Mary Kissel is a senior executive and foreign policy expert with more than two decades of experience advising political leaders, CEOs, and institutional investors on geopolitics, markets, and strategy. She is a director of Cadre Holdings, Inc., HEYCO Energy Group, Inc., and QXO, Inc. and a nonresident senior fellow at Hudson Institute. She served on the XPO board of directors prior to the completion of the RXO spin-off. Previously, Ms. Kissel founded and led the policy advisory practice for Stephens, Inc., a privately held financial services firm. From 2018 to 2021, Ms. Kissel was senior advisor to the U.S. Secretary of State. Earlier, Ms. Kissel spent 14 years on The Wall Street Journal editorial board in New York and as editorial page editor for Asia-Pacific in Hong Kong. Ms. Kissel is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a director of the American Australian Council. She is a graduate of Harvard University and Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies.