Sian Beilock

Sian Beilock is an Outside Director on Bridgewater’s Operating Board of Directors. She joined the Internal Board as an Independent Director in July 2021. Sian is the 19th President of Dartmouth, and Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences. She is the first woman to have been elected president in Dartmouth’s 255-year history. A distinguished cognitive scientist, Sian is one of the world’s foremost experts on performance under pressure. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of the highest honors in her field, and received the 2017 Troland Award from the National Academy of Sciences.

She has worked closely with Fortune 500 companies, professional sports teams, and public sector leaders to build high-performing teams and create environments that attract, retain, and get the best out of their talent. Sian has authored 120 peer-reviewed papers, as well as two critically-acclaimed books—Choke and How the Body Knows Its Mind—that have been published in more than a dozen languages. Her 2017 TED Talk on performing under pressure has been viewed more than 2.7 million times.

Previously, Sian served as President of Barnard College at Columbia University and Executive Vice Provost at the University of Chicago, where she was also the Stella M. Rowley Professor of Psychology. Sian earned her Bachelor of Science in cognitive science from the University of California, San Diego, and doctorate degrees in psychology and kinesiology from Michigan State University.

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