Vanessa Sussman

Vanessa Sussman

Vanessa Sussman is Managing Director and Chief Marketing Officer at TDI, a strategic advisory and risk intelligence firm that helps companies navigate complex geopolitical, regulatory and reputational challenges. Drawing on her deep expertise in communications and marketing, as well as a longstanding focus on international relations, she leads TDI’s global brand strategy and drives growth and visibility across platforms.

Prior to joining TDI, Vanessa served as Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at Eurasia Group, a leading global research and advisory firm. Previously, she was Head of Corporate Communications for Private Markets at Nuveen, the $1.2 trillion asset manager of TIAA. Earlier in her career, she held senior marketing and communications roles at Morningstar, founded and led a boutique communications firm specializing in exchange-traded funds and worked at the Council of the Americas, Foreign Policy magazine and the United States Mission to the United Nations.

Vanessa is fluent in Spanish and proficient in Portuguese, French and Italian, with more than a decade of experience living, working and traveling throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. She holds a master’s degree in economics and international relations from Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of International Affairs and a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and Latin American and Iberian studies from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She serves on the board of City Year New York, a nonprofit focused on addressing inequitable access to educational opportunities and has been a member of the Museum’s Communications Executives Advisory Panel since 2018.