Kimberly Reed

Kimberly A. Reed served as the first woman Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, and CEO of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM)—the nation’s official $135 billion export credit agency—from 2019 to 2021 after being confirmed by the U.S. Senate with overwhelming bipartisan support.

Ms. Reed currently serves on the Board of Directors of several public companies.  She also is a Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Freedom and Prosperity Center and a Distinguished Fellow at the Council on Competitiveness. She serves on the American Swiss Foundation Board of Directors, Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue Advisory Council, Hudson Institute’s Alexander Hamilton Commission on Securing America’s National Security Innovation Base, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington Dean’s Alliance, and Diplomatic Courier’s World in 2050 Brain Trust.

Earlier in her career, Ms. Reed was President of the International Food Information Council Foundation, Senior Advisor to U.S. Treasury Secretaries Henry Paulson and John Snow, CEO of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund), and Counsel to three committees of the U.S. Congress, where she conducted oversight and investigations.

Recognized as one of the “100 Women Leaders in STEM” and Washingtonian’s “Most Powerful Women in Washington,” Ms. Reed holds a J.D. from West Virginia University College of Law and a B.S. in biology and a B.A. in government from West Virginia Wesleyan College.