Member Profile - Kimberly Reed
GOP Title
Former Chair of the Republican National Lawyers Association
Law School
West Virginia University College of Law
Practice Area 1
Trade
Practice Area 2
Financial Institutions
Practice Area 3
Agriculture
BIO
The Honorable 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 that helps the world "Buy American"—from 2019 to 2021 after being confirmed by the U.S. Senate with overwhelming bipartisan support.
During her EXIM tenure, Ms. Reed led efforts to reopen the independent federal agency after four years of near closure and secured the longest-ever Congressional reauthorization. With respect to national security, she helped advance Abraham Accord priorities around the world and launched the “Program on China and Transformational Exports” to bolster U.S. business competitiveness, specifically with respect to the People’s Republic of China and in ten innovative sectors: 5G, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, biomedical sciences, renewable energy and energy storage, water treatment and sanitation, quantum computing, high-performance computing, semiconductors, and emerging financial technologies. She was presented with the U.S. Department of Defense’s highest civilian award for her efforts.
Ms. Reed currently serves on the Board of Directors of three public companies: Takeda Pharmaceuticals (TSE: 4502/NYSE: TAK), Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (NYSE:HASI), and Momentus (NASDAQ: MNTS). Additionally, she is a Distinguished Fellow at the Council on Competitiveness and the Atlantic Council’s Freedom and Prosperity Center, serves on the American-Swiss Foundation Board of Directors, and is a Council on Foreign Relations life member.
Earlier in her career, Ms. Reed was President of the International Food Information Council Foundation where she worked with multi-national food, agriculture, and nutrition companies; Senior Advisor to U.S. Treasury Secretaries Henry Paulson and John Snow; CEO of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund; and Counsel to three committees of the U.S. Congress where she conducted oversight and investigations. She was elected as the first woman Chair of the Republican National Lawyers Association (RNLA)(2016-17).
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.
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