As PepsiCo’s Vice President, Global Government Relations, Caroline Berson represents our international markets from Washington, DC – overseeing diplomatic engagement in the United States, geopolitical analysis and advisory, global thought leadership, and trade policy.

Prior to joining PepsiCo, she 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[1]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 Department of the Treasury, where she was a subject matter expert on Iran and several other 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.