Caroline Berson is the PepsiCo Corporate Affairs Chief of Staff and Vice President, Global Public Policy and Government Affairs. In this role, she oversees geopolitical advisory, global thought leadership and serves as the primary liaison between PepsiCo and the DC diplomatic community. Caroline is based in Washington, DC.

Prior to joining PepsiCo, Caroline served in two Presidential administrations at the White House National Security Council and National Economic Council as Senior Advisor for International Economics. In that role, she helped coordinate U.S. policy related to international finance, trade, investment, energy and environmental issues, and advised the President’s representative to the G-7, G-20 and APEC.

She previously served as the national security briefer to the office of the U.S. Vice President, where she was responsible for providing daily updates on a wide range of global issues. Prior to that, Caroline served as an analyst at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, where she was a subject matter expert on several countries across the Middle East and Africa, writing frequently on sanctions, banking, energy and transportation issues for the U.S. President and senior U.S. policymakers.

Caroline began her career in journalism, with her work appearing in Slate Magazine, the Philadelphia Inquirer and the New Haven Independent. Caroline earned her M.A. in Government from Johns Hopkins University and her B.A. in English from Yale University.