 She served on the Obama for America board of directors from 2007 to 2009.For more than 17 years, Markowitz provided finance and risk management expertise to a host of leading global institutions including Switzerland-based Syngenta, Inc., the world's largest agrochemical company, where she served as a lead international treasury/financial operations consultant.While at Syngenta, she was tasked with designing and implementing a global treasury operation and financing post demerger.