Kimberly Mullen is a writer, thought leader, and business owner. Her expertise, and current research, is at the convergence of culture, technology, politics, economics, with a focus on the relationship of literature and philosophy within these domains. She is exploring the evolutionary continuum of tools (a term she coined to describe the progression of technologies as extensions of human agency) and dynamic cycles, including cause and effect—similar to those studied in financial markets—that now reveal macro patterns, emergent behaviors, and systemic shifts shaping the trajectory of humanity.

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 completed an executive education course in Artificial Intelligence and Business Strategy at MIT. Most recently, she studied at the Creative Writing Institute at the American University of Paris and Yale Writers’ Workshop; she was also a writer-in-residence at Château d’Orquevaux in France.

Previously, she worked in asset management, including at Bridgewater Associates, and was a Term Member at the Council on Foreign Relations.

She champions the arts, technological advancements, marine conservation initiatives, and passionately advocates for survivors of exploitation, sexual assault and intimate partner violence. In her free time, Kimberly is wife and mother, runner, traveler (over thirty countries, and throughout the United States), skier, yogi, rescue scuba diver, tennis player, and wrangler of her adorable extra-large dog.