Penny Pritzker
The Convener
The room, the network and the deal, brings the right people together.
Penny Pritzker reads as The Convener because her career has run along the seam where business, government, and civic life meet. As US Commerce Secretary she brokered relationships between industry and policy that accelerated economic initiatives neither sector could have moved alone. Through PSP Partners and her civic board work, the same instinct recurs, finding shared purpose across different worlds and turning aligned interest into coordinated action.
“We laid one hundred thousand miles of broadband. We revamped the Patent and Trademark Office. I galvanized the department to write a report about semiconductors — that became the foundation of the Chips in Science Act.”
“We took companies public, we sold businesses, we merged — it was like getting an additional PhD in business. If you're static in business, you die. We had to both build and divide.”
“Life is a team sport. Be surrounded by people good at the things you're not good at, have an open mind, a growth mindset, and be constantly learning and growing.”
The David Rubenstein Show: “Penny Pritzker”
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