She has served as a United States Foreign Service officer (1991–2000), serving in the Clinton Administration on the staff of the National Security Council (1998–2000).
The breakfasts have had over 100 notable speakers including US Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer, Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman, and author Mona Sutphen.
Mona Lisa | Mona Zaki | Mona | Mona the Vampire | Mona Sutphen | Mona Mur | Mona Lisa (opera) | Mona, Jamaica | Bord na Móna | Mona – The Carnivorous Circus | Mona Sahlin | Mona Rockman Napaljarri | Mona McCluskey | Mona Maris | Mona Hatoum | Mona el-Shazly | Mona Charen | Sutphen | Mona Vivian | Mona Vale Hospital | Mona Siddiqui | Mona Marshall | Mona Louise Parsons | Mona Lisa (singer) | Mona Lisa (Nat King Cole song) | Mona Khalidi | Mona Darkfeather | Mona Bell | Mona Barrie | Isle of Mona |
In 2009, honorees included Erin Burnett, CNBC Television Anchor; Julie Gilbert, Founder and CEO of WOLF Means Business; Tammy Duckworth, Assistant Secretary of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs, Department of Veterans Affairs; Betsy Fischer, Executive Producer of Meet the Press; and Mona Sutphen, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Obama Administration.