GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Chloe Demrovsky, class of 2001, will address graduates at the 56th commencement ceremony of Bard College at Simon's Rock on Saturday, May 17, at 11 a.m. 

 

The ceremony will be held on the Blodgett Lawn. Additional seating will be available in the McConnell Theater. The event will be live-streamed for those unable to attend in person. Seating will be on a first-come basis. More information here.

 

Demrovsky is an experienced executive leader with a career advising Fortune 100 companies, startups, consortia, and government on all aspects of emergency management. Recognized for her forward-thinking approach, she leverages present market fundamentals and technological innovation to drive transformation across industries. 

 

She is currently Executive in Residence in Global Business and Economy at New York University, where she oversees research on topics from geoeconomics and weaponized interdependence to emerging advanced technologies and cryptocurrency. She is also the founder of Edgewood Insights, an advisory firm at the nexus of risk and resilience. 

 

From 2017 to 2024, she was the president and CEO of Disaster Recovery Institute International, the global leader in operational resilience and business continuity training and credentialing after having served since 2014 as executive director. Under her leadership, the institute doubled in size to support over 20,000 certified professionals in operational risk, business continuity and cyber resilience across more than 110 countries, including at 95 percent of Fortune 100 and 60 percent of Global 2000 companies. 

 

She provided training services primarily for financial services, technology, healthcare, government, and consulting. She built strategic partnerships and represented the brand in important forums including ISO Technical Committee 292 for Societal Security and Resilience and annual research with Harvard University's National Preparedness Leadership Initiative.

 

As a senior Forbes contributor, Demrovsky's insights have been featured across major media outlets like Fox News, CBS News, CNBC, Newsmax, News Nation, CNN, MSNBC, Bloomberg, and Sky News. She's also been a source for leading publications, including The Financial Times, AP, BBC, USA Today, and ABC News. She has presented at more than 150 events on five continents and briefed government bodies such as Congress, the European Commission, and the United Nations. In 2024, she served on the FEMA National Advisory Council, evidencing her impact and recognition in her field.

 

Demrovsky's affiliations reflect her dedication to global and community engagement. She is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a Crain's New York 2023 Notable Leader, and holds fellowships with the U.S.-Japan Foundation, the French-American Foundation and the British-American Project. Her work has been recognized with current board appointments at the French-American Foundation as vice chair of the Executive Committee and Tier 1 automotive supplier OPmobility's (EPA: POM) Global Advisory Board and previously at the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Global ARISE private sector partnerships board (2020-23) and vice chair of the Board of Oversees at Bard College at Simon's Rock from 2019-24. 

 

She holds a bachelor of arts summa cum laude from Bard College at Simon's Rock and a master of science with distinction in global affairs: international business, economics and development from new York University.

 

Fluent in four languages and a world traveler with visits to more than 55 countries, Demrovsky resides in New York with her husband and family.

 

Simon's Rock looks forward to honoring this year's graduating students. This will be the last commencement held at the Great Barrington campus, which will close this year and shift to Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.