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Valentina Vassilev

Executive Operations & Chief of Staff leader specializing in PE value creation and transformation

DartcorDuke UniversityMadison, NJ17 Years ExperienceExecutive LevelWorks On-Site

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Experience

Interim Chief of Staff & Executive Team MemberDartcor Enterprise · May 2025 – Oct 2025contract
Interim Chief of Staff & Executive Team MemberChelsea Hospitality Group · May 2025 – Oct 2025contract
Chief of Staff to the Chief Transformation OfficerHKA Global · Apr 2024 – Oct 2024contract
Chief of Staff, Private CapitalOliver Wyman · Jan 2018 – Jan 2024
Chief of Staff, HRBridgewater Associates · Jan 2015 – Jan 2017
DirectorTefen Management Consulting · Jan 2012 – Jan 2015
Director of Institutional PartnershipsTeach For All / Teach For America · Jan 2010 – Jan 2012
Project ManagerCenter for the Study of Democracy · Jan 2009 – Jan 2010
ConsultantMcKinsey & Company · Jan 2008 – Jan 2009
Business RepresentativeTchai International · Jan 2004 – Jan 2005

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Education

Duke Universitymaster, Public Policy (2008)
Sofia Universitybachelor, Linguistics (2004)

Awards

  • Fulbright Fellow
  • Thesis honored as outstanding - Duke University

Skills

Cost OptimizationBudgetingStrategic PlanningReportingBusiness DevelopmentData AnalysisMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPointChatGPTClaudeOperations StrategyOperational TransformationOrganizational TransformationOperational ScalingBusiness Performance Management

Languages

English

Certifications

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

Publications

1 publication

Energy policy

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