Michelle DiGruttolo, MBA, MA, is a trusted strategist, former White House intelligence briefer, and sought-after keynote speaker who helps global leaders navigate the geopolitical forces shaping the future of business. A former U.S. Army intelligence officer and presidential briefer to Barack Obama, Michelle has spent more than 30 years at... Read more
Michelle DiGruttolo, MBA, MA, is a trusted strategist, former White House intelligence briefer, and sought-after keynote speaker who helps global leaders navigate the geopolitical forces shaping the future of business.
A former U.S. Army intelligence officer and presidential briefer to Barack Obama, Michelle has spent more than 30 years at the intersection of geopolitics, security, and strategy. She has advised decision-makers at the highest levels of government and industry on risks spanning terrorism, cyber threats, climate disruption, and great power competition.
As the founder of Sage Raven Advisors, Michelle works with C-suite executives, boards, and investment leaders to translate global complexity into clarity. Her clients include Fortune 100 corporations, major private equity firms, asset managers, global foundations, and multinationals operating in high-risk markets. She is especially adept at helping organizations future-proof talent, strategy, and supply chains in a world of mounting uncertainty. Michelle is a dynamic and engaging keynote speaker who brings energy, insight, and a storyteller’s touch to every stage. She has delivered keynotes and strategic briefings for organizations across industries and sectors of all sizes.
Her signature thought leadership platform, Geopolitigal’s Kaleidoscope, combines intelligence tradecraft with real-time geopolitical analysis to help business leaders decode what’s coming next and act with confidence.
She holds an MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business and an MA in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is currently completing a Master of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. From briefing the President in the White House to guiding boardrooms across industries, Michelle equips leaders to think ahead, act wisely, and build resilience where it matters most.
In a world where predictability is cracking, the greatest advantage belongs to those who prepare before the headlines hit. In this keynote, Michelle DiGruttolo outlines five strategic shocks already visible on the horizon: from coordinated cyberattacks and terrorist resurgence to climate collapse and nuclear proliferation. Michelle shows how these forces...
Sanctions, tariffs, weaponized trade, and fractured alliances have created a new kind of conflict that lives in the grey space between diplomacy and war. Michelle breaks down how the fog of economic warfare is reshaping trade routes, regulatory risk, and the flow of capital.
For executives and investors trying to...
Private equity thrives on timing, insight, and leverage. But geopolitical volatility is reshuffling risk in ways spreadsheets can’t catch. Michelle shows how secondaries, tail-end funds, and cross-border deals are now exposed to new forms of regulatory, cyber, and jurisdictional shock and how to build geopolitical intelligence into your investment thesis.
...Markets reward pattern recognition, but geopolitics doesn’t follow straight lines. Michelle reveals how unseen alignments, covert signals, and indirect pressure points create “geopolitical geometry” that shapes risk far from the surface.
In this mind-bending talk, she shows how to decode risk not as dots on a map, but as interconnected...
What happens when none of the old models work? Michelle explains why we’ve entered a post-predictability era defined by broken institutions, collapsing consensus, and emerging power vacuums.
This keynote offers a strategy-forward approach to navigating uncertainty, helping organizations trade their forecast models for adaptive frameworks.
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Every geopolitical shock starts as a dot: a tariff tweak, a border skirmish, a speech. But some dots turn into lines. In this keynote, Michelle teaches leaders how to read the early indicators, connect the dots, and act before patterns become crises.
This is a masterclass in foresight, intelligence tradecraft,...
Tariffs aren’t just trade tools anymore; they’re geopolitical signals. In this riveting keynote, Michelle explores how trade policy has become foreign policy and why tariffs today are used to reshape alliances, weaponize supply chains, and destabilize rivals. With stories ripped from global headlines, this talk helps leaders understand how trade...
Governance is becoming unpredictable — not just in emerging markets, but in established democracies. In this keynote, Michelle dissects the collapse of institutional predictability and outlines how executives and investors can plan for policy volatility, regulatory risk, and the unthinkable becoming normal.
This is a roadmap for leading through the...
Forecasting doesn’t work when the rules are changing. In this session, Michelle equips audiences with the frameworks, mental models, and practical tools to lead through ambiguity.
From scenario planning to strategic signposts, this talk is a masterclass in navigating the unpredictable with intelligence and poise.
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