Monica is a Managing Director with Cargill Ventures. She serves on the Board of Directors for MarkMonitor and Renessen (a Cargill-Monsanto joint venture), oversees Cargill Ventures' investments in Dust Networks and Cardonet, and led the investment in Demantra (acq. by ORCL). Monica returned to Cargill, joining Cargill Ventures after co-founding a logistics start-up in Portland, Oregon, and working as Vice President of Business Development for digital rights management solutions' provider, Portland Software. During her first tenure at Cargill, Monica worked in the Strategy & Business Development Group, following a year as a grain merchant. Prior to joining Cargill, Monica worked as a financial analyst at Alex Brown & Sons and as an investment associate for the World Bank. Monica holds a B.A. in International Relations and an M.A. in Development Economics from Stanford University, and an M.B.A. from Harvard. |