Rebecca Patterson joined Bridgewater in 2020 and is currently Chief Investment Strategist. In this capacity, she helps shape the firm's agenda for researching and building systematic strategies to trade global financial solutions. Rebecca is a frequent author of Bridgewater's Daily Observations and meets regularly with investors and policymakers. She is also a member of Bridgewater's Executive Committee, and Commercial and Business Strategy Committee, in addition to being a Partner and helping to lead the firm's Diversity & Inclusion efforts. With more than 20 years of investment management experience, Rebecca came to Bridgewater after serving as CIO at Bessemer Trust, where she oversaw $85B in client assets. Before joining Bessemer in 2012, she spent 15 years at JP Morgan where she worked as a researcher in the firm's investment bank in Europe, Singapore, and the US. She also served as Chief Investment Strategist in the firm's asset management arm and ran the private bank's global currency and commodity trading desk. Rebecca is currently a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Economic Club of New York and is Chair of the Board of the Council for Economic Education. She has served on the New York Federal Reserve's Foreign Exchange and Investor Advisory Committees and served on and chaired the University of Florida's Investment Corporation's Advisory Board. She holds an MBA from NYU, an MA in International Relations from The John Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, and a BS in Journalism from the University of Florida.