Mina Nguyen
Mina Nguyen | |
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| Born | January 1979 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of California at Berkeley (BS), Harvard Business School (MBA) |
| Occupation | American businesswoman |
| Known for | External Affairs Adviser and Managing Director at AQR Capital Management, Deputy Assistant Secretary United States Department of the Treasury, National Business Director George W. Bush presidential campaign, 2004 |
Mina Nguyen (born January 1979) is Managing Director and Senior Advisor at AQR Capital Management.[1] She previously served as the deputy assistant secretary of Business Affairs at the US Treasury Department, appointed by then-Secretary Hank Paulson.[2] In her business and political career she has concentrated on the issues of retirement security, leverage and derivative use at hedge funds and ESG investing. In the 2004 US Presidential Campaign she served as National Business Director for the Bush-Cheney ticket and headed the "W. Stands for Women" effort credited with significantly increasing Republican support among women.[3].
Career
In 2001, Mina Nguyen was appointed as director of Public Liaison to U.S. Secretary Elaine L. Chao [4], becoming one of the youngest to ever be appointed to the Senior Executive Service in the Federal Government. She was named by the Orange County Register as top 30 to watch for her rapid rise in federal government service.
Nguyen was also a management consultant at the global firm Accenture and analyst at Morgan Stanley[1]. Nguyen holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and is also a graduate of Walter A. Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley.
In addition to her role at AQR Capital Management, Nguyen is a national board member of the Girl Scouts of the USA and founding board member of the global health organization, World Health Ambassadors.
Background
Nguyen's father was in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and fled to the United States in 1975 after the fall of Saigon with his wife and four children. The family settled in Fort Smith, Arkansas where Mina Nguyen was born four years later. The family eventually relocated to Orange County, California. Nguyen currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts.
Press and publications
- Harvard Business School, Harbus on Education and Health Care
- Harvard University AA Policy Review
- ABC News Chairman Mehlman announces leadership team
- The War on Terror
- Asian American Policy Review
- President’s Working Group Releases Common Approach to Private Pools of Capital Guidance on hedge fund issues focuses on systemic risk, investor protection
- From East to West, Then Up and to the Right
- Georgetown University Center for Retirement Initiatives
- Reports Warn of Unintended Consequences of Proposed SEC Rule
- Proposed Rule: Use of Derivatives by Registered Investment Companies and Business Development Companies
- Harvard Asian American Alumni Summit