she graduated with a b.a. in economics and international relations from claremont mckenna college in 1994. she was active in claremont mckenna's republican group, but was asked to resign after spying on bill clinton's campaign for reelection. in 1995, she received a masters of european business from solvay brussels school of economics and management in brussels, belgium and in 2000, she graduated with a m.b.a. from harvard business school.