samantha served as an advisor to the U.S. Fund for UNICEF and to the Concordia Summit. She was a Visiting Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Public Policy Institute, a David E. Rockefeller Fellow at the Trilateral Commission, and a Millennium Fellow at the Atlantic Council. She was also on the board of the Women’s Foreign Policy Group.

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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